LeBoeuf Creek is an long

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of French Creek in Erie County,

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in the

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. It has a

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of .

Course

LeBoeuf Creek originates in Summit Township and

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s south before crossing under

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. Its East Branch tributary originates in Greene Township and flows south until meets with the main branch in Waterford Township. In

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, it passes under the

Waterford Covered Bridge The Waterford Covered Bridge is a Town lattice truss covered bridge spanning LeBoeuf Creek in Waterford Township, Erie County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1875, and is in length. The Waterford Covered Bridge is one ...

and heads west, back under US 19 and flows into Lake LeBoeuf. Lake LeBoeuf empties into LeBoeuf Creek at its southern end. The creek crosses under US 19 again and continues south where empties into French Creek near

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History

The creek was named for the buffalo at its banks seen by early French pioneers. In 1753,

Fort Le Boeuf Fort Le Bœuf (often referred to as Fort de la Rivière au Bœuf) was a fort established by the French during 1753 on a fork of French Creek (in the drainage area of the River Ohio), in present-day Waterford, in northwest Pennsylvania. The fort ...

was built by

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along the banks of LeBoeuf Creek, near present-day Waterford, to help protect French interests in the Ohio Country from the British.

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was sent by British to Fort Le Boeuf to deliver a message to the French that demanded that they leave the Ohio Country.

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Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Allegheny River Rivers of Erie County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub

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