Connoquenessing Creek

The Connoquenessing Creek within the catchment area of ​​the Beaver River

Connoquenessing Creek in Butler

The outflow is via the Beaver River, Ohio River and Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico. The Connoquenessing Creek is part of the river system of the Mississippi River and drains an area of 865 km ². The river rises in the eastern Butler County near the village of East Butler and flows in a southwesterly direction into the Oneida Lake reservoir. Beyond the dam, it passes through the city Butler to then meandering to flow west-northwest. In Ellwood City of Connoquenessing Creek empties into the Beaver River. The river is a destination for many boaters, because with rapids of whitewater difficulty II and III, it offers attractive race tracks for canoeists.

Through the acquisition of steel industry on the upper reaches of the river at Butler is one of the most polluted waters of the region.