- Scajaquada Creek
The Scajaquada Creek is a small river located in western
New York , USA. It is entirely within Erie County. The name is derived from the Seneca leaderRed Jacket .Scajaquada Creek flows through the City of Buffalo before it empties into the
Niagara River through part of theErie Canal known as the Black Rock Canal. Much of the flow through the city is through underground culverts, installed in response to the polluted creek's foul smell. While the creek had once included Hoyt Lake in Delaware Park, today the creek bypasses the lake through a culvert on the lake's south shore. The creek also flows through the Forest Lawn cemetery, adjacent to Delaware Park, where Serenity Falls is the only naturalwaterfall in Buffalo.The length of the stream is 13 miles, and it drains a small watershed of 29 square miles. Scajaquada Creek rises in the Town of Lancaster in Erie County, east of Buffalo. The creek passes through most of the way across the Town of Cheektowaga before it is diverted into an underground
culvert .The creek loans its name to the
Scajaquada Expressway ,New York State Route 198 , which follows the same route for a short distance.Buffalo State College , theAlbright-Knox Art Gallery and the Buffalo Historical Society overlook Scajaquada Creek.External links
* [http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~insrisg/nature/nw07/0923Scajaquada.htm Scajaquada Creek information]
* [http://bac.bfn.org/kayak/br/index.html Photos of Scajaquada Creek and the Black Rock Canal]
* [http://www.footprintpress.com/Waterfalls/serenityfalls.htm Serenity Falls]
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