The Quittapahilla Creek (nicknamed the "Quittie") is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of
Swatara Creek in south-central
Pennsylvania
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in the United States.
History
The original
Lenape
The Lenape (, , ; ), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.
The Lenape's historica ...
name for this waterway is ''Kuwektəpehəle'', which means 'it flows out (''ktəpehəle'') from the pines (''kuwe''
)'.
By the late twentieth century, the creek had become polluted from
steel mill
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waste. The decline of industry in the region, as well as federal, state, and local efforts, have led to an improvement in water quality. The stream is stocked annually with
trout
Trout (: trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the ...
and it has become a popular destination for recreational
fly fishing
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.
Geography
Quittapahilla Creek rises in eastern
Lebanon County, flows west-southwest through
Lebanon
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and
Annville, and joins Swatara Creek northeast of
Palmyra
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.
Tributaries
*Killinger Creek
*Bachman Run
*Beck Creek
*Snitz Creek
*
Brandywine Creek
*Spang Creek
See also
*
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
*''E ...
References
External links
Quittapahilla Watershed OrganizationFly fishing on the QuittieLebanon Valley College
- Dedication announcement of the Cuewe-Pehelle statue on the LVC campus.
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Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Swatara Creek
Rivers of Lebanon County, Pennsylvania