Kinzua Creek

Kinzua Creek
Stream
Kinzua Creek in the Allegheny National Forest near the Allegheny Reservoir
Name origin: Kentschuak, Delaware for "they gobble" [1]
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County McKean
Source
 - location Cyclone, McKean County, Pennsylvania
 - elevation 2,220 ft (677 m) [2]
 - coordinates 41°50′8″N 78°35′13″W / 41.83556°N 78.58694°W [3]
Mouth Allegheny River
 - location Allegheny Reservoir, McKean County, Pennsylvania
 - elevation 1,328 ft (405 m) [2]
 - coordinates 41°51′29″N 78°57′13″W / 41.85806°N 78.95361°WCoordinates: 41°51′29″N 78°57′13″W / 41.85806°N 78.95361°W [3]
Length 26.5 mi (43 km) [2]
Basin 86 sq mi (223 km2) [2]
Location of the mouth of Kinzua Creek in Pennsylvania

Kinzua Creek /ˈkɪnzuː/ is a 26.5-mile (42.6 km) tributary of the Allegheny River in McKean County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[4]

The upper reaches of the creek pass through Kinzua Bridge State Park, where the creek was spanned by the Kinzua Viaduct until a tornado destroyed the viaduct in 2003.[4]

Kinzua Creek (Native American for "turkey"[5]) joins the Allegheny Reservoir 10 miles (16 km) upstream of the city of Warren, a few miles upstream of the Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River.[4] The location is also the former location of Kinzua, an unincorporated community that was wiped out as a result of the construction of the Kinzua Dam.

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References

  1. ↑ Heckewelder, John; Peter S. Du Ponceau (1834). "Names Which the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians, Who Once Inhabited This Country, Had Given to Rivers, Streams, Places, &c. &c...". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (American Philosophical Society) 4: 364.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II. Water Resources Bulletin 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters. p. 259.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Kinzua Creek". Geographic Names Information System. August 2, 1979. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
  5. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 176.

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