Skaneateles Creek is a
river
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in
New York
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, the United States. It drains
Skaneateles Lake
Skaneateles Lake ( , ) is one of the Finger Lakes in central New York in the United States. The name ''Skaneateles'' means ''long lake'' in one of the local Iroquoian languages. The lake is sometimes referred to as "The Roof Garden of the Lakes" ...
to the
Seneca River. It flows through
Skaneateles,
Skaneateles Falls,
Mottville,
Elbridge, and Jordan before joining the Seneca River, about 2 miles northwest of
Jordan, New York
Jordan is a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,192. It is part of the Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named after the Jordan River.
Jordan is located in the northwest ...
.
Though only approximately 10 miles long, Skaneateles Creek has 21 dams inventoried by the
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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.
The
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a historic canal in upstate New York that runs east–west between the Hudson River and Lake Erie. Completed in 1825, the canal was the first navigability, navigable waterway connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes, ...
crossed over Skaneateles Creek on the Jordan Aqueduct.
References
Rivers of New York (state)
Rivers of Onondaga County, New York
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