Spring Creek is a
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
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accessed August 8, 2011 tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or 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 drain the surrounding drainag ...
of
Bald Eagle Creek in
Centre County,
Pennsylvania
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in the
United States
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.
[Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. ]
Spring Creek passes through a
water gap
A water gap is a gap that flowing water has carved through a mountain range or mountain ridge and that still carries water today. Such gaps that no longer carry water currents are called wind gaps. Water gaps and wind gaps often offer a pra ...
in
Bald Eagle Mountain
Bald Eagle Mountain – once known locally as Muncy Mountain – is a stratigraphic ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians of central Pennsylvania, United States, running east of the Allegheny Front and northwest of Mount Nittany. It lies al ...
and joins Bald Eagle Creek at
Milesburg.
The stream is the site of a kayak and canoe slalom training center, located along Sunnyside Boulevard in
Bellefonte. Removal of the McCoy & Linn dam in 2007 now permits a Class I whitewater run of about 3 miles (at higher water levels) from Bellefonte to Milesburg.
Tributaries
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Slab Cabin Run
See also
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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
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Wallace Run (Bald Eagle Creek)
Wallace Run is a tributary of Bald Eagle Creek in Centre County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is long and is a low-alkalinity stream. The stream flows through Union Township and Boggs Township in Centre County. Most of the watershed ...
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the West Branch Susquehanna River
Rivers of Centre County, Pennsylvania
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