| Canoas Creek Arroyo de las Tulares de las Canoas[1] | |
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| Etymology | Spanish for Canoe Creek |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| Region | Santa Clara County |
| City | Edenvale, San Jose, Santa Teresa, San Jose, Blossom Valley, San Jose, Communications Hill, San Jose |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Santa Teresa Hills |
| • location | Santa Clara County, California |
| Mouth | Guadalupe River |
• coordinates | 37°17′19″N 121°52′55″W / 37.2886°N 121.8819°W |
Canoas Creek is a tributary creek to the Guadalupe River. Canoas creek's was a originally a series of ponds and wetlands named "Arroyo de las Tulares de las Canoas" after the numerous tule plants in these marshes that were used to build canoes.[2] In 1889 the city of San Jose used Santa Clara County prison labor to build a 2,000 foot hand dug channel to formerly connect Canoas Creek at Almaden Road to the Guadalupe Creek in order to drain the marsh.[3]
Canoas creek is prone to flash floods that have caused the Guadalupe Creek to flood downtown San Jose several times. Over time the creek has been dug deeper and in the 1970s much of the creek was turned into concrete channels.[4]
Fish caught in this creek include: Bass, Carp, Catfish and Trout.[5] Valley water manages the upkeep of the concrete channels as well as reducing the vegetation along the creek using a large herd of goats.[6]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Canoas Creek
- ^ Watching Our Watersheds (WOW) Historic Santa Clara Valley
- ^ "The Evening News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
- ^ "San Jose: Ground squirrels' digging causes millions in damage to Canoas Creek". The Mercury News. 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2021-08-14.
- ^ Hook and Bullet Fishing Report
- ^ Adriano, Gina (2017-04-11). "Baaaaa! Gobbling goats play role in stream maintenance". Valley Water News. Retrieved 2021-08-14.