Canoas Creek formerly known as Arroyo de Las Canoas (Creek of the Troughs) is a creek in Fresno County, California.^[3] Its source is on the north slope of Black Mountain, 1.25 miles west of Zwang Peak in the Diablo Range. Its course, in its canyon, runs almost directly northeast through Reef Ridge and the Kreyenhagen Hills, from which it flows north northeast into the Kettleman Plain where it turns north northwest 4.6 miles northwest of Avenal near the Kettleman Hills to terminate in the Kettleman Plain, 7.1 miles northwest of Avenal and 3000 feet east of Zapato Chino Creek.^[2]

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Canoas Creek
Location of the mouth in California
Native name	Arroyo de Las Canoas (Spanish)
Location
Country	United States
State	California
Region	Fresno County
Physical characteristics
Source	source
• location	on the north slope of Black Mountain, 1.25 miles west of Zwang Peak in the Diablo Range., Fresno County
• coordinates	35°56′38″N 120°16′34″W[1]
Mouth	mouth
• location	terminates in the Kettleman Plain, 6.2 miles northwest of Avenal, Fresno County
• coordinates	36°04′45″N 120°12′55″W[2]
• elevation	692 ft (211 m)[1]

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Canoas Creek, originally known as Arroyo de Las Canoas, was the location of a watering place on El Camino Viejo, between Zapato Chino Creek to the north and Arroyo de las Garzas to the south.^[3]