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Little Conewago Creek is a 24.9-mile-long (40.1 km) [1] tributary of Conewago Creek in York County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Little Conewago Creek joins the Conewago Creek between the boroughs of York Haven and Manchester .
The name of the creek comes from the Lenape, meaning "at the rapids", [3] although the rapids are not on Conewago Creek. [4] Instead, the rapids are the Conewago Falls beyond the creek's mouth in the Susquehanna River, which also give their name to the other Conewago Creek, whose mouth is on the east bank of the Susquehanna River in Dauphin and Lancaster counties, only 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north ...
Edward Gertler writes that Conewago Creek is "a fascinating little creek that is alternately either very easy or very exciting". Canoeing and kayaking on Conewago Creek are possible when the water is high enough (in spring and after hard rain), with 11.6 miles (18.7 km) of Class 1 to 3 whitewater located upstream of the mouth. [9]
Conewago Township is a township in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township encompasses the land between the Conewago Creek and the Little Conewago Creek, west of their conjunction. The township encompasses the land between the Conewago Creek and the Little Conewago Creek, west of their conjunction.
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Little Conewago Creek (west), a tributary in York County; South Branch Conewago Creek, a tributary that rises in Carroll County, Maryland, and is also located in Adams and York counties; Conewago Creek (east) has its source in Lebanon County and mouth in Dauphin and Lancaster counties (it forms the border between them). It has the following ...
The Conewago Recreation Trail is a public recreational rail trail that follows the once Cornwall-Lebanon Railroad rail corridor for a total of slightly over 5.0 miles. The trail stretches from Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, to the Lebanon County Line, Pennsylvania, at which point it links up to the Lebanon Valley Rail Trail which continues for another 15.0 miles.
Conewago Township was named from Conewago Creek, which forms its southern boundary. [4] The name is an Indian word (either Delaware or Iroquois) meaning "at the place of rapids" (Conewaugha). Conewago Township was created in 1850 from parts of Derry and Londonderry townships.