Canoas Creek (Fresno County, California) Explained

Canoas Creek
Pushpin Map:USA California
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth in California
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:California
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Fresno County
Source1:source
Source1 Location:on the north slope of Black Mountain, 1.25 miles west of Zwang Peak in the Diablo Range., Fresno County
Source1 Coordinates:35.9439°N -120.2761°W
Mouth:mouth
Mouth Location:terminates in the Kettleman Plain, 6.2 miles northwest of Avenal, Fresno County
Mouth Coordinates:36.0792°N -120.2153°W[1]
Mouth Elevation:692feet

Canoas Creek formerly known as Arroyo de Las Canoas (Creek of the Troughs) is a creek in Fresno County, California.[2] Its source is on the north slope of Black Mountain, 1.25 miles west of Zwang Peak in the Diablo Range. Its course, in its canyon, runs almost directly northeast through Reef Ridge and the Kreyenhagen Hills, from which it flows north northeast into the Kettleman Plain where it turns north northwest 4.6 miles northwest of Avenal near the Kettleman Hills to terminate in the Kettleman Plain, 7.1 miles northwest of Avenal and 3000 feet east of Zapato Chino Creek.

History

Canoas Creek, originally known as Arroyo de Las Canoas, was the location of a watering place on El Camino Viejo, between Zapato Chino Creek to the north and Arroyo de las Garzas to the south.

Notes and References

  1. http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Canoas_Creek&params=36_04_45_N_120_12_55_W_type:river_region:US-CA Canoas Creek mouth location from mapper.acme.com accessed December 4, 2011
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=wYGaAAAAIAAJ&q=%22The+Old+Los+Angeles+Trail%22 William N. Abeloe, Mildred Brooke Hoover, H. E. Rensch, E. G. Rensch, Historic spots in California, 3rd Edition, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1966, p. 89