| East Canada Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | New York Adirondack Park#USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of East Canada Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | New York |
| Subdivision Type3: | Regions |
| Subdivision Name3: | Central New York, North Country |
| Subdivision Type4: | Counties |
| Subdivision Name4: | Hamilton, Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery |
| Length: | 34.6miles |
| Source1 Location: | Northeast of Powley Place |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 43.3384°N -74.6265°W |
| Mouth: | Mohawk River |
| Mouth Location: | South of East Creek |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 42.9995°N -74.7435°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 305feet |
| Basin Size: | 289sqmi |
| Tributaries Left: | Sprite Creek |
East Canada Creek is a 34.6adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] river in upstate New York, United States. It is a tributary of the Mohawk River and flows southward from New York's Adirondack Park. The name "Canada" may be derived from the St. Lawrence Iroquoian word Kanata, meaning "village"; the name may also refer to the creek's importance as a trail to Canada in colonial times.[2]
The creek is formed northeast of Powley Place in the Town of Arietta in Hamilton County, where it is created by the confluence of smaller streams. It goes on to form part of the boundary between Herkimer, Fulton, and Montgomery counties. It also flows through the Village of Dolgeville, after passing Dolgeville it enters into Kyser Lake.
One stream gauge is located 1.2miles upstream from mouth, and 3.5miles northwest of the village of St. Johnsville, at the hamlet of East Creek. It has been in service from December 1945 to March 1995, 1998, 2000, 2003-2014, and July 2014 to current year. The station had a maximum discharge of 31500cuft/s and a gauge height of 10.99feet on June 28, 2006. It had a minimum discharge of 0.05cuft/s and a gauge height of 0.47feet on July 9, 1978. Outside the period of record in the flood of 1945, there was an estimated discharge of 24000cuft/s and gauge height of 9feet.[3]