Pequea Creek

Colemanville Covered Bridge over the Pequea Creek

Pequea Creek (/ˈpɛkw/ PECK-way; Pennsylvania German: Beckweh Grick) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River that runs for 49.2 miles (79.2 km)[1] from the eastern border of Lancaster County and Chester County, Pennsylvania to the village of Pequea, about 5 miles (8 km) above the hydroelectric dam at Holtwood along the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011