Pennsauken Creek (North Branch at CR674) Traditional Cache
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Pennsauken Creek (North Branch at CR674)
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At the point where Hainesport - Mt. Laurel Road crosses over the North Branch of the Pennsauken Creek, which eventually meanders its way to the Delaware River.
Designed to be quick, not complicated.
Beware of possible heavy and fast traffic on this section of road.
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Wikipedia:
Pennsauken Creek is a 3.8-mile-long tributary of the Delaware River in Burlington and Camden counties, New Jersey in the United States.
Pennsauken Creek drains 33 square miles of southwestern Burlington County and northern Camden County and joins the Delaware River near Palmyra.
The North Branch of the Pennsauken is in Burlington County, while the South Branch forms the boundary between Burlington and Camden counties.
The tide affects the 3.8-mile (6.1 km) main stem and the first few miles up the branches.
Both the North and South branches are approximately 10 miles long.
The Pennsauken Creek faces problems from agricultural and urban runoff, as well as wastewater treatment facilities. Landfills are also a source of contamination for the Pennsauken Creek, as well as industrial pollution near the mouth of the river's main stem.
NYT:
A November 14, 1999 New York Times article ("Here's the Dirt on Baseballs") said that a previous 1982 NYT article said the exclusive mud rubbed on major and minor league baseballs before each game came from near the Pennsauken Creek.
It said a Princeton University professor found that 90% of the mud was finely ground quartz, probably pulverized by ice that covered New Jersey during the Pleisteocene Epoch more than 10,000 years ago.
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According to one source:
"Pindasenaken," the name from which Pennsauken is derived, is a Lenni-Lenape Indian word meaning "Tobacco Pouch."
Prior to colonization, the Lenni-Lenape Indians had called this region along the Delaware shore (between Camden and Palmyra/Cinnaminson, between Cooper River and Pennsauken Creek), home.
Pennsauken became a settled village in 1880, and a township in 1892.
Another source says:
"The Lenape (len-AH-pay) or Delaware Indians lived in an area they called “Lenapehoking,” which means “Land of the Lenape.” Their land included all of what is now New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, southeastern New York State, northern Delaware and a small section of southeastern Connecticut."
"Today, most of the Lenape/Delaware are living in Oklahoma and Canada. In Oklahoma, there are two communities; one around Anandarko and another near the Bartlesville area."
"Several hundred Lenape/ Delaware Indian descendants still live in our area today. We cannot forget the Lenape because many cities have Lenape names, for example, Allamuchy, Hackensack, Manasquan, and Manhattan. Many streets, parks, lakes, rivers and mountains also have Lenape names."
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