White Clay Creek Preserve
White Clay Creek Preserve is a Pennsylvania state park along the valley of White Clay Creek in London Britain Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park was donated by the DuPont Company in 1984 for the purpose of "preserving the diverse and unique plant and animal species, and the rich cultural heritage of the area". Dupont also donated an additional for the adjoining White Clay Creek State Park to the state of Delaware. White Clay Creek Preserve is north of Newark, Delaware on Pennsylvania Route 896. The preserve is supported by thFriends of White Clay Creek Preserve History Opasiskunk The land on which White Clay Creek Preserve is located was originally sold to William Penn by Lenape Chief Kekelappen in 1683. Historians believe that Chief Kekelappen may have lived in Opasiskunk, an Indian town that was at the confluence of the east and middle branches of White Clay Creek. This town was quite large and covered several acres. Archeologists ha ...
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London Britain Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania
London Britain Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The population was 3,139 at the 2010 census. White Clay Creek Preserve is a Pennsylvania state park in London Britain Township along White Clay Creek. History On March 14, 1681, William Penn received a charter from the King of England for a grant of land to establish a colony in the New World. This colony was named Pennsylvania, or Penn's Woods. The Township of London Britain was organized in 1725 from a tract of land belonging to the London Company of Great Britain.London Britain Township
, Retrieved 2010-01-04. The southernmost part of the township was originally disputed territory between Pennsylvania and Maryland, resolved eventually by the