Lopatcong Creek Explained
Lopatcong Creek is a 12adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of the Delaware River in Warren County, New Jersey in the United States.
The source of the stream is Scotts Mountain in Harmony Township.[2] It was one of the chief water sources for the Morris Canal, in particular from Inclined Plane 9 West in Port Warren to Lock 10 West in the Green's Bridge section of Phillipsburg.[3] [4]
The Lopatcong joins the Delaware in Phillipsburg. The name of the creek is derived from the Lenni Lenape — Lowan peek achtu onk, which meant "winter watering place for deer,"[5] [6] or "at the swift river".[7]
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- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed December 21st, 2019
- Book: Snell . James P. . Clayton . W.W. . History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers . Harmony . Philadelphia . Everts & Peck . 1881 . 671 . 14075041.
- Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=74002228}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Morris Canal ]. National Park Service. Barbara . Kalata . October 10, 1973 . With
- Web site: Water and the Canal . Warren County Morris Canal Greenway.
- Poncavage, Joanna. "Lenape language Legacy; In towns, creeks and more, Indian nation left its mark on our region", The Morning Call, November 14, 2008. Accessed September 21, 2012. "Lopatcong - From Lenape words: Lowan peek achtu onk Meaning: Winter water place for deer"
- Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 3, 2015.
- Grumet, Robert. Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity, University of Oklahoma Press, 2013.
