Elk Creek is a
tributary
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of
Lake Erie
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in
Erie County,
Pennsylvania
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in the
United States
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. The creek is part of the
Lake Erie Watershed and has a
drainage basin
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of . Elk Creek is
stocked with
brown trout
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and
steelhead
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by the
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
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.
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.
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
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.
See also
*
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
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References
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Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Lake Erie
Rivers of Erie County, Pennsylvania