Kinzua Creek
| Kinzua Creek | |
|---|---|
 Kinzua Creek in the Allegheny National Forest near the Allegheny Reservoir | |
  Location of the mouth of Kinzua Creek in Pennsylvania | |
| Etymology | Kentschuak, Delaware for "they gobble"[2] |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | McKean |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Cyclone, McKean County, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°50′8″N 78°35′13″W / 41.83556°N 78.58694°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,220 ft (680 m)[3] |
| Mouth | Allegheny River |
• location | Allegheny Reservoir, McKean County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°51′29″N 78°57′13″W / 41.85806°N 78.95361°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,328 ft (405 m)[3] |
| Length | 26.5 mi (42.6 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 86 sq mi (220 km2)[3] |
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; it previously formed the boundary between Kinzua and (West) Corydon before both communities were dissolved in the 1960s.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Kinzua Creek". Geographic Names Information System. August 2, 1979. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
- ^ 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. 4. American Philosophical Society: 364.
- ^ a b c d Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II. Water Resources Bulletin. Vol. 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters. p. 259.
- ^ a b c Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 176.
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
- Kinzua Bridge State Park
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kinzua Dam and Allegheny Reservoir
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