Fourmile Creek is a stream on the east side of the Erie urban area. It starts by draining a large section of Greene Township and flows through Wintergreen Gorge near Penn State Behrend. It winds its way through Harborcreek and then Wesleyville and Lawrence Park near the General Electric facility. It flows through the Lawrence Park Country Club and empties into Lake Erie there.
By DAVE SKELLIEIt’s only eight miles long in a watershed that encompasses 11.93 square miles, yet its health is important for an entire ecosystem. Four Mile Creek, four miles east of the city of Erie, flows through the municipalities of Greene, Harborcreek and Lawrence Park townships and Wesleyville Borough. From its mouth about one-half mile […]
more...Fourmile Creek is a stream on the east side of the Erie urban area flowing through the municipalities of Greene, Harborcreek, Wesleyville and Lawrence Park (see map). From its headwaters to the mouth, this stream reaches approximately 8 miles in length. Its watershed encompasses 11.93 square miles, including densely developed areas from Route 5 southward […]
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