Bear Creek (Allegheny River tributary)

Bear Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.[1] It is a tributary to the Allegheny River.

Bear Creek
Physical characteristics
Source 
  coordinates40.9508969°N 79.7956068°W / 40.9508969; -79.7956068
Mouth 
  coordinates
41.0828404°N 79.6736598°W / 41.0828404; -79.6736598

Bear Creek was so named on account of the many bears which once were seen in the area.[2]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Creek (Allegheny River tributary)
  2. Espenshade, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. Evangelical Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-8063-0416-8.
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