Conneaut Creek

Conneaut Creek
Stream
Mouth of Conneaut Creek on Lake Erie at Conneaut, Ohio
Country	United States
States	Ohio, Pennsylvania
Counties	Ashtabula, Erie, Crawford
Tributaries
- left	West Branch Conneaut Creek
- right	East Branch Conneaut Creek
Source
- location	Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania
- elevation	1,273 ft (388 m)
- coordinates
Mouth	Lake Erie
- location	Ohio–Pennsylvania border
- elevation	768 ft (234 m)
- coordinates
Length	43.5 mi (70 km)
Basin	152 sq mi (394 km2)
Location of the mouth of Conneaut Creek in Ohio
Location of the mouth of Conneaut Creek in Pennsylvania

Conneaut Creek /ˈkɒni.ɒt/ is a 43.5-mile (70.0 km) tributary of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio in the United States. Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.

Conneaut Creek rises in western Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and initially flows north-northwestwardly past Conneautville into western Erie County. Near Albion, it turns to the west-southwest and roughly parallels the shoreline of Lake Erie for some length, at a distance of about 5 mi (8 km) inland, into northeastern Ashtabula County, Ohio, where, at Kingsville, it turns to the northeast to flow into Lake Erie at the city of Conneaut.

Variant names and spellings

According to the Geographic Names Information System, Conneaut Creek has also been known historically as:

• Caneaught Creek
• Conneaut River
• Coneaught Creek
• Conneaugh River
• Conneought Creek
• Conyeayout Creek
• Counite Riviere

See also

• List of rivers of Ohio
• List of rivers of Pennsylvania