Tinkers Creek in Cuyahoga, Summit and Portage is the largest tributary of the Cuyahoga River, providing about a third of its flow into Lake Erie.

There also is a Tinker Creek flowing to Portage from Trumbull.

History

Tinkers Creek was named after Moses Cleaveland's Survey Crew principal boatsman, Captain Joseph Tinker, who died in a boating accident while returning to New England in the Fall of 1797.

Millions of years ago, oceans and seas once covered much of Ohio resulting in Sandstone sediments deposited over Shale (sedimentary rock).

Tinkers Creek Gorge

Thousands of years ago, when the Wisconsinian Glaciation retreated, dips and valleys like Tinkers Creek Gorge Elevation: were created due to erosion in the underlying shale.

Great Falls

Water's continuous downward flow erodes the underlying shale faster than the harder sandstone, causing sandstone outcropping collapses and features like high Great Falls of Tinkers Creek a.k.a. Gates Mills Falls Elevation: , just South of Bedford, Ohio, within Bedford Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio original lot 56 of the Connecticut Western Reserve to recede upstream.

Bridges

Tinkers Creek Aqueduct

Tinkers Creek Aqueduct Elevation: , on the National Register of Historic Places, was built to bridge the Ohio and Erie Canal over Tinkers Creek near its confluence with the Cuyahoga River. The aqueduct and surrounding area are subject to flooding by the Cuyahoga River and Tinkers Creek.

Watershed

Its source is near Tinker's Creek State Park in Streetsboro. It flows through Twinsburg and Bedford before its confluence with the Cuyahoga River near Independence.

Tributaries

• Hemlock Creek
• Deerlick Creek

Water Pollution

Tinkers Creek has substantial pollution due to its industrial history.

Whitewater

Despite water pollution, whitewater kayakers consider it one of the most demanding and enjoyable streams in Ohio.

See also

• List of National Natural Landmarks
• Tinker's Creek State Park
• List of rivers of Ohio

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