Monocacy Creek (Lehigh River tributary)
Monocacy Creek (pronounced muh-naw-cuh-see) is a tributary of the Lehigh River in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[1]
Monocacy Creek near downtown Bethlehem, 2007
One of only 56 limestone streams in the state of Pennsylvania, the creek's headwaters lie in the slate belt, near the borough of Chapman.[1]
From Chapman, the Monocacy follows a 20.3-mile (32.7 km) course through the limestone Lehigh Valley, to its confluence with the Lehigh River in the city of Bethlehem.[1]
Monocacy Creek is not connected to the Monocacy River in Maryland.[1]
Gallery
Lehigh Canal Aqueduct over Monocacy Creek in Bethlehem.
Monocacy creek near its confluence with the Lehigh River.
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References
- Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
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