| Sauble River | |
|---|---|
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  Location of the mouth of the Sauble River in southern Ontario | |
| Etymology | From the FrenchRiviere aux Saubles for "sandy river" |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Southwestern Ontario |
| Counties | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Unnamed pond |
| • location | Chatsworth,Grey County |
| • coordinates | 44°21′08″N80°58′55″W / 44.35222°N 80.98194°W /44.35222; -80.98194 |
| • elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Mouth | Lake Huron |
• location | Sauble Beach,South Bruce Peninsula,Bruce County |
• coordinates | 44°39′42″N81°16′45″W / 44.66167°N 81.27917°W /44.66167; -81.27917 |
• elevation | 176 m (577 ft) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Lake Hurondrainage basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Rankin River |
TheSauble River is a river inBruce County andGrey County insouthwestern Ontario,Canada that flows from its headwaters in the township ofChatsworth toLake Huron north of the community ofSauble Beach.
The river was originally calledRivière aux Saubles, or "sandy river", by theFrench. It was named the River aux Saubles on maps until 1881, when it became the Sauble River. When first settled, the area included a sawmill and later, a hydro electric plant.[1]
The Sauble River begins at an unnamed pond in the township ofChatsworth in Grey County, between the communities ofDesboro to the north andMooresburg to the south. It heads north then west, takes in the left tributary Grimston Creek and right tributary Keady Creek, passes along the border to the municipality ofArran–Elderslie in Bruce County near the community ofGrimston, before entering that municipality and reaching the community ofTara, where it takes in the left tributary Tara Creek. The river continues north, takes in the left tributary Arkwright Creek, passes through the community of Allenford, and reaches the municipality ofSouth Bruce Peninsula. It then heads northeast, takes in the right tributary Park Head Creek, and turns west west of the community of Hepworth. The river takes in the right tributaries Spring Creek and Rankin River, passes over the Sauble Falls, and reaches Lake Huron at Sauble Beach.[2]
Sauble Falls Provincial Park is located at the eponymous waterfalls.[3]
The river hosts fish species such as brown trout, chinook salmon, coho salmon, largemouth bass, northern pike, panfish, rainbow trout and walleye.[4] The south (upper) Sauble River drainage basin has fair (15 to 20%)forest cover and poor (12.5 to 25%)riparian zone forest cover, fair water quality and goodbenthic species; the north (lower) drainage basin has excellent (greater than 35%) forest cover and fair (25% to 50%) riparian zone forest cover, excellent water chemistry and good benthic species.[5][6][7][8]
