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	Tonawanda, New York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The City of Tonawanda is on the northern edge of Erie County, New York, across Tonawanda Creek from Niagara County.
		The Town of Tonawanda is also within Erie County and borders the Niagara River, Niagara County, and the City of Tonawanda.
		The City of North Tonawanda is in the southern part of Niagara County along the Niagara River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tonawanda,_New_York (218 words)

	Tonawanda Creek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tonawanda Creek rises in Wyoming County and enters the Niagara River between Niagara County and Erie County, forming a boundary between them.
		Tonawanda Creek passes through the Village of Attica, the City of Batavia, and flows past the City of Tonawanda and the City of North Tonawanda before entering the Niagara River.
		Tonawanda Creek is also part of the Erie Canal, which joins the creek southwest of Lockport and allows canal traffic to proceed into the Niagara River.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tonawanda_Creek (237 words)

	TONAWANDA - LoveToKnow Article on TONAWANDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		by rail N. of Buffalo on the Niagara River at the mouth of Tonawanda Creek (opposite North Tonawanda), and on the Erie Canal.
		Tonawanda is served by the New York Central and Hudson River and the Erie railways, and is connected with Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Lockport by electric lines.
		The first permanent white settlement was made about 1809, and Tonawanda was incorporated as a village in 1854 and was chartered as a city in 1903.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TO/TONAWANDA.htm (344 words)

	mytonawandas.com- Community Links in the Tonawandas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		North Tonawanda was first settled as a part of Tonawanda ill 1809; it became a part of Wheatfield township in 1857; was incorporated as a village in 1865, and chartered as a city in 1897.
		TONAWANDA, a city of Erie county, New York, U.S.A., about 2 miles by rail north of Buffalo on the Niagara River at the mouth of Tonawanda Creek (opposite North Tonawanda), and on the Erie Canal.
		Tonawanda is served by the New York Central & Hudson River and the Erie railways, and is connected with Buffalo, Niagara Falls and Lockport by electric lines.
	www.mytonawandas.com /community.html (285 words)

	The Erie Barge Canal
		Tonawanda Creek was the only natural waterway used for any distance on the old Erie Canal.
		A towpath for the mules and horses used to pull the canal boats was built along the south side of the Tonawanda Creek portion of the canal.
		The connecting link from the Tonawanda Creek portion to Black Rock was designed to roughly parallel the Niagara River and to maintain the one inch per mile gradient toward Lockport.
	www.tonawanda.ny.us /history/erie_barge_canal.htm (791 words)

	Erie Canal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Canal in Tonawanda: Construction of the canal through what eventually became the Town of Tonawanda, a distance of nearly ten miles, did not begin until 1823 when sections of the canal farther east were already completed and in operation.
		There were several boat yards in the area including the Fredrick Jones shipyard along Ellicott Creek at the mouth of Tonawanda Creek which built a variety of wooden vessels for the Great Lakes trade and the Whitehaven boatyard on Grand Island which built wooden steamboats in the 1830's.
		A great many boats called Tonawanda their home "port." Among them was the "William Hengerer," which is shown in the historic painting of the Erie Canal on display in the Town of Tonawanda Historical Building on Knoche Road.
	freenet.buffalo.edu /bah/h/erieC/percy/percy.html (4666 words)

	Oak Orchard and Tonawanda Wildlife Management Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Tonawanda area is located halfway between Lockport and Batavia along Route 77 in Genesee and Niagara Counties, bounded on the south by the Tonawanda Indian Reservation.
		The Oak Orchard and Tonawanda Wildlife Management areas were acquired, developed and are maintained primarily by funds generated from the sale of hunting and trapping licenses and by an excise tax placed on the sale of guns and ammunition.
		The Tonawanda area is located in the Tonawanda Creek flood plain situated to the southwest of the Oak Orchard Swamp.
	www.dec.state.ny.us /website/reg8/wma/oak-tona.html (797 words)

	The History of the City of Tonawanda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The City of Tonawanda is located in Western New York alongside the Niagara River and Erie Canal, and boarders the Town of Tonawanda to the south, east, and west, with borders to North Tonawanda north of the Erie Canal.
		In fact, at the turn of the century, Tonawanda and its neighboring city North Tonawanda, were the largest lumber suppliers in the world.
		Today: Tonawanda having lost its industrial roots, the area thrives as a tourist attraction including the Erie Canal, historic Riviera Theater, the Hershell Carrousel Factory Museum, the Long Homestead, as well as several waterfront parks overlooking the mighty Niagara River and the Erie Canal.
	www.ci.tonawanda.ny.us /history.htm (415 words)

	Tonawanda, Erie County, New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It lies in the N.W. part of the co., at the angle formed by the junction of Tonawanda Creek and Niagara River.
		3, 1853, is situated on the Erie Canal, at the confluence of Niagara River and Tonawanda Creek.
		of that part of the village in Erie co. A part of the village is across the creek, in Niagara co.; and the pop.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nyerie/tonawanda/french.htm (318 words)

