East Canada Creek is a 34.6-mile-long (55.7 km)[2] river in upstate New York, United States. It is a tributary of the Mohawk River and flows southward from New York's Adirondack Park. The name "Canada" may be derived from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word Kanata, meaning "village"; the name may also refer to the creek's importance as a trail to Canada in colonial times.[3]

East Canada Creek
East Canada Creek upstream of Emmonsburg Road
Location of the mouth of East Canada Creek Show map of New York Adirondack Park East Canada Creek (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Regions	Central New York, North Country
Counties	Hamilton, Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Northeast of Powley Place
• coordinates	43°20′18″N 74°37′36″W[1]
Mouth	Mohawk River
• location	South of East Creek
• coordinates	42°59′58″N 74°44′37″W[1]
• elevation	305 ft (93 m)[1]
Length	34.6 mi (55.7 km)[1]
Basin size	289 sq mi (750 km2)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Sprite Creek

Course

The creek is formed northeast of Powley Place in the Town of Arietta in Hamilton County, where it is created by the confluence of smaller streams. It goes on to form part of the boundary between Herkimer, Fulton, and Montgomery counties. It also flows through the Village of Dolgeville, after passing Dolgeville it enters into Kyser Lake.

Hydrology

One stream gauge is located 1.2 miles (1.9 km) upstream from mouth, and 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northwest of the village of St. Johnsville, at the hamlet of East Creek. It has been in service from December 1945 to March 1995, 1998, 2000, 2003-2014, and July 2014 to current year. The station had a maximum discharge of 31,500 cu ft/s (890 m³/s) and a gauge height of 10.99 feet (3.35 m) on June 28, 2006. It had a minimum discharge of 0.05 cu ft/s (0.0014 m³/s) and a gauge height of 0.47 feet (0.14 m) on July 9, 1978. Outside the period of record in the flood of 1945, there was an estimated discharge of 24,000 cu ft/s (680 m³/s) and gauge height of 9 feet (2.7 m).[4]

See also

• West Canada Creek
• List of rivers in New York

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