- Berrys Creek
Berrys Creek (sometimes referred to as "Berry's Creek" or "Berry Creek") is a
tributary of theHackensack River in theNew Jersey Meadowlands in Bergen County,New Jersey .The creek, named for Major
John Berry (naval officer) , an early British settler and brieflyGovernor of New Jersey , is largely a tidalestuary , along with the Hackensack River. It rises at Riser Ditch in Teterboro, some of which is within the bounds ofTeterboro Airport . The creek then winds through Moonachie and Carlstadt. In East Rutherford, the creek forms the western boundary of theMeadowlands Sports Complex .At Route 3, the "Berry's Creek Canal" runs directly to the Hackensack River, entirely in East Rutherford, while the creek itself crosses into Rutherford and then forms the boundary between Rutherford and Lyndhurst until it reaches the Hackensack, which forms the boundary between Bergen and Hudson counties.
The creek has been measured as having the highest concentration of mercury of any fresh-water sediment in the world, the result of the discharge of 268 tons of mercury-contaminated toxic waste into the creek between 1929 and 1974. [http://www.teterboro-online.com/park/hriver/berry.shtml] The creek is designated a Superfund site.
Berry's Creek harbors the last remaining Northern Harrier nest site in the Meadowlands. It is heavily used by wintering raptors.
ee also
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List of New Jersey rivers External links
* [http://www.teterboro-online.com/park/hriver/berrymap.shtml Map highlighting Berrys Creek]
* [http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/npl/0200674c.pdf EPA fact sheet on Berrys Creek remediation] (PDF document)
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