Wallenpaupack Creek Explained

Wallenpaupack Creek is a 30adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary of the Lackawaxen River in the Pocono Mountains of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States.[2]

Wallenpaupack is from the Unami language and has been interpreted as "deep, dead water" or "the stream of swift and slow water."[2]

Approximately of the lower Wallenpaupack Creek lies buried beneath Lake Wallenpaupack, a reservoir created when the utility PPL Corporation (PP&L) dammed the creek in 1926 as a water supply for a 44-megawatt hydroelectric power plant.[2] The dividing line between the lake and the creek is the Ledgedale Road bridge. See map.[3]

East Branch Wallenpaupack Creek

The 5.2adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] East Branch joins the main branch at the community of Greentown in Pike County.[2]

The 4.2adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] tributary Bridge Creek joins the East Branch approximately 1.3 miles (2.1 km) before the latter joins the main branch.[2]

West Branch Wallenpaupack Creek

The 15adj=midNaNadj=mid[1] West Branch joins the main branch several miles downstream of the East Branch, approximately midway between Interstate 84 and Ledgedale Road SR4001.[2]

See also

References

41.2443°N -75.3505°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.
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20130107225120/http://www.pplweb.com:80/ppl-generation/~/media/PPLWeb/Generation/Docs/PPL%20Wallenpaupack/LakeWallenpaupackBoatingGuideMap.pdf Boating Guide Map