	Classic Buffalo WNY Outdoors - Tonawanda Creek
		Tonawanda Creek is a major tributary of the Niagara River and acts as a boundary between Niagara-Erie County.
		The western end of the current day Erie Canal lies at the mouth of Tonawanda Creek at the East Branch of the Niagara River.
		Tonawanda Creek flows east and the Erie Canal goes north.
	www.classicbuffalo.com /WNYOutdoors/TonawandaCreek.htm (405 words)

	History of Pembroke, NY
		Tonawanda creek flows in a northwesterly direction through the northeast corner, and Murder creek flows in the same direction through the southwest corner.
		Indian Falls is located at the falls of the Tonawanda creek, in the extreme northern part of the town.
		East Pembroke, located in the eastern part of the town on the Tonawanda branch of the N. and H. Railroad, and on Tonawanda creek, has three churches-Baptist, Presbyterian and Catholic; a public school, a hotel, a grist mill, a sawmill, a barrel factory and a cheese factory.
	history.rays-place.com /ny/pembroke-ny.htm (858 words)

	G/FLRPC
		The communities along the Tonawanda and Oatka Creek in Genesee and Wyoming Counties have experienced several floods in the past, resulting in severe damage to residential, commercial, and public property as well as risks to the safety of residents and others.
		The goals of the Project were to develop a watershed-wide and municipal approach for mitigating and reducing flood hazards along the Oatka and Tonawanda Creek in Genesee and Wyoming Counties and to adopt plans for participating communities that identify the most effective means of implementing measures to eliminate or reduce the impacts of flood hazards.
		The accumulation of large woody debris in the channels of Tonawanda Creek and Oatka Creek was cited as the single most significant cause of localized flooding in both study areas.
	www.gflrpc.org /Publications/JointFlood/ExecutiveSummary.htm (1601 words)

	The Treaty of Buffalo Creek of 1838 - Campus Report, SUNY Fredonia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		"Efforts to remove Senecas from their lands culminated in the Treaty of Buffalo Creek in 1838, by the terms of which the four remaining Seneca reservations-Buffalo Creek, Tonawanda, Cattaraugus, and Allegany-were sold and provisions were made for the Senecas to remove to Kansas.
		The corrupt proceedings were protested, however, and a new Treaty of Buffalo Creek was signed in 1842.
		The new agreement stipulated the sale of Buffalo Creek and Tonawanda, but retained Allegany and Cattaraugus.
	www.fredonia.edu /prweb/cr/treaty.asp (114 words)

	History of Alabama, NY
		Tonawanda creek flows sluggishly through the southwestern part of the town from southeast to northwest.
		The spring is in Tonawanda Swamp, on a little elevation, on which and in the immediate vicinity eight springs have been discovered, three of which are acid, one sulphur, one magnesia, one iron, and one gas spring sufficient to light 50 gas burners.
		The Tonawanda Indian Reservation is located partly in Alabama, partly in Pembroke and partly in Erie county.
	history.rays-place.com /ny/alabama-ny.htm (1682 words)

	NORTH TONAWANDA - LoveToKnow Article on NORTH TONAWANDA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		, a city of Niagara county, New York, U.S.A., on the N. side and at the mouth of Tonawanda Creek (opposite Tonawanda), and on the Niagara river, about 14 m.
		It is served by the Erie, the Wabash, the Lehigh Valley, the West Shore, and the New York Central and Hudson River railways, by three interurban electric lines and by the Erie Canal.
		North Tonawanda was first settled as a part of Tonawanda ill 1809; it became a part of Wheatfield township in 1857; was incorporated as a village in 865, and chartered as a city in 1897.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NO/NORTH_TONAWANDA.htm (204 words)

	City of North Tonawanda - History
		North Tonawanda, population 33,262, is located at the confluence of the Erie Barge Canal, Tonawanda Creek and the Niagara River on the south-western edge of Niagara County.
		Once the Michigan forests were opened to logging, North Tonawanda rivaled Chicago as the lumber capital of the world.
		Present day North Tonawanda while not the bustling industrial town it once was, has embarked on a new course to highlight the expansion of the United States and continue to build North Tonawanda's commercial base with historic and cultural tourism.
	www.northtonawanda.org /History_NT.htm (259 words)

	RMSC - Louis Henry Morgan Website - Parker Family Tree (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During the War of 1812, William was the first man at Tonawanda to enlist; he fought for the U.S. under the leadership of Seneca chiefs Little Billy and Farmer's Brother.
		In 1857, after the Tonawanda Senecas repurchased as much land as they could from the Ogden Land Company, the Parkers lost part of their homestead south of Tonawanda Creek.
		William Parker's son, Ely Parker, built the family a new frame house across the creek on the northern portion of the property.
	www.rmsc.org /museum/exhibits/online/lhm/williamparker.htm (461 words)

