Bear Creek (Allegheny River tributary)

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Bear Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] It is a tributary to the Allegheny River.

Bear Creek was so named on account of the many bears which once were seen in the area. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Creek (Allegheny River tributary)
  2. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 300. ISBN   978-0-8063-0416-8.