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Brandywine Creek (Christina River), Brandywine River
Brandywine Creek may refer to: Canada * Brandywine Creek (British Columbia), a tributary of the Cheakamus River United States * Brandywine Creek (Big Blue River), in Indiana * Brandywine Creek (St. Joseph River tributary), in Michigan * Brandywine Creek (Broken Sword Creek tributary), Crawford County, Ohio * Brandywine Creek (Cuyahoga River tributary), in Summit County, Ohio * Brandywine Creek (Quittapahilla Creek tributary), in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania * Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary), in Chester County, Pennsylvania and New Castle County, Delaware **East Branch Brandywine Creek, in Chester County, Pennsylvania **West Branch Brandywine Creek The West Branch Brandywine Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of Brandywine Creek in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States.Ger ..., in Chester County, Pennsylvania * Brandywine Creek State Park, in New Cas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine Creek (British Columbia)
Brandywine Creek, also formerly known as the Long John River after a local prospector and trapper, is a tributary of the Cheakamus River in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, entering that stream via Daisy Lake, just below Brandywine Falls. The creek is about 14 km in length and originates on the south slope of Brandywine Mountain in Brandywine Meadows, at the southern end of the Powder Mountain Icefield and is the next basin immediately southwest of that of the Callaghan Valley, the site of the Nordic events facility for the 2010 Olympics. The creek's valley has been partially logged. An unnamed hot spring lies in its upper reaches, near Mount Fee. Name The creek's name is derived from that of Brandywine Falls, which earned its name in the course of a wager over its height in which the wagers were a bottle of brandy and a bottle of wine. See also *Brandywine Mountain *Mount Cayley *Brandywine Creek (other) Brandywine Creek may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine Creek (Big Blue River)
Brandywine Creek is a stream in Shelby, Hancock and Franklin counties, Indiana, in the United States. It is a tributary of Big Blue River. Brandywine Creek was so named from the fact pioneers shared a bottle of peach brandy while camped there. See also *List of rivers of Indiana This is a list of rivers in Indiana (U.S. state). By tributary Lake Erie *Maumee River ** St. Marys River ** St. Joseph River *** Cedar Creek **** Little Cedar Creek **** Willow Creek *** Fish Creek Lake Michigan * St. Joseph River (Lake Michig ... References Rivers of Franklin County, Indiana Rivers of Hancock County, Indiana Rivers of Shelby County, Indiana Rivers of Indiana {{Indiana-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine Creek (St
Brandywine Creek may refer to: Canada *Brandywine Creek (British Columbia), a tributary of the Cheakamus River United States *Brandywine Creek (Big Blue River), in Indiana * Brandywine Creek (St. Joseph River tributary), in Michigan *Brandywine Creek (Broken Sword Creek tributary), Crawford County, Ohio *Brandywine Creek (Cuyahoga River tributary), in Summit County, Ohio *Brandywine Creek (Quittapahilla Creek tributary), in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania *Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary), in Chester County, Pennsylvania and New Castle County, Delaware **East Branch Brandywine Creek, in Chester County, Pennsylvania **West Branch Brandywine Creek, in Chester County, Pennsylvania *Brandywine Creek State Park, in New Castle County, Delaware *Battle of Brandywine Creek, during the American Revolutionary War (1777) See also *Brandywine (other) *Baranduin or Brandywine River, a river in Middle-earth in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien *Brandywine Falls (other) B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine Creek (Broken Sword Creek Tributary)
Brandywine CreekUnited States Geological Survey Hydrological Unit Code: 04-10-00-11- Sandusky Watershed in Crawford County, Ohio is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 tributary of Broken Sword Creek. See also *List of rivers of Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word '' ohiːyo, meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". The Ohio ... References Rivers of Ohio Rivers of Crawford County, Ohio Sandusky River {{Ohio-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine Creek (Cuyahoga River Tributary)
Brandywine Creek is a tributary of the Cuyahoga River that is partly contained in Cuyahoga Valley National Park in Ohio. Watershed The river runs into the Cuyahoga River in Sagamore Hills, Township, Summit County, Ohio, Sagamore Hills Township near the now-abandoned Jaite, Jaite Paper Mill. Discharge volume is extremely seasonal, usually a few cubic feet per second, and peaking at several hundred cubic feet per second under flood conditions. The Brandywine Creek drainage basin, watershed begins in the northern portion of Hudson, Ohio, Hudson, and includes the cities of Hudson, Macedonia, Ohio, Macedonia and Twinsburg, Ohio, Twinsburg, and the townships of Boston Township, Summit County, Ohio, Boston, Sagamore Hills, and Northfield Center Township, Summit County, Ohio, Northfield Center. Brandywine Falls Brandywine Falls, high, at , Elevation: within Cuyahoga Valley National Park, is accessed by a parking lot located on Stanford Road, about from Brandywine Road, approximately ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine Creek (Quittapahilla Creek Tributary)
Brandywine Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of Quittapahilla Creek in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It rises in northeastern Lebanon County and flows southwest through Lebanon, through the limestone hill country south of the Appalachian Mountains. It joins Quittapahilla Creek west of the center of Lebanon. Stovers Dam and Recreation Area is the principal landmark along Brandywine Creek. See also *List of rivers of Pennsylvania This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *''E ... References External links * * {{authority control Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of Swatara Creek Rivers of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine Creek (Christina River Tributary)
