Clark Creek is a

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of the

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, in the

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.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Clark Creek was named for the Clark family who settled near its banks in the 1720s. The creek is dammed to form DeHart Reservoir, part of the

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for the city of

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. Clark Creek joins the Susquehanna River upstream of the borough of Dauphin.

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{{Coord, 40.3684, -76.9620, type:river_region:US-PA, format=dms, display=title Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Susquehanna River Rivers of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania

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