Little Skootamatta Creek

Little Skootamatta Creek
Location of the mouth of Little Skootamatta Creek in southern Ontario
EtymologyFrom the Ojibwa "burnt shoreline"
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Regions
Counties
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed lake
  locationAddington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County
  coordinates44°40′43″N 77°07′44″W / 44.67861°N 77.12889°W / 44.67861; -77.12889
  elevation224 m (735 ft)
MouthSkootamatta River
  location
Tweed, Hastings County
  coordinates
44°34′28″N 77°14′26″W / 44.57444°N 77.24056°W / 44.57444; -77.24056
  elevation
179 m (587 ft)
Length22 km (14 mi)
Basin features
River systemGreat Lakes Basin

Little Skootamatta Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties in Ontario, Canada. The river's name is thought to come from Ojibwa words meaning "burnt shoreline".