The
Cuyahoga River ( , or ) is located in
Northeast Ohio in the United States and feeds
Lake Erie. The river is famous for being "the river that caught fire," helping to spur the
environmental movement in the late 1960s. The name "Cuyahoga" is believed to mean "crooked river" from the Mohawk Indian name "Cayagaga," although the Senecas called it "Cuyohaga," or "place of the jawbone."