Bushkill Creek (Dutch for "bushy" or "forest creek") is a 22.1-mile-long (35.6 km) tributary of the Delaware River in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
A portion of Bushkill Creek passes through the Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center. The confluence with the Delaware River is in Easton.
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.
See also
References
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
- ^ Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
External links
- DCNR page for Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center
- USGS Geographic Names Information System Feature Detail Report
- U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
40°42′58″N 75°14′46″W / 40.716°N 75.246°W / 40.716; -75.246
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