Tributaries
The Delaware’s main tributaries in New York are the Mongaup and Neversink Rivers and Callicoon Creek; in Pennsylvania, the Lackawaxen, Lehigh, and Schuylkill Rivers feed the Delaware; and from New Jersey, the Musconetcong, Rancocas Creek and the Cooper and Maurice Rivers.
The upper part of the Delaware is shallow and difficult to navigate, so a canal system was built. Opened in 1830, it ran from Easton to Bristol, just beneath the Trenton Falls. It is no longer used for shipping, but the canal is still a source of enjoyment and recreation for thousands of visitors every year who walk and bike along its towpath.
The watershed’s rivers, creeks and streams also include:
- Alloway Creek
- Assiscunk Creek
- Assunpink Creek
- Brandywine Creek
- Christina River
- Cooper River
- Cohansey Creek
- Crosswicks Creek
- Flat Brook
- Frankford Creek
- French Creek
- Lehigh River
- Lockatong Creek
- Maiden Creek
- Manatawny Creek
- Maurice River
- Mill Creek (Mont. Cty)
- Mill Creek (Philadelphia)
- Musconetcong River
- Neshaminy Creek