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Black Creek (Genesee River-Allegany County, New York)
Black Creek may refer to: Communities In Canada * Black Creek, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island * A neighborhood in Fort Erie, Ontario * Black Creek, Toronto * Black Creek Pioneer Village, a historic site in Toronto In the United States * Black Creek, New York, a hamlet in Allegany County * Black Creek, North Carolina, a town in Wilson County * Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio * Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania * Black Creek, Wisconsin, a village in Outagamie County * Black Creek (town), Wisconsin, a town in Outagamie County Streams In Canada * Black Creek (Ontario), one of 37 creeks of that name in Ontario, including: **Black Creek (Toronto), a tributary of the Humber River In the United States * Black Creek (Arizona), a tributary of the Puerco River, northeast Arizona * Black Creek (Florida), a tributary of the St. Johns River in Clay County * Black Creek (Ogeechee River tributary), a stream in Georgia * Black Creek (Savannah River tributary), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek, British Columbia
Black Creek is a community on the eastern side of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It is approximately north of Courtenay. It is primarily an agricultural hamlet and bedroom community to Courtenay and Campbell River - approximately to the north. It is part of Electoral Area C in the Comox Valley Regional District. History Black Creek was the host to several logging camps in the early years of the 20th century such as the Comox Logging & Railway Camp #3 which was on what is now Endall Road. Endall Road public easement joins the dead end road with Hamm Road. Part of the camp bunkhouse is now adjoined to a local estate home. The area was made available to German speaking Mennonite settlers primarily from the USSR via Mexico or the Canadian Prairie provinces in the 1930s. They left a legacy of hard work, wresting dairy and fruit growing farms from stony ground that had once boasted some of the largest Douglas firs in the world. It is still evident today in the many smal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek (South Grand River Tributary)
Black Creek is a stream in Cass County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is a tributary of the South Grand River. Black Creek has the name of one Mr. Black, a pioneer settler. See also *List of rivers of Missouri List of rivers in Missouri ( U.S. state). By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Mississippi River Arkansas River *Mississippi River **Arkansas River (A ... References Rivers of Cass County, Missouri Rivers of Missouri {{CassCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek Wilderness
Black Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Located within the De Soto National Forest, Mississippi's largest wilderness lies in the broad valley of Black Creek, stained a deep caramel color by the tannic acid of decaying vegetation.Black Creek Wilderness - Wilderness.net The upland areas protect significant areas of longleaf pine forest, while the river creates bottomland hardwoods and shorelines with sand bars. It is therefore an important representation of typical coastal plain ecosystems that existed before forests were cleared and the rivers dammed. The Pascagoula River is nationally significant as on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek Nature Sanctuary
Black Creek Nature Sanctuary, commonly referred to as Black Creek, is a nature sanctuary located in Keweenaw County, Michigan. It is maintained and preserved by the non-profit organization Michigan Nature Association, and is only one of many parks and sanctuaries maintained by the association in Keweenaw County. The Black Creek Nature Sanctuary provides varied landscapes, several beaver ponds, sand dunes fringed by giant white birch, mixed conifers, lowland hardwoods, and of Lake Superior shoreline. Starting in 1991, local citizens began purchasing land for preservation, and by 1992, a total of were acquired. In 2006, the land along the lake's shoreline was added for the present size of . Access to the sanctuary is by a hiking trail of more than two miles (3 km) in length, and traverses a variety of environments. Vegetation includes blueberry, trailing arbutus, and wildflowers such as orchids. The trail ends at a lagoon formed by the convergence of Hill and Black Creeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek Park
Black Creek Park is a park in Monroe County, New York, about southwest of the city of Rochester. It is a relatively undeveloped park operated by Monroe County, including soccer and baseball fields, as well as a number of trails for hiking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, and snowshoe Snowshoes are specialized outdoor gear for walking over snow. Their large footprint spreads the user's weight out and allows them to travel largely on top of rather than through snow. Adjustable bindings attach them to appropriate winter footwe ...ing; picnic areas, a sledding hill, and two enclosed lodges. The current foreman is Ed Britton. The main entrance is at 3835 Union Street ( Route 259), south of Chili Avenue ( Route 33A), in Chili, New York. Black Creek runs across the north edge of the park, and wetlands associated with the Mill Creek cross the park near the south side. The Chili Historical Society is located at the southeast edge of the park (entrance on Union St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek (Susquehanna River)
Black Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Conyngham Township. The creek's watershed has an area of . It is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. The creek is ephemeral and loses its flow to underground mines. Varying concentrations of many alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, and transition metals occur in water in the creek's watershed. The watershed typically experiences relatively mild temperatures. It is mainly accessible via U.S. Route 11, Pennsylvania Route 239, and a local road. Black Creek is situated within the Coal Region of Pennsylvania. Rock formations in the watershed include the Mauch Chunk Formation, the Pottsville Formation, and the Llwellyn Formation. Coal beds in the watershed include the Lower Red Ash bed, the Upper Red Ash bed, the Lower Ross bed, the Upper Ross bed, and the Baltimore Bed. Ridges of mine waste also occur in the cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek (Nescopeck Creek)
