There are many creeks in the Hamilton area. The following are just a few that are easy to get to. Refer to the Hamilton Naturalists' Club's Guide 'Naturally Hamilton' to assist you in your exploration of these habitats.

• Red Hill Creek: this lovely creek crosses the escarpment and flows down to the shore at the east end of Hamilton Harbour at Windermere Basin. It sits in the Red Hill Valley, which is the largest urban park in Ontario and the only remaining natural corridor linking the escarpment to the shoreline of Lake Ontario in the Hamilton area. Access is from Mud St. and Mount Albion Rd., 4km west of Hwy 20. Windermere Basin can be accessed from Eastport Drive, about 2km east of Toll Gate Ponds.
  
  
• Spencer Creek: the longest creek in the Hamilton area, its origins are in Puslinch, just north of the Valens Conservation Area through which it flows and is dammed. It flows through several other wetland areas, such as Beverly Swamp where it is joined by one of its major tributaries, Fletcher Creek. It then flows through the Christie Conservation Area where it is dammed again. It ends at the west end of Cootes Paradise, another wetland area.
  
  

  Canoing Spencer Creek. Photo by Alan Ernst.

  
  
• Fifty Creek: the easternmost creek in the Hamilton area, this creek can be accessed from the Fifty Point Conservation Area
  
  
• Grindstone Creek (Burlington): this creek originates in Flamborough above the escarpment and drains into Carroll's Bay off Hamilton Harbour, and is an active trout and salmon stream. You can access this creek via the trail system at the Royal Botanical Garden's Hendrie Valley on Plains Rd.
  
  
• Bronte Creek: located in Halton region, this creek originates in Morriston, crosses the escarpment near Flamborough and enters Lake Ontario at the west end of Oakville. It can be accessed from Bronte Harbour in Oakville, at Bronte Creek Provincial Park on the north side of the Q.E.W. in Oakville, or further north.