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The
Chagrin
River is a urban fishery and is
located in Northeast Ohio. The
river is made up of two
branches, the Aurora Branch and East Branch. Its name stems from
what the local Erie Indians used to call it, the "Sha-ga-rin",
which means "Clear
Water". Given the clear flowing nature of especially the East
Branch of the river, this name is appropriate. The
Chagrin River runs through suburban areas of Greater Cleveland
in Cuyahoga, Geauga, and Portage
counties, transects two Cleveland Metroparks reservations, and
then meanders into nearby Lake
County
before emptying into Lake Erie.
In the upper
part of Daniels Park are the remains of the old dam that
was washed out after heavy rains and ice in 2005, opening up a
clear run for steelhead.
The East Branch
begins in Geauga County,
flows north then west through Lake County, largely in Kirtland, and Kirtland Hills, In
these communities the East Branch transects the Holden
Arboretum, before intersecting the main in
Willoughby.
The Aurora
Branch begins in northwest Portage County, flowing northwest through
Aurora
and portions of Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties, intersecting the main branch west of Chagrin Falls.
The
Chagrin
River was designated as a State
Scenic
River in 1979, in 2002 the
upper
Chagrin head waters was were included, to bring the total to 71
miles of scenic river.
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