Shohola Creek

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Shohola Creek is a 29.0-mile-long (46.7 km) [1] tributary of the Delaware River in the Poconos of eastern Pennsylvania in the United States. [2]

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Delaware River major river on the East coast of the United States of America

The Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It drains an area of 14,119 square miles (36,570 km2) in five U.S. states: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. Rising in two branches in New York state's Catskill Mountains, the river flows 419 miles (674 km) into Delaware Bay where its waters enter the Atlantic Ocean near Cape May in New Jersey and Cape Henlopen in Delaware. Not including Delaware Bay, the river's length including its two branches is 388 miles (624 km). The Delaware River is one of nineteen "Great Waters" recognized by the America's Great Waters Coalition.

Pennsylvania State of the United States of America

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Shohola Creek (Lenape for "meek or faint") drops off the Pocono Plateau and joins the Delaware River approximately 17 miles (27 km) upstream of Port Jervis, New York. [2]

Port Jervis, New York City in New York, United States

Port Jervis is a city located at the confluence of the Neversink and the Delaware rivers in western Orange County, New York, north of the Delaware Water Gap. Its population was 8,828 at the 2010 census. The communities of Deerpark, Huguenot, Sparrowbush, and Greenville are adjacent to Port Jervis. Matamoras, Pennsylvania is across the river and connected by bridge. Montague Township, New Jersey borders here.

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The Great Shohola train wreck occurred on July 15, 1864 during the American Civil War on the broad gauge Erie Railroad 1​1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) west of Shohola, Pennsylvania, killing at least 60 people. Aboard the 18 car train were 833 Confederate prisoners of war and 128 Union guards from the Veteran Reserve Corps. The prisoners were being taken from Point Lookout, Maryland to newly constructed Camp Rathbun at Elmira, New York, built to house 10,000 inmates. They had begun their journey by steamer, traveling along the Atlantic coast from Maryland to New Jersey. Here they were switched to railroad for the final 273 miles (439 km) to Elmira.

Raymondskill Falls

Raymondskill Falls is a series of three cascading waterfalls located on Raymondskill Creek, Pennsylvania, United States near several other waterfalls in the area including Dingmans Falls, Bushkill Falls, and Shohola Falls. The three tiers of Raymondskill Falls have a combined height of approximately 150 feet/46 meters. It is the tallest waterfalls in the state. It is part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. 1 2 Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN   0-9749692-0-6

Coordinates: 41°25′56″N74°56′48″W / 41.43230°N 74.94667°W / 41.43230; -74.94667

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