Conneaut_Creek

Conneaut Creek

Conneaut Creek

River in Pennsylvania, United States

Conneaut Creek /ˈkɒni.ɒt/ is a 43.5-mile (70.0 km) tributary of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio in the United States.[4] Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.

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Conneaut Creek rises in western Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and initially flows north-northwestwardly past Conneautville into western Erie County. Near Albion, it turns to the west-southwest and roughly parallels the shoreline of Lake Erie for some length, at a distance of about 5 mi (8 km) inland, into northeastern Ashtabula County, Ohio, where, at Kingsville, it turns to the northeast to flow into Lake Erie at the city of Conneaut.[5][6]

Variant names and spellings

View of a railroad bridge across the Conneaut Creek in a 1910 postcard.

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Conneaut Creek has also been known historically as:[1]

  • Caneaught Creek
  • Conneaut River
  • Coneaught Creek
  • Conneaugh River
  • Conneought Creek
  • Conyeayout Creek
  • Counite Riviere

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Conneaut Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 14, 2023.
  2. [2]
    Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II. Water Resources Bulletin. Vol. 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters. p. 382.
  3. [3]
    United States Environmental Protection Agency. "Watershed Report: Conneaut Creek". watersgeo.epa.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-07-04. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  4. [4]
    "Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry". Archived from the original on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2006-05-12.
  5. [5]
    DeLorme (2003). Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-280-3.
  6. [6]
    DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, ME: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1.
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