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French Creek State Park. CCC barracks near the park office. French Creek State Park is a 7,977-acre (3,228 ha) Pennsylvania state park in North Coventry and Warwick Townships in Chester County and Robeson and Union Townships in Berks County, Pennsylvania. [3] It straddles northern Chester County and southern Berks County along French Creek.
Course. French Creek begins near French Creek, New York, and flows about 117 miles (188 km) to the Allegheny River at Franklin, Pennsylvania. The creek's drainage basin covers 1,270 square miles (3,300 km 2 ). [ 7] The watershed includes parts of Erie, Crawford, Venango, and Mercer counties in Pennsylvania as well as Chautauqua County in New ...
French Creek, once known as Saukanac Creek, [1] is a 22.6-mile-long (36.4 km) tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks and Chester counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [2] The water course was also known as the Vincent River , after Sir Mathias Vincent, who purchased land (now West and East Vincent Townships ) along it in Chester ...
South Branch French Creek rises in Concord Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania and flows through the boroughs of Corry and Union City to join French Creek west of Union City. Horton Run, left bank. 0.88 mi (1.42 km) 3.11 square miles (8.1 km 2) 6.22 cu ft/s (0.176 m 3 /s) 41°54′11″N 079°53′13″W.
A replica of founder David Mead's log cabin, the first permanent settlement in northwestern Pennsylvania, is located at Bicentennial Park along the banks of French Creek. The replica was built as a part of Meadville's Bicentennial celebration in 1988. The cabin is used as an educational resource for school tours and the general public. [25]
West Branch French Creek is a 28.69 mi (46.17 km) long tributary to French Creek that rises in Chautauqua County, New York and flows into Erie County, Pennsylvania. It is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site. [3]
The Bridge in French Creek Township was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Geography. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 20.8 square miles (54 km 2), of which 20.7 square miles (54 km 2) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km 2) (0.58%) is water. Demographics
City website. Franklin is a city in and the county seat of Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States, located at the confluence of French Creek and the Allegheny River. The population was 6,097 in the 2020 census. [ 3 ] Franklin is part of the Oil City micropolitan area. Franklin is known for its three-day autumn festival in October ...