Lackawanna River

The Lackawanna River is a 40.8-mile-long (65.7 km) ^[1] tributary of the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States . It flows through a region of the northern Pocono Mountains . It starts in north Wayne County, Pennsylvania and ends in east Luzerne County , Pennsylvania in Duryea, Pennsylvania .

The lower reaches of the river flow through the urban areas of Scranton , which grew around its banks in the 19th century as an industrial center. Its name comes from a Lenni Lenape word meaning "stream that forks". ^[2]

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↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine , accessed August 8, 2011
↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States . Government Printing Office . p. 178.

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[NHD-1] U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine , accessed August 8, 2011

[2] Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States . Government Printing Office . p. 178.

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