West Mead Township near Meadville in Crawford County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

French Creek Feeder

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 21, 2012

1. French Creek Feeder Marker

Inscription. The canal bed beside the road is part of a channel constructed 1827-1834 to take water from Meadville to Conneaut Lake for the Erie Extension Canal. Two miles below here the Feeder crossed the creek by aqueduct.

Erected 1948 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.

Location. 41° 34.712′ N, 80° 7.521′ W. Marker is near Meadville, Pennsylvania, in Crawford County. It is in West Mead Township. It is on Cochranton Road (U.S. 322) 0.1 miles west of Shreck Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 52443 Schreck Rd, Meadville PA 16335, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Erie. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: French Creek (approx. 1.7 miles away); a different marker also named French Creek Feeder (approx. 3.4 miles away); M60A1 (approx. 3.7 miles away); Meadville (approx. 3.7 miles away); Desegregation of Pennsylvania Schools (approx. 3.9 miles away); Hillcrest (approx. 4.1 miles away); Richard Henderson

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(approx. 4.1 miles away); Huidekoper Land Company Office (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Meadville.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 21, 2012

2. French Creek Feeder Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 21, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 812 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 21, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.