Running Creek is a stream in the municipality of Chatham-Kent in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.[3][1][4][5][6] It is a left distributary of the Chenail Ecarté (The Snye), is a tributary of the North Sydenham River, and is part of the Great Lakes Basin.[1][4]

Running Creek
Location of the mouth of Running Creek in Southern Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Southwestern Ontario
Municipality	Chatham-Kent
Physical characteristics
Source	Chenail Ecarté (The Snye)
• coordinates	42°36′11″N 82°28′41″W[1]
• elevation	175 m (574 ft)[2]
Mouth	North Sydenham River
• location	Wallaceburg
• coordinates	42°36′14″N 82°23′19″W[3]
• elevation	175 m (574 ft)[2]
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin

The creek begins at the Chenail Ecarté (The Snye) at an elevation of 175 metres (574 ft),[2] and flows east to its mouth at the North Sydenham River, at an elevation of 175 metres (574 ft), on the north side of the community of Wallaceburg.[2] The North Sydenham River flows via the Sydenham River, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River to Lake Erie.[3][1][4]

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