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The Susquehanna River (/ ˌ s ʌ s k w ə ˈ h æ n ə / SUSS-kwə-HAN-ə; Lenape: Siskëwahane [7]) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland).
The Williamsport Dam, officially known as the Hepburn Street Dam, is a low-head dam on the West Branch Susquehanna River in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It broke ground in 1984 and was finished in the spring of 1986. It was built for recreation, such as boating, watersports and fishing. It has been described as a "killer dam" and a "drowning ...
Swatara Creek (nicknamed the Swatty) is a 72-mile-long (116 km) [1] tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in the United States.It rises in the Appalachian Mountains in central Schuylkill County and passes through northwest Lebanon County before draining into the Susquehanna at Middletown in Dauphin County.
Penns Creek is a 67.1-mile-long (108.0 km) [1] tributary of the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania in the United States. [ 2 ] The creek was called the Kaarondinhah [ 3 ] by the Iroquois who were in possession of the Susquehanna Valley from the mid-17th to the mid-18th centuries.
The West Branch Susquehanna River is one of the two principal branches, along with the North Branch, of the Susquehanna River in the Northeastern United States. The North Branch, which rises in upstate New York , is generally regarded as the extension of the main branch, [ 4 ] with the shorter West Branch being its principal tributary .
Fishing in the Boiling Springs Lake tributary to the Yellow Breeches Creek in Boiling Springs Covered bridge over the Creek at Messiah University. Yellow Breeches Creek, [1] also known as Callapatscink Creek, Callapatschink Creek (Lenape for "where it returns") or Shawnee Creek [2] is a 56.1-mile-long (90.3 km) [3] tributary of the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania, USA.
Big Wapwallopen Creek (also known as Wapwallopen Creek or Big Wap) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.It is approximately 23 miles (37 km) long and flows through Bear Creek Township, Fairview Township, Rice Township, Wright Township, Dorrance Township, Hollenback Township, Nescopeck Township, and Conyngham Township. [1]
Detail of the Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam. The Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam (formerly known as the Sunbury Fabridam) is the world's longest inflatable dam. [2] The dam is located just below the confluence of the Western and Main Branches of the Susquehanna River, in Upper Augusta Township, between the town of Shamokin Dam and the city of Sunbury, Pennsylvania.