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Raccoon Creek State Park is a 7,572-acre (3,064 ha) Pennsylvania state park on Raccoon Creek in Hanover and Independence townships in Beaver County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is about 30 miles (48 km) from the city of Pittsburgh , near Hookstown .
The Ohio River Water Trail was conceived and developed by Dr. Vincent Troia, Executive Director of the Ohio River Trail Council. [5] The Ohio River Water Trail project originated in 2010 to develop a dedicated safe route for boats that provides a destination for canoeing, kayaking, fishing, small motorized watercraft, and other recreation.
Raccoon Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Raccoon Creek joins the Ohio River in Potter Township . Only a small portion of the creek is located within Raccoon Creek State Park .
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Raccoon Creek is located in northwestern Pennsylvania just west of West Springfield in Erie County. [4] Its mouth opens into Lake Erie not far from the Ohio border. Raccoon Creek Park is a township picnic area located just to the east of the creeks.
The smaller parcel, 6.2 acres (2.5 ha) in extant is about 6.5 miles (10.5 km) west of the main parcel, located adjacent to the western edge of Raccoon Creek State Park also in Hanover Township. The Game Lands falls within the Raccoon Creek watershed which is part of the Ohio River watershed.
Fast forward to 2017 and ice canoeing is a popular sport. In Quebec they even have their own association: the Association de Canot a Glace de Quebec, also known as ACCGQ.
The headwaters of Raccoon Creek are between Little Sugarloaf Mountain and South Buck Mountain. [3] Raccoon Creek is a small stream, with a width of 2.2 metres (7.2 ft). It has a moderate gradient of 19.9 meters per kilometer. [3] The creek has been known to overflow its banks and flood nearby homes. [6]