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Broad Creek (Tide Station)
Broad Creek may refer to the following locations: Rivers *Broad Creek (Nanticoke River tributary), a stream in Sussex County, Delaware *Broad Creek (Bogue Sound), North Carolina, US *Broad Creek (South Australia), flows into Barker Inlet, South Australia *Broad Creek (Susquehanna River), Maryland, US Other places * Broad Creek Hundred, Delaware, US * Broad Creek, Maryland, a former town on Kent Island, Md, US * Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, US * Broad Creek, North Carolina, US * Broad Creek, Prince George's County, Maryland Broad Creek in Prince George's County was the first footprint of European settlement in the immediate counties around what would become the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. The area is part of greater Fort Washington. The area was settled ..., US * Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries, Maryland, US See also * Broad River (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Creek (Nanticoke River Tributary)
Broad Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the Nanticoke River in Sussex County, Delaware. Variant names According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: *Broad Creek River *Laurel River Course Broad Creek is formed at the confluence of Elliott Pond Branch and James Branch (Broad Creek tributary), James Branch at Lake Pines, Delaware and then flows west into the Nanticoke River about 0.5 miles west of Cherry Walk. Watershed Broad Creek drains of area, receives about 45.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 718.86 and is about 14% forested. See also *List of Delaware rivers References Rivers of Delaware Rivers of Sussex County, Delaware Tributaries of the Nanticoke River {{Delaware-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Creek (Bogue Sound)
Broad Creek is a water body bordering the community of Broad Creek, North Carolina. The creek empties into Bogue Sound, which is separated from the Atlantic Ocean The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five borders of the oceans, oceanic divisions, with an area of about . It covers approximately 17% of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface and about 24% of its water surface area. During the ... by Bogue Banks, part of North Carolina's barrier islands known as the Southern Outer Banks. The creek also runs through the Croatan National Forest. See also * Broad Creek, North Carolina References Rivers of North Carolina Rivers of Carteret County, North Carolina Tributaries of the White Oak River {{NorthCarolina-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barker Inlet
The Barker Inlet is a tidal inlet of the Gulf St Vincent in Adelaide, South Australia, named after Captain Collet Barker who first sighted it in 1831. It contains one of the southernmost mangrove forests in the world, a dolphin sanctuary, seagrass meadows and is an important fish and shellfish breeding ground. The inlet separates Torrens Island and Garden Island from the mainland to the east, and is characterised by a network of tidal creeks, artificially deepened channels, and wide mudflats. The extensive belt of mangroves are bordered by samphire saltmarsh flats and low-lying sand dunes. There are two boardwalks (at Garden Island and St Kilda), and ships graveyards in Broad Creek, Angas Inlet and the North Arm (which is just south of North Arm Creek). The Eastern Passage runs between Garden Island and the mainland, narrowing to form Angas Channel north of North Arm Creek. The inlet has been adversely impacted since the settlement of South Australia, with stormw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Creek (Susquehanna River)
Broad Creek is a tributary of the lower Susquehanna River located in Harford County, Maryland. Broad Creek originates on the west side of Constitution Road about 500 feet south of the Pennsylvania state line. It runs generally southeast through Pylesville, Maryland for the first half, then northeast for the second half of its U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 to the Conowingo Reservoir portion of the Susquehanna. It flows through just two properties in its lower five miles, that of the Baltimore Area Council, B.S.A. and then the Exelon power company. In its three-mile course through Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, it was dammed to create Lake Aaron Straus and passes close to the Late Archaic Period Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries archaeological site. Downstream from the 1948 Boy Scout dam, the creek forms a noteworthy gorge through the largest and oldest eastern hemlock gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Creek Hundred
Broad Creek Hundred is a hundred in Sussex County, Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ..., United States. Broad Creek Hundred was formed in 1775 from Somerset County, Maryland. Its primary community is Bethel. References Hundreds in Sussex County, Delaware {{Delaware-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Creek, Maryland
Broad Creek was a town on western Kent Island, Maryland that existed from the 17th century to the 19th century. The town once served as the eastern terminus of a trans- Chesapeake Bay ferry line that was part of an early route between Annapolis and Philadelphia. In the mid 19th century, with the rise of steamboat travel, much of Kent Island's activity shifted to the towns of Stevensville, Chester, and Dominion A dominion was any of several largely self-governance, self-governing countries of the British Empire, once known collectively as the ''British Commonwealth of Nations''. Progressing from colonies, their degrees of self-governing colony, colon ..., and in 1880, Christ Church, the main congregation on the island, moved to Stevensville, cementing the new town's position as Kent Island's main center of activity. Today, the area once occupied by Broad Creek is widely considered part of Stevensville. All that remains of the town today is the Broad Creek Cemetery an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation
Broad Creek Memorial Scout Reservation, more commonly called just Broad Creek, is the sum of eight separate areas in the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The reservation is from the Maryland and Pennsylvania border within Harford County, Maryland, Harford County, from the Maryland and Delaware border, and from Baltimore. The Camp Saffran component hosts summer camp, while Camp Oest is now often used for special events, such as Wood Badge (Boy Scouts of America), Woodbadge and National_Youth_Leadership_Training, NYLT. During the non-summer season Camps Oest, Saffran, and Spencer are open for weekend tent and cabin camping. Five other less developed areas of the reservation, Camp Cone, Camp Finney, The Pines, The Hemlocks, and Order of the Arrow, OA Hill, are used for outpost camping and hiking. The facilities at the reservation in 2012 were used by 36,000 youth, 17% of which were not affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America. History The Baltimore Area Council acquir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Creek, North Carolina
Broad Creek is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 2,334. It is part of the Greater Newport area and currently shares the Newport ZIP Code of 28570. Geography Broad Creek is located in west-central Carteret County, on the north shore of Bogue Sound, between the tidal inlets of Broad Creek to the west and Gales Creek to the east. Bogue Sound is separated from the Atlantic Ocean to the south by Bogue Banks, part of North Carolina's barrier islands known as the Crystal Coast. The Broad Creek community is bordered on the north by Croatan National Forest. North Carolina Highway 24 passes through the community, leading east to Morehead City and west to Cape Carteret. Newport is to the northeast up Hibbs Road. 9 Mile Road runs north from Broad Creek, providing a direct route to Havelock, to the north. Broad Creek Loop Road forms a loop through the center of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Creek, Prince George's County, Maryland
Broad Creek in Prince George's County was the first footprint of European settlement in the immediate counties around what would become the nation's capital, Washington, D.C. The area is part of greater Fort Washington. The area was settled by Europeans in the 1660s and the town was created in 1706 when the colonial Maryland Legislature authorized surveying and laying out the towns of Queen Anne Town, Nottingham, Mill Town, Piscataway, Aire (also known as Broad Creek) and Upper Marlboro (then known as Marlborough Town). In 1747, the legislature tried to improve the quality and the method of marketing tobacco, then the major crop of the area, and established a formal system of tobacco inspection and quality control. The town was home to one of seven state tobacco warehouses built in Prince George's County. The site is located south of the U.S. Capitol building on the Potomac River. Today, this "first footprint" of settlement in the capital area is a Prince George's Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries
The Broad Creek Soapstone Quarries, also known as Orr Prehistoric Steatite Quarry Archeological Site, is an archeological site located near Dublin, just south of Whiteford, Harford County, Maryland. The site includes evidence of the manufacture of vessels from boulders instead of from bedrock. This activity dated from 1700 to 1000 B.C. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 1975. References External links *, including photo from 1981, at Maryland Historical Trust website Quarries in the United States Archaeological sites in Harford County, Maryland Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland Native American history of Maryland National Register of Historic Place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
