East Sandy Creek enters the Allegheny
River 5 mile south of Franklin. The mouth of East Sandy can be
reached via the paved bike trail that follows the river from Oil
City to Franklin to Brandon. The streams flows east and west. It
starts in Clarion County near the village of Kossoth. Much of
stream can be reach via the abandoned rail grade which soon will
be bike trail that parallels the stream from where it enters the
Allegheny river to the village of Kossoth on route 322. East
Sandy can be access from route 322 at the Village of Van. It can
be access sr2013 the Rockland Road. This road starts at the
intersection of route 257 and 322 at Venango Counties Cranberry
Mall. The stream can be approched from the Victory Church Road.
This road starts at the village of Victory Heights on route 322
south of Franklin. Game Lands 45 surrounds parts of the stream
near Van, PA. on route 322
This stream is a picturesque stream that was
polluted but rescued by local sportsman. At one time the Boy
Scout Camp , Camp Coffman, was situated along the stream. The
camp is now owned by a local church. It is usually stock twice a
year, once before season and once in season. Bait fishing is the
usual method on East Sandy but there are occasional hatches of
Blue Wing Olives, Sulfurs and Cahills on the lower end.