Bushkill Creek

Bushkill Creek (Dutch for "bushy" or "forest creek") is a 22.1-mile-long (35.6 km)[1] tributary of the Delaware River in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.[2]

For other streams with similar names, see Bushkill (disambiguation).

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.

The stream has brought tourism to the region by Bushkill Falls located in the Pocono Mountains.

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6

40.716°N 75.246°W / 40.716; -75.246



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