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Flint Creek (New York)

Field	Value
name	Flint Creek
pushpin_map	USA New York#USA
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the mouth of the Flint Creek in New York State.
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	United States
subdivision_type2	State
subdivision_name2	New York
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Finger Lakes
subdivision_type4	Counties
subdivision_name4	Ontario, Yates, Steuben
source1_location	Prattsburgh, Steuben County
source1_coordinates
mouth	Canandaigua Outlet
mouth_location	Phelps, Ontario County
mouth_coordinates

Flint Creek is a creek in the Finger Lakes region of New York State, located between Canandaigua Lake and Seneca Lake. Flint Creek is part of the Oswego River drainage basin, which ultimately drains to Lake Ontario. It has two head springs in the town of Italy which come together on the floor of Italy Valley. It then flows through the hamlets of Potter, Gorham, and Seneca Castle, and ends in the village of Phelps where it joins the Canandaigua Outlet.

History

The creek was known by the Iroquois as Ax-o-quent-a or Ah-ta-gweh-da-ga, the latter name being translated as "flint stone", with its origins in the Cayuga or Seneca dialect.

The hamlet of Gorham was built in the early 1800s around Flint Creek, with several mills using the creek for power.

A very large area of muckland used for vegetable crop farming was created by clearing and draining a swamp along Flint Creek located in the town of Potter. Flint Creek flows through the middle of the area and is used for irrigation. The largest portion of this muckland is run by Torrey Farms of Elba.

Recreation

A part of Flint Creek known as Phelps Run is used for whitewater rafting and kayaking and has class II, III, and IV rapids. The run is 3 mi long and has an average gradient of 50 ft/mi.

References

{{cite GNIS. 970127. Flint Creek. May 3, 2016
(1907). "Aboriginal Place Names of New York (New York State Museum Bulletin, Volume 108)". New York State Education Department.
"History of the Town Of Gorham". Town Of Gorham Historical Society.
"New York Whitewater – Flint Creek". Stratus-Pikpuk, Inc..

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