Kettle Creek (Ontario)

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Kettle Creek is a creek in Elgin County in southwestern Ontario, Canada that empties into Lake Erie at Port Stanley.<ref name=EnvironmentCanadaLakeErieActionPlan/> It drains an area of Template:Convert. Dodd Creek is the major tributary.<ref name=Kettle/>

Kettle Creek flows through parts of London, Ontario and St. Thomas, Ontario.<ref name=Kettle/> Most of the watershed is used for agriculture. During dry summers, water shortages can be experienced. Kettle Creek adds a significant amount of phosphorus to Lake Erie.<ref name=EnvironmentCanadaLakeErieActionPlan/>

Some of Ontario's rare remaining stands of Carolinian Forest are in the Kettle Creek watershed.<ref name=kettlecreekconservationCarolinian/>

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