Safe Harbor is a small

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located within Conestoga Township in

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the south central part of Pennsylvania. ...

, USA. The general location was an early staging area for Native American tribes traversing the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...

from the settlements surrounding Conestoga and present day Manor Township. The "Harbor" is an inlet where the

Conestoga River The Conestoga River, also referred to as Conestoga Creek, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River flowing through the cente ...

from the rest of Lancaster County meets up with the Susquehanna River proper and was known for its plentiful bounty of fish and wildlife that sustained the Conestoga Native Americans for centuries. Safe Harbor and the nearby community of Conestoga were in the national

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spotlight in 2001 when President

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held a photo opportunity at the

Safe Harbor Dam The Safe Harbor Dam (also Safe Harbor Hydroelectric Station) is a concrete gravity dam, with an associated hydroelectric power station, on the lower Susquehanna River. It is the most northerly and last of three Great Depression-era public works#Ov ...

power station.Remarks at the Safe Harbor Water Power Corporation in Conestoga, Pennsylvania - Transcript
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and the Safe Harbor

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are also located within the tiny community.

Other

Safe Harbor Trestle The Safe Harbor Bridge also known as the Safe Harbor Trestle, Port Road Bridge and the Enola Low Grade Line (A&S Railroad) Steel Trestle is a steel deck truss trestle that spans the Conestoga River at Safe Harbor, Pennsylvania near the Susqueha ...

References

External links

Lancaster Online: Homes, preserve set at historic Safe Harbor
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