Everything about Cattaraugus Creek totally explained
Cattaraugus Creek is a stream, approximately 68 miles (109 km) long, in western
New York in the
United States. The creek drains a wooded rural portion of western New York southwest of
Buffalo into
Lake Erie. In its lower course it flows primarily through the
Cattaraugus Reservation of the
Seneca tribe. The word "Cattaraugus" means "foul-smelling river bank." This name is a result of the natural gas that oozes from the river mud.
Description
The creek rises in
Java Lake in
Wyoming County. In the
Village of Arcade it joins Clear Creek. As it flows westward out of Wyoming County to the hamlet of
Yorkshire, the creek forms the boundary between the south part of
Erie County and the northern borders of
Chautauqua and
Cattaraugus counties.
It flows through the
Village of Gowanda, which straddles the creek and is thereby in two counties. To the east of Gowanda, the Cattaraugus Creek passes through the
Zoar Valley Multiple Use Area. This conservation zone is a favorite recreation area for fishing and rafting.
Along its lower course it flows past the hamlet of
Versailles, on the south bank of the creek in Cattaraugus Reservation. It flows into Lake Erie by Sunset Bay in the
Town of Hanover in Chautauqua County.
Each year around October to November, thousands of fishermen descend on the lower course of Cattaraugus Creek to take advantage of the annual
steelhead trout runs.
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