Little Schuylkill River

The Little Schuylkill River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of the Schuylkill River in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

It rises south of McAdoo Heights near Haddock, Kline Township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on top of Broad Mountain. It flows south, then southwest passing through the communities of Tamaqua and New Ringgold. The river joins the Schuylkill River near Port Clinton west of Hawk Mountain. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has designated several parts of the stream special trout stocking areas.

History The Little Schuylkill River was known as the Tamauguay Creek or River in the 18th and early to mid-19th centuries. Its name is derived from the Lenape word for "beaver" (tëmakweLenape talking Dictionary or tamaqua) and also the 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 which identified it as the "place of the beavers".

When European settlers arrived in the region, the Little Schuylkill River, a tributary of the Schuylkill River, came to be known as Little Schuylkill River with the name Schuylkill coming from the Dutch language word that translates as "hidden river".

Tributaries Indian Run Rattling Run Lofty Creek Locust Creek Panther Creek Wabash Creek Owl Creek Cold Run Koenigs Creek Brushy Run Swamp Run Rabbit Run Still Creek Pine Creek

Little Schuylkill River

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