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The Little Schuylkill River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011
U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Schuylkill River Rivers of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub
The Little Schuylkill River 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 the Schuylkill River
The Schuylkill River ( , ) is a river running northwest to southeast in eastern Pennsylvania. The river was improved by navigations into the Schuylkill Canal, and several of its tributaries drain major parts of Pennsylvania's Coal Region. It fl ...
in Northeastern Pennsylvania
Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) is a geographic region of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that includes the Pocono Mountains, the Endless Mountains, and the industrial cities of Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Hazleton, Nanticoke, and Car ...
.
It rises south of McAdoo Heights near Haddock, Kline Township
Kline Township is a township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The population was 1,473 at the 2020 census.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of of which is land and (1.13%) is water. It is drained ...
in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on top of Broad Mountain (Lehigh Valley), Broad Mountain. It flows south, then southwest passing through the communities of Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, Tamaqua and New Ringgold, Pennsylvania, New Ringgold. The river joins the Schuylkill River near Port Clinton, Pennsylvania, Port Clinton west of Hawk Mountain. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has designated several parts of the stream special trout stocking areas.
History of Name
The Little Schuylkill River was known as the Tamauguay Creek or River in the 18th and early to mid 19th centuries. This name derives from the Lenni Lenape word for “beaver” (tëmakwe or tamaqua) and also the Lenni Lenape method for using “hunter’s hints”Mahr, August C., PRACTICAL REASONS FOR ALGONKIAN INDIAN STREAM AND PLACE NAMES, THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 59(6): 365, November, 1959, p. 368 thus identifying it as the “place of the beavers”. As the land became settled by Europeans, thisSchuylkill River
The Schuylkill River ( , ) is a river running northwest to southeast in eastern Pennsylvania. The river was improved by navigations into the Schuylkill Canal, and several of its tributaries drain major parts of Pennsylvania's Coal Region. It fl ...
tributary was then referred to as the Little Schuylkill River – Schuylkill coming from the Dutch language meaning Schuylkill River#Name, “hidden river”.
Tributaries
*Indian Run (Little Schuylkill River), Indian Run * Rattling Run *Lofty Creek *Locust Creek (Pennsylvania), Locust Creek * Panther Creek (Little Schuylkill River), Panther Creek * Wabash Creek * Owl Creek * Cold Run *Koenigs Creek * Brushy Run * Swamp Run * Rabbit Run * Still Creek * Pine CreekSee also
*List of Pennsylvania riversReferences
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110928231631/http://www.fish.state.pa.us/trout_repro.pdf *New Ringgold 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, Department of the Interior, USGSExternal links
U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Schuylkill River Rivers of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub