Tioga River (Pennsylvania)
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The Tioga River (TEE-o-guh) is a tributary of the Chemung River, approximately 55 mi (89 km) long, in northern Pennsylvania and western New York in the United States. It drains a region of ridges in the northern Allegheny Plateau in the watershed of the Susquehanna River.
It rises in the mountains of western Bradford County and flows initially southwest into Tioga County, passing through Tioga State Forest. In southern Tioga County in turns north cutting gaps in four separate ridges while flowing past Blossburg and Mansfield, then through Tioga Reservoir. North of Tioga it receives Crooked Creek from the west, then crosses into Steuben County, New York near Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. It receives Cowanesque Creek from the west approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) north of the state line, then receives the Canisteo River from the west in southwestern Steuben County, approximately 10 mi (16 km) southwest of Corning. It joins the Cohocton River at Painted Post, just west of Corning, to form the Chemung, a tributary of the Susquehanna.
In the 19th century the Tioga Valley supported a large shipbuilding industry. Boats were floated down the Tioga and the Chemung for use on the Susquehanna.
See also
External links
- Rootsweb: Tioga River history (http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/articles/tiogrivr.htm)
- Penn State: Geology of Tioga County Pennsylvania (http://www.libraries.psu.edu/emsl/guides/X/tioga.htm)