Lopatcong Creek
Lopatcong Creek in Phillipsburg, New Jersey near the former Morris Canal
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew Jersey
RegionWarren County
Physical characteristics
SourceScotts Mountain
MouthDelaware River
 • location
Phillipsburg
 • coordinates
40°40′45″N 75°10′42″W / 40.67917°N 75.17833°W / 40.67917; -75.17833
Basin features
River systemDelaware River

Lopatcong Creek is a 12.0-mile-long (19.3 km)[1] tributary of the Delaware River in Warren County, New Jersey in the United States.[2]

The source of the stream is Scotts Mountain in Harmony Township.[3] It was one of the chief water sources for the Morris Canal, in particular from Inclined Plane 9 West in Port Warren to Lock 10 West in the Green's Bridge section of Phillipsburg.[4][5]

The Lopatcong joins the Delaware in Phillipsburg. The name of the creek is derived from the Lenni Lenape — Lowan peek achtu onk, which meant "winter watering place for deer,"[6][7] or "at the swift river".[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed December 21st, 2019
  2. ↑ "Lopatcong Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ Snell, James P.; Clayton, W.W. (1881). "Harmony". History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. pp. 671. OCLC 14075041.
  4. ↑ Kalata, Barbara (October 10, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Morris Canal". National Park Service. With 25 accompanying photos
  5. ↑ "Water and the Canal" (PDF). Warren County Morris Canal Greenway.
  6. ↑ Poncavage, Joanna. "Lenape language Legacy; In towns, creeks and more, Indian nation left its mark on our region", The Morning Call, November 14, 2008. Accessed September 21, 2012. "Lopatcong - From Lenape words: Lowan peek achtu onk Meaning: Winter water place for deer"
  7. ↑ Hutchinson, Viola L. The Origin of New Jersey Place Names, New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 3, 2015.
  8. ↑ Grumet, Robert. Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity, University of Oklahoma Press, 2013. ISBN 0-8061891-3-4



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