Buffalo River
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo River where it empties into Lake Erie. The lighthouse on the left of the river is the Buffalo (main) Light
Country	United States
State	New York
Counties	Erie, Wyoming
Major city	Buffalo
Watershed	142 mi² (368 km²) [1]
Discharge at	Gardenville, NY
- average	204 ft³/s (5.78 m³/s) [1]
- maximum	7,650 ft³/s (216.62 m³/s)
- minimum	1 ft³/s (0.03 m³/s)
Source
- coordinates	42°35′38″N 78°28′15″W / 42.59389, -78.47083 [2]
- elevation	1,450 ft (442 m) [3]
Mouth	Lake Erie
- location	Buffalo
- coordinates	42°52′42″N 78°53′11″W / 42.87833, -78.88639 [2]
- elevation	570 ft (174 m) [3]
Major tributaries
- left	Cazenovia Creek
- right	Cayuga Creek

For other rivers with this name, see Buffalo River.

The Buffalo River is a river that empties into the eastern end of Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes, by the City of Buffalo in the United States of America. This stream is called the Buffalo River only in the vicinity of the city and is known as Buffalo Creek as it flows through other parts of Western New York. This change in name occurs near the western border of the Town of West Seneca, where Buffalo Creek receives the contents of Cayuga Creek. The river is further increased by the confluence with Cazenovia Creek in Buffalo. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 517 pixelsFull resolution (2210 × 1428 pixels, file size: 1. ... Buffalo Main Light as seen through a periscope onboard the USS Little Rock (CG-4) Buffalo (main) Light is a lighthouse at the mouth of Buffalo River/Erie canal, directly across from the Erie basin marina, underneath the skyway in downtown Buffalo, New York. ... This article is about the state. ... Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Wyoming County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Government  - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area  - City 52. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... Square kilometre (U.S. spelling: square kilometer), symbol km², is a decimal multiple of SI unit of surface area square metre, one of the SI derived units. ... It has been suggested that Thousand Cubic Feet be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... The cubic meter (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... It has been suggested that Thousand Cubic Feet be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... The cubic meter (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... It has been suggested that Thousand Cubic Feet be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... The cubic meter (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. ... This article is about the unit of time. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Lake Erie (pronounced ) is the tenth largest lake on Earth[2] and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, is the fourth largest by surface area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Government  - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area  - City 52. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... This article is about the unit of length. ... Cazenovia Creek is a small river in Western New York, USA. The creek is named after Theophilus Cazenove, an agent of the Holland Land Company. ... Cayuga Creek is a small river in Western New York, USA. The creek enters the Buffalo Creek in the northwest corner of the Town of West Seneca. ... Bufallo River can refer to: The Buffalo River, a tributary of the White River in Arkansas in the United States, and the location of the Buffalo National River. ... For other uses, see River (disambiguation). ... Lake Erie (pronounced ) is the tenth largest lake on Earth[2] and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, is the fourth largest by surface area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. ... The Great Lakes from space The Laurentian Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes in North America on or near the Canada-United States border. ... Nickname: Location of Buffalo in New York State County Government  - Mayor Byron Brown (D) Area  - City 52. ... This article is about the state. ... West Seneca is a town located in Erie County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 45,920. ... Cayuga Creek is a small river in Western New York, USA. The creek enters the Buffalo Creek in the northwest corner of the Town of West Seneca. ... Cazenovia Creek is a small river in Western New York, USA. The creek is named after Theophilus Cazenove, an agent of the Holland Land Company. ...

Buffalo River

The Buffalo River flows westward from the point of confluence, soon passing through a heavily industrialized part of the city. The river enters the lake between the United States Coast Guard station and the Erie Basin Marina. The grounds of the Coast Guard station include the 1832 Buffalo Lighthouse. The entire river is regarded as an urban canoe trail, and the portion nearest the lake is part of the Port of Buffalo, able to take on larger vessels. This part was once extended to expand the port by means of the City Ship Canal and its extension, the Lehigh Valley Canal. The canals paralleled the river briefly and increased the dockage available for shipping. The canals have now been mostly filled in. One exception is a portion which has been used for the Tifft Farm Nature Preserve in the southwest corner of the city. Parts of the canal are now ponds within the preserve. USCG HH-65 Dolphin USCG HH-60J JayHawk The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is at all times a branch of the United States armed forces a maritime law enforcement agency, and a federal regulatory body. ... Eddystone Lighthouse, one of the first wavewashed lighthouses For other uses, see Lighthouse (disambiguation). ... It has been suggested that Canadian canoe be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Canal (disambiguation). ...

Buffalo Creek

Buffalo Creek is a meandering stream before it becomes the Buffalo River. It originates in the south part of Erie County and the western part of Wyoming County. The Erie County sources are in the Town of Holland before flowing northward through the other towns in the county. In Wyoming County, the sources are in the Towns of Arcade, Java, and Sheldon, before flowing into Erie County. Erie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. ... Wyoming County is a county located in the state of New York. ... Holland is a town located in Erie County, New York. ... Arcade, New York is the name of two locations in Wyoming County, New York. ... Java is a town located in Wyoming County, New York. ... Sheldon is a town located in Wyoming County, New York. ...

Origin of the name

It is a well known fact that the City of Buffalo received its name from the creek of the same name, however, there are several unproven theories as to the origin of the name of the creek. Early French explorers reported the abundance of buffalo on the south shore of Lake Erie, but their presence on the banks of Buffalo Creek is still a matter of debate, so the origin of the name of the creek is still uncertain. Neither the Native American name ("Place of the Basswoods") or the French name ("River of Horses") survived so the current name likely dates to the British occupation which began with the capture of Fort Niagara in 1759. The British engineer John Montresor mentions the name Buffalo Creek four times in his journal of 1764, indicating that the name was in common use at that time. Another argument is that the creek is named after a Native American who once lived on the bank of the river, but there is no evidence to support this theory. The claim that the name is an Anglicized form of the name Beau Fleuve (beautiful river), which was supposedly an exclamation uttered by Louis Hennepin when he first saw the stream, is the least likely explanation. Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies B. b. ... Lake Erie (pronounced ) is the tenth largest lake on Earth[2] and, of the five Great Lakes of North America, is the fourth largest by surface area, the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... John Montresor (22 April 1736 – 26 June 1799) was a British military engineer in North America. ... A painting of Father Louis Hennepin discovering Saint Anthony Falls. ...

History

An Indian village was established on Buffalo Creek by the British in the spring of 1780. These were Senecas and others who had fled to Fort Niagara after the Sullivan Expedition of 1779. In 1838, the Treaty of Buffalo Creek dealt with the disposition of land held by Native Americans. The Seneca are a Native American people, one of the Six Nations of the Iroquois League. ... Historical recreation actors at Old Fort Niagara Fort Niagara is a three hundred-year-old fortification originally built to protect the interests of New France in northern North America. ... The Sullivan Expedition, also known as the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition, was a campaign led by Major General John Sullivan and General James Clinton against Loyalists (Tories) and the four nations of the Iroquois who had sided with the British in the American Revolutionary War. ... The Treaty of Buffalo Creek was a 1788 treaty between the Seneca tribe of western New York and certain purchasers of rights to the Indians land, in which the Indian title to the lands was extinguished, in exchange for a payment plus an annuity. ...

See also

• List of New York rivers

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References

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External links

• Buffalo Creek Treaty
• Buffalo River Remedial Action Plan
• Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper
• Buffalo River Urban Canoe Trail