Black Creek is a long source tributary of Nescopeck Creek so part of the Susquehanna River drainage basin. It is also the second & longer stream of the same name recognized by the USGS GNIS system in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania,USGS GNIS systemsearch by namein Pennsylvania. Relative lengths from other data sources, but GNIS data puts the differences at over 20 miles. (See GNIS details1169695, Black Creekvs1169696, Black Creek) in the United States—compared to the Black Creek beyond the ridgeline of the drainage divide, so in the Lehigh River valley and Carbon County. The headwaters of both Black Creeks in Luzerne county are only a few miles apart, and both valleys were traversed by the Lausanne-Nescopeck Turnpike (Lehigh-Susquehanna Turnpike) in the first half of the 19th-century. The J-on-its-long-side-shaped brook is approximately long, and in the early 1800s the sides of its valley became the path of the Lausanne-Nescopeck Turnpike (Lehigh-Susquehanna Turnpike)& ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek (Lehigh River)
Black Creek is a brookU.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Lehigh River in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, in the United States,.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Its waters start at the very south edge of Weatherly, Pennsylvania at the confluence of Beaver and Hazle Creeks, then runs nearly due east to its mouth on the Lehigh River in Maple Hollow at the former railroad depot of Penn Haven Junction just east of Hinkles Valley. The confluence was a waypoint along the 19th-century Lehigh & Susquehanna Turnpike Black Creek has two major tributaries joining within Weatherly, the long Beaver Creek (Carbon County)Measured using Google maps ruler tool from source to confluence with Quakake Creek — which merge creates Black Creek and the network of streams combining as Quakake Creek. The tributary Quakake Creek, is the more dispersed and disorgani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek (Pennsylvania)
Black Creek is a brookU.S. Geological Survey, National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Lehigh River in Carbon County, Pennsylvania, in the United States,.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Its waters start at the very south edge of Weatherly, Pennsylvania at the confluence of Beaver and Hazle Creeks, then runs nearly due east to its mouth on the Lehigh River in Maple Hollow at the former railroad depot of Penn Haven Junction just east of Hinkles Valley. The confluence was a waypoint along the 19th-century Lehigh & Susquehanna Turnpike Black Creek has two major tributaries joining within Weatherly, the long Beaver Creek (Carbon County)Measured using Google maps ruler tool from source to confluence with Quakake Creek — which merge creates Black Creek and the network of streams combining as Quakake Creek. The tributary Quakake Creek, is the more dispersed and disorganized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulster County
Ulster County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. It is situated along the Hudson River. As of the 2020 census, the population was 181,851. The county seat is Kingston. The county is named after the Irish province of Ulster. History Founding and formation When part of the New Netherland colony, Dutch traders first called the area of present-day Ulster County "Esopus", a name borrowed for convenience from a locality on the opposite side of the Hudson. The local Lenape indigenous people called themselves Waranawanka, but soon came to be known to the Dutch as the "Esopus Indians" because they were encountered around the settlement known as Esopus. In 1652, Thomas Chambers, a freeholder from the Manor of Rensselaerswyck, purchased land at Esopus. He and several others actually settled and began farming by June, 1653. The settlements grew into the village of Wiltwijck, which the English later named Kingston. In 1683, the Duke of York created 12 counties in his province, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek (Hudson River)
Black Creek may refer to: Communities In Canada * Black Creek, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island * A neighborhood in Fort Erie, Ontario * Black Creek, Toronto * Black Creek Pioneer Village, a historic site in Toronto In the United States * Black Creek, New York, a hamlet in Allegany County * Black Creek, North Carolina, a town in Wilson County * Black Creek Township, Mercer County, Ohio * Black Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania * Black Creek, Wisconsin, a village in Outagamie County * Black Creek (town), Wisconsin, a town in Outagamie County Streams In Canada * Black Creek (Ontario), one of 37 creeks of that name in Ontario, including: **Black Creek (Toronto), a tributary of the Humber River In the United States * Black Creek (Arizona), a tributary of the Puerco River, northeast Arizona * Black Creek (Florida), a tributary of the St. Johns River in Clay County * Black Creek (Ogeechee River tributary), a stream in Georgia * Black Creek (Savannah River tributary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Creek (Genesee River)
Black Creek is a tributary of the Genesee River that runs for in western New York, United States. The creek begins in Middlebury in Wyoming County and runs north for roughly the first half of its course and east for the other half, eventually joining the Genesee River in Chili, Monroe County. Its drainage area spans around , which is largely rural and agricultural. As of 2000, 40,000 residents lived in the creek's drainage area. See also *List of New York rivers A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... References Rivers of New York (state) Rivers of Wyoming County, New York Rivers of Genesee County, New York Rivers of Monroe County, New York {{NewYork-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
