Coordinates: 39°40′00″N 74°19′13″W / 39.666608°N 74.320233°W / 39.666608; -74.320233

Westecunk Creek

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Westecunk Creek at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. The concrete barrier was removed in 2015.

Westecunk Creek is an 11.1-mile-long (17.9 km)[1] tributary of Little Egg Harbor in southeastern New Jersey in the United States.[2]

The name is derived from Lenape, meaning "place of fat meat."

Westecunk Creek originates in the Pine Barrens. Its mouth in West Creek(Eagleswood Township) is a few miles north of Tuckerton.[2]

Tributaries

See also

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Garden State Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2002. ISBN 0-9605908-8-9

39°40′00″N 74°19′13″W / 39.666608°N 74.320233°W / 39.666608; -74.320233