Length 160 km Province Ontario | ||
 | ||
Similar Lake Huron, Chantry Island, Sauble River, MacGregor Point Provincial, Maitland River | ||
Ontario s saugeen river steelhead fishing
The Saugeen River is located in southern Ontario, Canada, flowing generally north-west about 160 kilometres (99 mi) before exiting into Lake Huron. The river is navigable for some distance, and was once an important barge route. Today the river is best known for its fishing and as a canoe route.
Contents
- Ontario s saugeen river steelhead fishing
- Map of Saugeen River Ontario Canada
- Saugeen river 2013 raft race
- TributariesEdit
- CommunitiesEdit
- Hungerfords crawling water beetleEdit
- References
Map of Saugeen River, Ontario, Canada
The river's name comes from an Ojibwa language word Zaagiing, meaning outlet. Another source is more specific, indicating that "Saugeen" is the corrupted form of the Ojibwa word meaning the entrance or mouth of the river.
Saugeen river 2013 raft race
TributariesEdit
The river is split in two for most of its length, with the South and North Saugeens both being formed from a number of smaller branches starting south-west of Owen Sound. The two main branches meet about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south-southeast of its exit into Lake Huron, at Southampton.
CommunitiesEdit
Hungerford's crawling water beetleEdit
The North Saugeen River is home to one of the most critically endangered of all insects: the Hungerford's crawling water beetle. In fact, the only known population of Hungerford's crawling water beetles outside of the United States were discovered near Scone in Bruce County, Ontario. In 1986, 42 beetles were identified at a site downstream from a dam there. An unspecified number of beetles were last recorded in 2001, but surveys in 2002 uncovered no specimens. As a result, the status of this population of Hungerford's crawling water beetles is uncertain at present.
Although the Hungerford's crawling water beetle was categorized as endangered on March 7, 1994, under the provisions of the U.S. Endangered Species Act, it is currently not protected in Canada.