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Canoas Creek (Fresno County, California)

Coordinates: 36°04′45″N 120°12′55″W / 36.07917°N 120.21528°W / 36.07917; -120.21528
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Canoas Creek
Canoas Creek (Fresno County, California) is located in California
Canoas Creek (Fresno County, California)
Location of the mouth in California
Native nameArroyo de Las Canoas (Spanish)
Location
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
RegionFresno County
Physical characteristics
Sourcesource
 • locationon the north slope of Black Mountain, 1.25 miles west of Zwang Peak in the Diablo Range., Fresno County
 • coordinates35°56′38″N 120°16′34″W / 35.94389°N 120.27611°W / 35.94389; -120.27611[2]
Mouthmouth
 • location
terminates in the Kettleman Plain, 6.2 miles northwest of Avenal, Fresno County
 • coordinates
36°04′45″N 120°12′55″W / 36.07917°N 120.21528°W / 36.07917; -120.21528[1]
 • elevation
692 ft (211 m)[2]

Canoas Creek formerly known as Arroyo de Las Canoas (Creek of the Troughs) is a creek in Fresno County, California.[3] 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.[1]

History

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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.[3]

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