West Canada Creek

West Canada Creek
West Canada Creek
	View of West Canada Creek in Prospect Gorge
	Location of the mouth of the West Canada Creek in New York State West Canada Creek (the United States)
Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Counties	Hamilton, Oneida, Herkimer
Physical characteristics
Source	West Lake, Mud Lake,; South Lake
• location	Town of Arietta, Hamilton County
• coordinates	43°35′14″N 74°36′49″W / 43.58722°N 74.61361°W
Mouth	Mohawk River
• location	Village of Herkimer, Herkimer County
• coordinates	43°01′16″N 74°57′46″W / 43.02111°N 74.96278°W
Length	76 mi (122 km)
Basin size	565 sq mi (1,460 km2)
Discharge
• location	Kast Bridge, 4 miles (6.4 km) upstream from mouth
• average	1,356 cu ft/s (38.4 m3/s)
• minimum	20 cu ft/s (0.57 m3/s); (September 3, 1929)
• maximum	25,300 cu ft/s (720 m3/s); (June 28, 2013)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	South Branch West Canada Creek
• right	Honnedaga Brook, Cincinnati Creek
Waterfalls	Wilmurt Falls, Trenton Falls

The West Canada Creek is a 76-mile-long (122 km)^[4] river in upstate New York, United States. West Canada Creek is an important water way in Hamilton, Oneida, and Herkimer counties, draining the south part of the Adirondack Mountains before emptying into the Mohawk River near the Village of Herkimer. The name "Canada" is derived from an Iroquoian word for "village" (Kanata).

^ ^a ^b "West Canada Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
^ "USGS 0134609505 WEST CANADA CREEK AT MOUTH AT HERKIMER NY". National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2019. Retrieved May 31, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "01346000 West Canada Creek at Kast Bridge, NY, Water Data Report 2013" (PDF). National Water Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1920–2013. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011