Cedar Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011 stream and
estuary
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of
Delaware Bay
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in
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[Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2002. ]
It rises in
Lawrence Township and flows through Lummistown, where it is dammed twice to form the Lummis Lakes. It is dammed again at Cedarville to form Cedar Lake, below which it enters the marshes and becomes tidal.
Fresh Creek, now mostly turned to marsh, ran south to connect it to
Middle Brook and cut off
Jones Island.
Bowers Creek and
Howells Creek discharge into it among the marshlands before it empties into Nantuxent Cove of Delaware Bay.
Tributaries
*
Howells Creek
*
Bowers Creek
*
Fresh Creek
See also
*
List of rivers of New Jersey
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References
Rivers of Cumberland County, New Jersey
Rivers of New Jersey
Tributaries of Delaware Bay
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