Credit River
| Credit River | |
 The Credit River in Port Credit
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| Name origin: From Rivière au Crédit, used by French fur traders | |
| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Ontario |
| Source | Niagara Escarpment |
| - location | near Orangeville, Ontario and Caldeon East, Ontario |
| - elevation | |
| Mouth | Lake Ontario |
| - location | Port Credit |
| - elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
| - coordinates | 43°32′52″N 79°34′51″W / 43.54778°N 79.58083°WCoordinates: 43°32′52″N 79°34′51″W / 43.54778°N 79.58083°W |
| Length | 90 km (56 mi) |
| Basin | 1,000 km2 (386 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for Erindale, Mississauga |
| - average | 8.12 m3/s (287 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 501 m3/s (17,693 cu ft/s) |
| - min | 0.085 m3/s (3 cu ft/s) |
  Location of the mouth of the Credit River in Ontario
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400 m (1,312 ft)
The Credit River is a river in southern Ontario which flows from headwaters above the Niagara Escarpment near Orangeville and Caledon East to empty into Lake Ontario at Port Credit, Mississauga. It drains an area of approximately 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi). The total length of the river and its tributary streams is over 1,500 kilometres (930 mi).
Despite urbanization and associated problems with water quality on the lower section of this river, it provides spawning areas for Chinook salmon and rainbow trout. There is a fish ladder on the river at Streetsville. Much of the river can still be travelled by canoe or kayak. The headwaters of the Credit River is home to a native self-sustaining brook trout population and an introduced brown trout population.
Credit Valley Conservation, the local watershed management conservation authority, operates several Conservation Areas including Belfountain, Island Lake, and Terra Cotta.
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park is located on the upper part of the river between Brampton and Orangeville, and is near the Bruce Trail.
Communities in the river's watershed include:
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