Westecunk Creek

Westecunk Creek is an 11.1-mile-long (17.9 km)[1] tributary of Little Egg Harbor in southeastern New Jersey in the United States.[2]

Westecunk Creek at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. The concrete barrier was removed in 2015.

The name is derived from Lenape, meaning "place of fat meat."

Westecunk Creek originates in the Pine Barrens. Its mouth in West Creek(Eagleswood Township) is a few miles north of Tuckerton.[2]

Tributaries
  • Uriah Branch
  • Log Swamp Branch
  • Governors Branch

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. Gertler, Edward. Garden State Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9

39.666608°N 74.320233°W / 39.666608; -74.320233



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