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  these 
  streams 
  will 
  be 
  discussed 
  in 
  detail 
  on 
  a 
  later 
  page. 
  Tona- 
  

   wanda 
  creek, 
  which 
  flows 
  into 
  Niagara 
  river 
  at 
  Tonawanda, 
  is 
  

   nsed 
  for 
  several 
  miles 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  Erie 
  canal. 
  This 
  stream 
  is 
  

   sluggish 
  throughout 
  nearly 
  its 
  whole 
  course 
  and 
  affords 
  only 
  a 
  

   small 
  amount 
  of 
  power. 
  The 
  water 
  supply 
  of 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Attica 
  

   is 
  taken 
  from 
  its 
  headwaters. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Erie 
  and 
  Niagara 
  river 
  drainage. 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  and 
  Niagara 
  river, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  

   exception 
  of 
  Cayuga, 
  Buffalo 
  and 
  Cazenovia 
  creeks, 
  which 
  unite 
  

   to 
  form 
  Buffalo 
  river, 
  within 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Buffalo, 
  Eighteen 
  Mile 
  

   creek 
  (tributary 
  to 
  Lake 
  Erie), 
  Cattaraugus 
  creek, 
  Tonawanda 
  

   creek 
  and 
  Ellicott 
  creek, 
  none 
  of 
  these 
  streams 
  are 
  very 
  large. 
  

   The 
  catchment 
  areas 
  of 
  these 
  different 
  streams, 
  as 
  determined 
  

   from 
  Bien's 
  atlas, 
  are 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles. 
  

  

  Cayuga 
  creek 
  127 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  creek 
  145 
  

  

  Cazenovia 
  creek 
  141 
  

  

  Below 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  these 
  several 
  streams 
  Buffalo 
  river 
  has 
  

   a 
  catchment 
  of 
  about 
  7 
  square 
  miles, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  420 
  square 
  

   miles. 
  The 
  following 
  are 
  the 
  catchment 
  areas 
  of 
  the 
  remainder 
  

   of 
  the 
  streams 
  tributary 
  to 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  and 
  Niagara 
  river 
  : 
  

  

  Square 
  miles. 
  

  

  Smoke 
  creek 
  25 
  

  

  Big 
  Sister 
  creek 
  ...» 
  50 
  

  

  Muddy 
  creek 
  15 
  

  

  Cattaraugus 
  creek 
  560 
  

  

  Walnut 
  creek, 
  Silver 
  creek 
  60 
  

  

  Canadaway 
  creek 
  35 
  

  

  Chautauqua 
  creek 
  32 
  

  

  Tonawanda 
  creek, 
  Ellicott 
  creek 
  610 
  

  

  Cayuga 
  creek. 
  Cayuga 
  creek 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  

   Wyoming 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  through 
  generally 
  level 
  country 
  to 
  its 
  

   junction 
  with 
  Buffalo 
  creek. 
  Buffalo 
  creek 
  also 
  rises 
  in 
  the 
  west- 
  

   ern 
  part 
  of 
  Wyoming 
  county 
  and 
  flows 
  westerly. 
  Its 
  headwa+:r# 
  

   are 
  at 
  an 
  elevation 
  of 
  about 
  1500 
  feet 
  above 
  tide. 
  

  

  