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Connoquenessing Creek in Butler, Pennsylvania. In 2000, a scientific study was conducted to determine the health of the creek. Researchers discovered that only the Mississippi River received more toxic materials than the Connoquenessing, making the small river the second most polluted waterway in the United States.
Breakneck Creek is a tributary of Connoquenessing Creek that flows in a northwardly direction in Western Pennsylvania. It forms in the village of Bakerstown in Allegheny County [2] then flows northwest through the borough of Valencia in Butler County. From there, it continues northwest through the boroughs of Mars, Callery, and Evans City.
The site that is now Evans City was for a long time a favorite camping ground for Native Americans, who named the creek that ran through it Big Beaver Run, while the French knew it as Casse-cou-anse or "Breakneck Creek", a name adopted by travelers between Fort Duquesne and Fort Machault, and by the English-speaking pioneers of the original township of Connoquenessing.
Interstate 79 passes through the township north to south with access from Exit 96 (Portersville) and Exit 99 (U.S. Route 422, the Benjamin Franklin Highway). U.S. Route 19 also crosses the township, roughly parallel to I-79.
A "Must See Park" known for trout fishing, white-water kayaking, camping, and hiking on the Loyalsock Trail. Yellow Creek State Park: Indiana County: 3,140 acres (1,271 ha) 1963: Yellow Creek, Yellow Creek Lake: Crossed by the Kittanning Path, a major east–west Native American trail during the 18th century
Bullskin Township is a township in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.The population was 6,741 at the 2020 census, [2] a decline from the figure of 6,966 tabulated in 2010. [3]
McConnells Mill State Park is a 2,546 acres (1,030 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Perry and Slippery Rock Townships, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park features a deep scenic gorge with the restored watermill and a covered bridge at the bottom, accessible by a roadway that winds between large, room-sized boulders on the hillside.