Sucker Brook (Canandaigua Lake)
| Sucker Brook | |
| Brook | |
| Name origin: From White Sucker fish | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | New York |
| Region | Finger Lakes |
| County | Ontario |
| Town | Canandaigua |
| City | Canandaigua |
| Source | Wetland near Bliss and Wool House roads |
| - elevation | 1,020 ft (311 m) |
| - coordinates | 42°51′19″N 77°19′58″W / 42.85528°N 77.33278°W |
| Mouth | Canandaigua Lake |
| - elevation | 680 ft (207 m) |
| - coordinates | 42°52′26″N 77°16′32″W / 42.87389°N 77.27556°WCoordinates: 42°52′26″N 77°16′32″W / 42.87389°N 77.27556°W |
| Length | 6 mi (10 km), NE, SE |
| Basin | 6.9 sq mi (18 km2) |
| Discharge | mouth |
| - average | 14 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
| - max | 300 cu ft/s (8 m3/s) |
| - min | 5 cu ft/s (0 m3/s) |
Sucker Brook is a short stream that drains into the northwest corner of Canandaigua Lake, New York, United States. It flows in a 6-mile (9.7 km) hairpin-shaped course from uplands in the town of Canandaigua to the lake, in the eponymous city. The name comes from the white sucker fish abundant in its waters.
It may have originally drained into another body of water prior to the formation of the lake, which changed its outlet through stream piracy. Lime dissolved in its waters from the limestone bedrock it flows over creates rare oncolites known locally as "water biscuits' on the north shore of Squaw Island, one of two islands in the 11 Finger Lakes, near its mouth. The brook has seen some pollution issues in recent years, as the channel at its mouth has been widened to increase recreational opportunities available in the area.
Sucker Brook rises in a wooded area southeast of the intersection of Bliss and Wool House roads in the Town of Canandaigua, in the uplands 1.5 miles (3 km) west of the lake, 1,020 feet (310 m) above sea level. It flows northwesterly at first, crossing under Bliss amid large expanses of cultivated land. It bends north and then northeast at a smaller wooded area with two farm ponds, following the slope of the land.
Following channels between fields and receiving the runoff from those fields through even smaller channels between them, the stream trends more to the east. After crossing under Hickox Road its banks become noticeably forested as it enters another large wooded wetland where it receives an unnamed tributary from the east. The combined stream then flows north, under Bristol Road (Ontario County Route 32).
From there it descends more sharply again, losing 80 feet (24 m) of elevation by the time it reaches its next crossing, Buffalo Road (New York State Route 5 and U.S. Route 20). The channel continues to be lined with trees, its irregular course forming the boundaries of the fields it passes through. After its next crossing, Buffalo Street Extension, it curves more to the northeast again, then northwest, briefly returning to the northeast just before it goes under North Bloomfield Road (County Route 30). This costs the stream another 100 feet (30 m) of elevation.
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