Chillisquaque Creek
| Chillisquaque Creek | ||
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| Water code | US : 1171784 | |
| location | Pennsylvania , United States | |
| River system | Susquehanna River | |
| Drain over | West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay | |
| origin | Confluence of the Middle and East Branch of Chillisquaque Creek in Montour County 41 ° 4 ′ 56 ″ N , 76 ° 39 ′ 48 ″ W |
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| muzzle | in Northumberland County in the West Branch Susquehanna River Coordinates: 40 ° 55 ′ 59 " N , 76 ° 51 ′ 38" W 40 ° 55 ′ 59 " N , 76 ° 51 ′ 38" W
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| Right tributaries | West Branch Chillisquaque Creek | |
| East Branch Chillisquaque Creek | ||
| Water code | US : 1173737 | |
| source | in Columbia County 41 ° 8 ′ 39 ″ N , 76 ° 36 ′ 12 ″ W.
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| Middle Branch Chillisquaque Creek | ||
| Water code | US : 1181005 | |
| source | in Columbia County 41 ° 8 ′ 39 ″ N , 76 ° 37 ′ 5 ″ W.
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| Flowing lakes | Lake Chillisquaque | |
The chillisquaque creek is a 32.5 km long tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River and flows through the counties Columbia , Montour , and Northumberland in Pennsylvania , United States .
As part of the Chesapeake Bay's water system, Chillisquaque Creek drains areas of four counties (the three named and Lycoming ). The river flows through sandstone , slate and limestone in a south-westerly direction through an Appalachian valley .
In 2000, the 290 km² large catchment area of the river, inhabited by 6620 people, accounted for 67.9% of agricultural and 29.5% of forest areas.
Surname
According Donehoo is Chillisquaque a corruption of Chililisuagi what in the language of Shawnee as much as the location of the snow birds means. A Shawnee village had been located near the mouth of the river since about 1728 and is mentioned in the accounts of several early colonists . In the earliest mention of the river and village, a Shawnees petition to the Province of Pennsylvania, they are called Shallyschohking . Conrad Weiser chose the spelling Zilly-squachne when he crossed the river and traveled through the village on his way north to Onondaga , the capital of the Iroquois . The spelling Chelisquaqua dates from 1754 and Chillisquaquy appears in Scull's map from 1759 . In 1770, when the first settlers arrived here, the current spelling is used on another map of Scull. These are all variations of Chalakatha , one of the five Shawnee tribal clans , as well as the village this clan lived in.
The current townships East Chillisquaque and West Chillisquaque were named after the river, as well as the dependent village in the second township mentioned, all of which are located in Northumberland County.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Donehoo, Dr. George P .: A History of the Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania , Wennawoods Publishing, Lewisburg 1928.