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Beaver River
by Charles N. Cantella
photos by the author
tribes included: Seneca, Mohawk and Delaware, among
others. They were farmers, hunters and trappers who
led a relatively stationary lifestyle with more permanent
settlements than the more well-known and wide ranging
tribes of the West.
The Beaver River is a tale of two different waterways.
Where you go depends on what you want to experience.
From the New Brighton Dam in New Brighton, Beaver
County, down to the Ohio River, you will find ample
access for parking, launching or fishing from shore.
Above the New Brighton Dam, river access and parking
is harder to find. Despite rolling through some major
population centers and through some serious industrial
areas, the Beaver River yielded some tremendous fish.
In 2013, Ronald Krachinsky pulled a 42-pound Flathead
Catfish out of the river. It was the second largest Flathead
Catfish caught in Pennsylvania that year. Local angler Tim
Reddington confirmed that he regularly sees Flathead
In western Pennsylvania, almost halfway between Erie,
Erie County, and Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, flows the
Beaver River. It flows from north to south without many
significant changes in its course. Originating near New
Castle, Lawrence County, where the Mahoning River and
Shenango River meet, the Beaver River flows south for
21 miles where it joins the Ohio River between the towns
of Rochester, Beaver County, and Bridgewater, Beaver
County. As it winds its way south, it flows through many of
the historical coal and steel towns of Lawrence and Beaver
counties. Along the way, many other streams feed the
Beaver River including Bradys Run, McKinley Run, Crows
Run and Connoquenessing Creek to name a few.
While there are fish throughout the river, I focus
on the section from the New Brighton Dam (a.k.a.
Townsend Dam) downstream to its confluence
with the Ohio River.
The area in and around the Beaver River was
settled by Native Americans long before Europeans
set foot on the continent. After the Europeans
settled, the Native Americans from the east began
to move west, joining tribes already here, creating
a large settlement near present-day Rochester.
According to local historian Bernie Catalucci of the
Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks
Foundation, the local Native American community
was given the English name of "Logstown"
(some sources refer to it as Logans Town).
Logstown consisted of up to 10 different tribes
who joined together as they slowly moved west
Beaver River, Beaver County.
to avoid the European wave from the east. These
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