Conneaut Creek

Aerial view of the mouth of Conneaut Creek in Lake Erie in the town of Conneaut

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The Conneaut Creek is a 95 km long tributary of Lake Erie on the south bank in the northwestern U.S. state of Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio. The river drains 249 km ² predominantly agricultural land, which is located in the basin of Lake Erie. About the Lake Erie and the Niagara River is one of the Conneaut Creek to the river system St. Lawrence River.

The Conneaut Creek originates 5 km northeast of the town of Lineville in western Crawford County in Pennsylvania and flows first in a northerly direction to the western Erie County. In Albion River after the West bend, now about 25 km flows parallel to the shoreline of Lake Erie before he swings at Kingsville to the northeast and flows within the city Conneaut in Ashtabula County into Lake Erie. The catchment area of ​​Conneaut Creek includes the tributaries of West Branch, Middle Branch, East Branch and Stone Run with a.

Geographic Names Information System According to the the river was also referred to by Caneaught Creek, Coneaught Creek, Conneaugh River, Conneought Creek, Conyeayout Creek and Counite Riviere.