Brandywine Creek (also called the Brandywine River) is a tributary of the Christina River in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States. The Lower Brandywine (the main stem) is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed April 1, 2011 and is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River with several tributary streams. The East Branch and West Branch of the creek originate within 2 miles (3 km) of each other on the slopes of Welsh Mountain in Honey Brook Township, Pennsylvania, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of their confluence. The mouth of the creek on the Christina River in present-day Wilmington, Delaware, is the site of the New Sweden colony, where colonists first landed on March 29, 1638. The Battle of Brandywine was fought around the creek near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, on September 11, 1777, during the American Revolution. Water-powered gristmills in Brandywine Village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Branch Brandywine Creek
The East Branch Brandywine CreekMouth: 39 55'21"N, 75 38'58"W, elevation: 174 ft.; Source: 40 07'09"N,75 53'15"W, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) 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 ... of Brandywine Creek (Christina River), Brandywine Creek in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Course The creek starts in Suplee, Pennsylvania, Suplee near Honey Brook, Pennsylvania, Honey Brook, and joins the West Branch Brandywine Creek in Lenape, Pennsylvania, Lenape. From its source, the creek flows east, then southeast, passing through the borough of Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Downingtown. The creek starts at an elevation of above s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Branch Brandywine Creek
The West Branch Brandywine Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of Brandywine Creek in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. The West Branch Brandywine Creek is born near the community of Honey Brook. It later joins with the East Branch Brandywine Creek in the community of Lenape to form Brandywine Creek. The Embreeville Historic District straddles the West Branch Brandywine Creek in Newlin Township. ''Note:'' This includes See also *List of rivers of Pennsylvania This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *''E ... References External linksU.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine Creek State Park
Brandywine Creek State Park is a state park, located north of Wilmington, Delaware along the Brandywine Creek. Open year-round, it is in area and much of the park was part of a Du Pont family estate and dairy farm before becoming a state park in 1965. It contains the first two nature preserves in Delaware. These nature preserves are Tulip Tree Woods and Freshwater Marsh. Flint Woods is a satellite area of the park and has become the park's third nature preserve. Flint Woods is home to species of rare song birds and an old-growth forest. The park's forests are part of the Northeastern coastal forests ecoregion. Fourteen miles of trails run through the park, the longest being the Rocky Run Trail and the Greenway Trail. Brandywine Creek has a large population of bass, and Wilson's Run is known for its trout. Nearby parks include White Clay Creek State Park, Wilmington State Parks, and Bellevue State Park. History Much of Brandywine Creek State Park was originally a portion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Brandywine Creek
The Battle of Brandywine, also known as the Battle of Brandywine Creek, was fought between the American Continental Army of General George Washington and the British Army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777, as part of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). The forces met near Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. More troops fought at Brandywine than any other battle of the American Revolution. It was also the second longest single-day battle of the war, after the Battle of Monmouth, with continuous fighting for 11 hours. As Howe moved to take Philadelphia, then the American capital, the British forces routed the Continental Army and forced them to withdraw, first, to the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, and then northeast toward Philadelphia. Howe's army departed from Sandy Hook, New Jersey, across New York Bay from the occupied town of New York City on the southern tip of Manhattan Island, on July 23, 1777, and landed near present-day Elkton, Maryland, at the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandywine (other)
Brandywine may refer to: Food and drink *Brandy, a spirit produced by distilling wine *Brandywine tomato, a variety of heirloom tomato Geographic locations Canada *Brandywine Falls Provincial Park, British Columbia *Brandywine Mountain, British Columbia United States *Brandywine Hundred, an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware *Brandywine Park, Wilmington, Delaware *Brandywine School District, northern New Castle County, Delaware **Brandywine High School, a high school in Wilmington, Delaware *Brandywine, Maryland, a census-designated place in Prince George's County * Brandywine, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Brandywine Airport, in Chester County, Pennsylvania *East Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania *West Brandywine Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania *Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary), also known as Brandywine River, in Pennsylvania and Delaware *Brandywine River Museum, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania *Brandywine, West Virgini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
