Bushkill Creek Explained

Bushkill Creek (Dutch for "bushy" or "forest creek") is a 22.1adj=midNaNadj=mid^[1] tributary of the Delaware River in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.^[2]

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.

See also

• List of Pennsylvania rivers
• List of Delaware River tributaries

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

40.716°N -75.246°W

Notes and References

1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
2. Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004.