Tunkhannock Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River)
- Tunkhannock Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River)
Tunkhannock Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania, United States. This main segment of the Susquehanna from Sunbury to its source at Otsego Lake near Cooperstown, New York can be termed its "North Branch."
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-, Tunk"hannock", and Lacka"wanna", suggests "moving water."
The Tunkhannock Creek is traced northeast along PA Highway 92 to its source near Jackson. It has an "East Branch" that rises from Glenwood to the east and north of Elk Mountain and a "South Branch" that rises just upstream from Dixon east toward Scott Township.
The 2,400 ft (731.5 m) long 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, Wyoming County.
outh 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.
ee also
*List of Pennsylvania rivers
References
*Gertler, Edward. "Keystone Canoeing", Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
External links
* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/current/?type=flow U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations]
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