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of 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 ...

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. English translations of the Lenni-Lenape ''Tunkhannock'' vary, including "meeting of the waters", "small stream", "wilderness stream", and "wooded stream". Most sources note, however, that ''hanna'', as in Susque-, Toby-, Loyal-, Tunk''hannock'', and Lacka''wanna'', suggests "moving water." Tunkhannock Creek is traced northeast along PA Highway 92 to its source of Cheraine Pond near

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. It has an eastern branch that rises in Herrick Township to the east and north of Elk Mountain and a southern branch that rises near Montdale in Scott Township. Tunkhannock Creek's major tributaries include, Nine Partners Creek,

East Branch Tunkhannock Creek East Branch Tunkhannock Creek is a tributary of Tunkhannock Creek in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Gibson Township, Herrick Township, Clifford Township, and Lenox Township, ...

, Horton Creek, Martins Creek,

Hop Bottom Creek Hop Bottom Creek (also known as Hopbottom Creek) is a tributary of Martins Creek in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Bridgewater Township, New Milford Township, Brooklyn Townshi ...

, and

South Branch Tunkhannock Creek South Branch Tunkhannock Creek is a tributary of Tunkhannock Creek (Susquehanna River), Tunkhannock Creek in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County and Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, Wyoming County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. ...

. The

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Tunkhannock Viaduct Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct (also known as the Nicholson Bridge and the Tunkhannock Viaduct) is a concrete deck arch bridge on the Nicholson Cutoff rail segment of the Norfolk Southern Railway Sunbury Line that spans Tunkhannock Creek in Nichol ...

(called locally the "Nicholson Bridge"), featuring multiple high concrete arches, passes over the creek near

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. Tunkhannock Creek empties into the Susquehanna at Tunkhannock in Wyoming County.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004.

South Branch Tunkhannock Creek

The South Branch joins the main branch approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km) downstream of the community of East Lemon, and approximately upstream of the Susquehanna River.

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U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
{{authority control Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Susquehanna River Rivers of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Rivers of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

South Branch Tunkhannock Creek

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