Bushkill Creek

Bushkill Creek (Dutch for "bushy" or "forest creek") is a 22.1-mile-long (35.6 km)[1] tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.[2]

For other streams with similar names, see Bushkill (disambiguation).

A portion of Bushkill Creek passes through the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center. The confluence with the Delaware River is in Easton.[2]

The stream was historically named Lafever Creek, Lefebres Creek, Lefevres Creek, Lefrever Creek, Leheihan Creek, Lehieton Creek, Tatamys Creek, Tatemy's Creek or Tattamys Creek.

The stream has brought tourism to the region by Bushkill Falls located in the Pocono Mountains

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6

40.716°N 75.246°W / 40.716; -75.246


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