Tunkhannock Creek (Susquehanna River)

Tunkhannock Creek
Basin
Progression Tunkhannock Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
Main source Jackson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
River mouth Susquehanna River in Tunkhannock, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
41°32′09″N 75°56′48″W / 41.5357°N 75.9467°W / 41.5357; -75.9467Coordinates: 41°32′09″N 75°56′48″W / 41.5357°N 75.9467°W / 41.5357; -75.9467
Basin area 413 sq mi (1,070 km2)
Length 42.3 mi (68.1 km)

Tunkhannock Creek is a 42.3-mile-long (68.1 km)[1] tributary of the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania, United States.

English translations of the Lenni-Lenape Tunkhannock vary, including "meeting of the waters", "small stream", "wilderness stream", and "wooded stream". Most sources note, however, that hanna, as in Susque-, Toby-, Loyal-, Tunkhannock, and Lackawanna, suggests "moving water."

Tunkhannock Creek is traced northeast along PA Highway 92 to its source of Cheraine Pond near Jackson. It has an East Branch that rises in Herrick Township to the east and north of Elk Mountain and a South Branch that rises near Montdale in Scott Township. Tunkhannock Creek's tributaries include Butler Creek, Nine Partners Creek, Horton Creek, Martins Creek, and Hop Bottom Creek.[2]

The Tunkhannock Viaduct crossing over the creek near Nicholson, Pennsylvania

The 2,400-foot-long (730 m) Erie Lackawanna Railway Tunkhannock Viaduct (called locally the "Nicholson Bridge"), featuring high, multiple concrete arches, passes over the creek near Nicholson.

Tunkhannock Creek empties into the Susquehanna at Tunkhannock in Wyoming County.[3]

South Branch Tunkhannock Creek

The South Branch joins the main branch approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km) downstream of the community of East Lemon, and approximately 6.3 miles (10.1 km) upstream of the Susquehanna River.

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
  2. ↑ Barnes Stone, Joyce E (1 October 1997). "Tunkhannock Creek Conservation Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Environmental Council. p. 2. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6

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