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Manatawny Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
, accessed April 1, 2011
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.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004.


Etymology

The name of the creek comes from the
Lenape The Lenape (, , or Lenape , del, Lënapeyok) also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada. Their historical territory includ ...
(or Delaware Indian) term ''Man'en'tau'wata'wik''. Some early sources state that the term translates to "where we drank liquor", but later sources disagree with that interpretation, putting the meaning closer to "here we drink" or "drink-at-uninhabited-place," without reference to liquor.


Course

The tributary Ironstone Creek joins the Manatawny at Pine Forge. Manatawny Creek is formed by the confluence of Bieber Creek and Pine Creek just below Lobachsville. Manatawny Creek joins the Schuylkill River at Pottstown in Montgomery County.


Bridges

* The Pleasantville Bridge crosses Manatawny Creek at Oley Township in
Berks County Berks County ( Pennsylvania German: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading. The Schuylkill River, a tributary of the Delaware River ...
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See also

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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


U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Schuylkill River Rivers of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Rivers of Berks County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub