Oaks Creek | |
River | |
Country | United States |
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State | New York |
Region | Central New York |
Tributaries | |
- left | Fly Creek |
- right | Lidell Creek, Phinney Creek |
Source | Canadarago Lake |
Mouth | Susquehanna River |
- location | Index, New York, United States |
- elevation | 1,174.47 ft (358 m) |
- coordinates | 42°39′56″N 74°57′35″W / 42.66556°N 74.95972°WCoordinates: 42°39′56″N 74°57′35″W / 42.66556°N 74.95972°W |
Length | 9.32 mi (15 km) |
Basin | 102 sq mi (264 km2) |
Oaks Creek drains Canadarago Lake, which is situated in the north central region of Otsego County, New York. The creek flows southeast approximately 9.32 miles before converging with the Susquehanna River south of Cooperstown, NY.Fly Creek is a main tributary to oaks creek that converges with Oaks Creek south of Fly Creek, New York.
David Shipman , the "Leatherstocking" and "Deerslayer" of James Fenimore Cooper’s novels, was a resident of Town of Otsego living in a log cabin on the east bank of Oaks Creek.