Skaneateles Creek is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

in New York, the United States. It drains

Skaneateles Lake Skaneateles Lake ( , ) is one of the Finger Lakes in central New York in the United States. The name ''Skaneateles'' means ''long lake'' in one of the local Iroquoian languages. The lake is sometimes referred to as "The Roof Garden of the Lakes" ...

to the Seneca River. It flows through Skaneateles,

Skaneateles Falls Skaneateles may refer to, in the United States: * Skaneateles (village), New York, in Onondaga County * Skaneateles (town), New York, in Onondaga County * Skaneateles Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in New York State ** Skaneateles Creek, the creek t ...

, Mottville,

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, and Jordan before joining the Seneca River, about 2 miles northwest of

Jordan, New York Jordan is a village in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,368 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named after the Jordan River. Jordan is located in the northwest part ...

. Though only approximately only 10 miles long, Skaneateles Creek has 21 dams inventoried by the

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. The

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crossed over Skaneateles Creek on the Jordan Aqueduct.

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