Conneaut Creek
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Conneaut Creek (pronounced KAH-nee-aht) is a tributary of Lake Erie, about 50 mi (80 km) long, in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio in the United States.[1] 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.
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.[2][3]
[edit] Variant names and spellings
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Conneaut Creek has also been known historically as:[4]
- Caneaught Creek
- Conneaut River
- Coneaught Creek
- Conneaugh River
- Conneought Creek
- Conyeayout Creek
- Counite Riviere
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- ^ DeLorme (2003). Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-280-3
- ^ DeLorme (1991). Ohio Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-233-1
- ^ Geographic Names Information System entry
