North East Creek (North East River)
| North East Creek | ||
 The historic Covered Bridge over North East Creek |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 586254 | |
| location | Southern Pennsylvania and Northeast Maryland , USA | |
| Drain over | North East River → Chesapeake Bay | |
| source | south of Oxford, Pennsylvania 39 ° 45 ′ 20 ″ N , 76 ° 0 ′ 6 ″ W |
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| confluence | with Little North East Creek coordinates: 39 ° 36 '37 " N , 75 ° 56' 13" W 39 ° 36 '37 " N , 75 ° 56' 13" W.
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| length | 26.5 km | |
| Catchment area | 65 km² | |
| Communities | North East | |
The North East Creek is a creek in the US states of Pennsylvania and Maryland . It is 26.5 kilometers long and has a catchment area of 65 square kilometers.
The stream rises in East Nottingham Township south of Borough Oxford in Chester County . It flows south and soon reaches Cecil County , Maryland. On the border with the city of North East , the North East Creek and the Little North East Creek form the North East River , a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay . The average annual runoff is between 0.4 and 1.7 cubic meters per second, the highest documented being about 255 cubic meters as a result of Hurricane Floyd in 1999.
The North East Creek has several inter-regional transport links, including Interstate 95 and Amtrak's Northeast Corridor . The creek is also spanned by the Gilpin's Falls Covered Bridge, built in 1860 .