Mauch Chunk Creek

Mauch Chunk Creek

Mauch Chunk Creek (also known as White Bear Creek) is a 9.2-mile-long (14.8 km) tributary of the Lehigh River in Carbon County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Mauch Chunk Creek, (Native American for "bear mountain") is dammed to form Mauch Chunk Lake just below Jim Thorpe.

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