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Buffalo River (New York) - Definition and Overview |
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- For other rivers with this name, see Buffalo River.
The Buffalo River is a river that empties into Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes, by the City of Buffalo, New York in the United States of America. This stream is called the Buffalo River only in the vicinity of the city and is known as Buffalo Creek as is flows through other parts of Western New York. This change in name occurs at the western border of the Town of West Seneca, where Buffalo Creek is receives the contents of Cayuga Creek.
Buffalo River
The Buffalo River flows westward from the point of confluence, soon passing through a heavily industialized part of the city. The river enters the lake between the United States Coast Guard station and the Erie Marine Basin. The grounds of the Coast Guard station include the former Buffalo Lighthouse. The entire river is regarded as an urban canoe trail, and the portion nearest the lake is part of the Port of Buffalo, able to take on larger vessels. This part was once extended to expand the port by means of the Ship Canal and its extension, the Lehigh Valley Canal. The canals paralleled the river briefly and increased the dockage available for shipping. The canals have now been mostly filled in. One exception is a portion which has been used for the Tillman Farm Nature Preserve in the southwest corner of the city. Parts of the canal are now ponds within the preserve.
Buffalo Creek
Buffalo Creek is a meandering stream before it becomes the Buffalo River. It originates in the south part of Erie County, in the Town of Sardinia before flowing northward through the towns.
Origin of the name
Historically, there were no Buffalo in western New York, so the origin of the name of the creek, river, and the City of Buffalo has been uncertain. One argument states that the name is a anglicized form of the name Beau Fleuve (beautiful river), which is supposedly the French name for the stream. Another claim is that the creek is named after a Native American, who once lived in that area.
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