	St. Christopher's (R. C.) Cemetery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the south side of St. Christopher's Church, on the old Niagara Falls Boulevard and immediately adjoining, is an old burial ground, probably the oldest in the town of Tonawanda.
		Tradition says that one or more Indians lie buried here; for there were many straggling Iroquois families living around Tonawanda Creek when the town of Tonawanda was organized.
		Some of them were converted to the Christian faith by itinerant missionaries, in what was then Niagara County, and may have gone to the happy hunting grounds from the town of Tonawanda.
	www.tonawanda.ny.us /history/St_Christopher.htm (266 words)

	Tonawanda Blockhouse- NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center
		One small blockhouse existed on the south shore of the Tonawanda Creek at the War of 1812.
		A trick with marching troops prevented attack in 1812, but in December 1813 the blockhouse and unnamed settlement were burned.
		The settlement eventually became Niagara Village and later split into Tonawanda (Erie County) and North Tonawanda (Niagara County).
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /forts/fortsT_Z/tonawandaBlockhouse.htm (75 words)

	Democrat & Chronicle: Salt facility to protect creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The state has released funds to the town of Alexander, Genesee County, to help prevent surface salt water runoff into the creek, the main source of drinking water for the Batavia.
		Alexander's salt storage pile is on the edge of the Tonawanda Creek.
		Tonawanda Creek flows west from Batavia and meanders into the Niagara River near Grand Island.
	www.democratandchronicle.com /news/0804OP54F26_news.shtml (386 words)

	Sander's Fishing Guides
		Also try Tonawanda Creek in Genesee County, Oak Orchard Creek between Glenwood Lake and Waterport Pond (Orleans County), and the Genesee River between Wellsville and Mount Morris (Allegany/Livingston counties).
		Eighteen Mile Creek (Niagara County): The Boat Doctor reports that there are plenty of bass in Olcott Harbor, along with crappie, sunfish, sheephead, and even a few of walleye.
		Tonawanda Creek: Pembroke Bait and Tackle reports that Tonawanda Creek is giving up some nice northerns and smallmouth bass.
	www.sandersfishingguides.com /forecasts.asp?id=77 (996 words)

	Community
		North Tonawanda is conveniently located between Buffalo and Niagara Falls at the junction of the historic Erie Barge Canal and the Niagara River.
		The name "Tonawanda" was taken from the Tonawanda Creek, which flows into the Niagara River.
		The cost of housing in North Tonawanda and Western New York is one of the lowest in the United States and is an added enticement to residing in the area.
	www.ntcityschools.wnyric.org /community.htm (273 words)

	TONAWANDA - Online Information article about TONAWANDA
		River at the mouth of Tonawanda See also:
		North Tonawanda), and on the Erie See also:
		Tonawanda is served by the New York Central and See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /THE_TOO/TONAWANDA.html (208 words)

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		The population centers of Corfu (Long's Corners), Pembroke (Richville), East Pembroke (Ellicott's Mills), Indian Falls (Tonawanda Falls) and North Pembroke (Mogadore) are located along the Tonawanda and Murder Creeks which are the main waterways crossing the town.
		North Pembroke or Mogadore as it is also referred to is located in the northeast part of the Town of Pembroke along the banks of the Tonawanda Creek, on the North Pembroke Road.
		Prospect Hill or Papermill is located along the west and east banks of the Tonawanda Creek on the Indian Falls and Pratt Roads.
	www.buffnet.net /~macdowel/cross/pem.htm (1168 words)

	RANZENHOFER ANNOUNCES IMPROVEMENTS TO TONAWANDA CREEK ROAD
		Erie County Legislator Mike Ranzenhofer talks to a representative of Amherst Paving as construction begins on Tonawanda Creek Road in the Town of Amherst.
		Ranzenhofer noted that the Tonawanda Creek Road project will be performed by Amherst Paving, located on Meyer Road in Amherst.
		"I am pleased that through the County's bidding process, we were able to award the contract for Tonawanda Creek Road to a company from the Town of Amherst," added Ranzenhofer.
	www.erie.gov /legislature/district04/district04_news081604.asp (275 words)

	Erie Canal - The Tonawandas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At this end lies the Tonawandas, the twin cities of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda.
		The Tonawandas embrace their canal heritage, being "the Gateway to the Erie Canal" on signs when you enter Tonawanda.
		Erie Canal in the Tonawandas - Tonawanda Chamber of Commerce
	www.gribblenation.net /nypics/canals/tonawanda.html (213 words)

	Tonawanda Creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A unique community of aquatic life defines Tonawanda Creek as a critical reserve for biodiversity in Western New York.
		To preserve this critical resource, FBNR began work in 2003 to develop an inventory of the Tonawanda Creek watershed’s health.
		In addition, we are seeking funding to develop a comprehensive, long-term strategy for the protection and management of the Tonawanda Creek watershed - the region’s only hope of preventing the degradation and eventual destruction of this precious resource.
	www.fbnr.org /programs/tributary/tonawanda_river/tonawanda_creek.htm (171 words)

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