Eramosa River

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Eramosa River
Flooded Eramosa River in Guelph in early spring
Origin	Near Erin, Ontario
Mouth	Speed River at Guelph, Ontario
Basin countries	Canada

The Eramosa River is a river in Wellington County in western Ontario which rises near Erin, Ontario, and flows southwest through the city of Guelph, where it joins the Speed River, which then enters the Grand River in Cambridge.^[1]

Eramosa at confluence with Speed River, Guelph, Oct. 2008

The river flows through an area covered with several hundred glacial potholes near Rockwood, one of the largest being the Devil's Well, 13.1 metres (43 ft) deep, 6.4 metres (21 ft) wide at the top and 4.9 metres (16 ft) at its base.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Low water response: Speed and Eramosa Rivers". grandriver.ca. Grand River Conservation Authority. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
^ Morgan, Alan (May 2002). "Glacial Potholes at Rockwood" (PDF). Grand Actions (Grand River Conservation Authority) 7 (4): 2. Retrieved 31 May 2010.

v t e Guelph, Ontario

Government	City Council Federal electoral district Grand River Conservation Authority Police Service Provincial electoral district Public Library Transit Wellington County Guelph City Hall

Places	Old City Hall Downtown McCrae House Memorial Gardens Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate River Run Centre Sleeman Centre Stone Road Mall University of Guelph

Transportation	Bus Terminal Goderich-Exeter Railway Hanlon Parkway Guelph Junction Railway Guelph Central Station

Nature	Arboretum Arkell Spring Grounds Eramosa River Speed River

Continental glaciations

General

Landforms

Erosional

Depositional

Glacifluvial	Diluvium Esker Giant current ripples Kame Kame delta Kettle hole Outwash fan Sandur

North American
places

Canadian	Arrowhead Provincial Park, Ontario Big Rock (glacial erratic), Alberta Cypress Hills (Canada), Saskatchewan Eramosa River, Ontario Eskers Provincial Park, British Columbia Foothills Erratics Train, Alberta Lion's Head Provincial Park, Ontario Origin of the Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario Ovayok Territorial Park, Nunavut

United States	Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area, Wisconsin Coteau des Prairies, South Dakota Devil's Lake State Park, Wisconsin Glacial Lake Wisconsin, Wisconsin Glacial Lakes State Park, Minnesota Horicon Marsh State Wildlife Area, Wisconsin Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, Idaho, Oregon & Washington Ice Age National Scientific Reserve, Wisconsin Ice Age Trail, Wisconsin Interstate State Park, Minnesota & Wisconsin Kelleys Island, Ohio Kettle Moraine State Forest, Wisconsin Lake Bonneville, Utah Lake Lahontan, Nevada Lake Missoula, Montana Mill Bluff State Park, Wisconsin Oneida Lake, New York Two Creeks Buried Forest State Natural Area, Wisconsin Withrow Moraine and Jameson Lake Drumlin Field, Washington Yosemite National Park, California