Kinzua Creek is a
tributary
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of the
Allegheny River in
McKean County,
Pennsylvania
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in the
United States
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.
[Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. ]
The upper reaches of the creek pass through
Kinzua Bridge State Park, where the creek was spanned by the
Kinzua Viaduct
The Kinzua Bridge or the Kinzua Viaduct (, ) was a railroad trestle that spanned Kinzua Creek in McKean County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The bridge was tall and long. Most of its structure collapsed during a tornado in July 2003.
Bi ...
until a tornado destroyed the viaduct in 2003.
Kinzua Creek (
Native American for "turkey"
) joins the
Allegheny Reservoir
The Allegheny Reservoir (also known as Kinzua Lake and unofficially as Lake Perfidy) is a reservoir along the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania and New York, USA. It was created in 1965 by the construction of the Kinzua Dam along the river. Lake Per ...
upstream of the city of
Warren
A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval A ...
, a few miles upstream of the
Kinzua Dam
The Kinzua Dam, on the Allegheny River in Warren County, Pennsylvania, is one of the largest dams in the United States east of the Mississippi River. It is located within the Allegheny National Forest.
The dam is located east of Warren, Penn ...
on the Allegheny River.
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
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List of rivers of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
*'' ...
*
List of tributaries of the Allegheny River
This article contains a list of tributaries of the Allegheny River, a stream in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. (Mouth at the Ohio River)
New York Sources:
* Oswayo Creek (Portville, Cattaraugus Co., NY)
* Dodge Creek (Allega ...
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stationsKinzua Bridge State Park
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Allegheny River
Rivers of McKean County, Pennsylvania
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