Elk Creek (Lake Erie)

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Elk Creek is a 30.4-mile (48.9 km) tributary of Lake Erie in Erie County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The creek is part of the Lake Erie Watershed and has a drainage basin of 99.4 square miles (257 km2). Elk Creek is stocked with brown trout and steelhead by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.[1]

Course

Elk Creek has its origins in Fairview Township, McKean Township, and part of Summit Township. The creek flows northwest through Erie County and enters Lake Erie just west of Lake City in Girard Township.[2]

Little Elk Creek joins Elk Creek in Girard Township and has its origins south in Elk Creek and Franklin Townships.

Elk Creek Access is a local park which can be reached off Pennsylvania Route 5.

References

  1. ^ "Elk Creek". Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-13.
  2. ^ Gertler, Edward (2004). Keystone Canoeing. Seneca Press. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6.

See also