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Philly H2O: Ledger Creek Names 1879 (4931 words) |
 | Bow creek, southern boundary of Philadelphia City, flows from Darby creek, along the northeastern side of Tinicum Island, and, after a short bend nearly due east, enters the Delaware opposite Hog Island. |
| It was also called Church creek, because at one time it was a convenient road of travel to Tinicum church.--Muckinapattus creek rises in Darby township, Delaware County, flows south-west, and joins Darby creek, west of the junction with Bow creek. |
| A portion of the creek east of the junction of the Little Tacony is called Questioninck in a patent to Eric Cock and others, and Quissinuaminck in a patent to Thomas Fairman, 1688. |
| River Lee (England) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (453 words) |
| Bow Creek (tidal) meets the Limehouse Cut (canal) with a view of London's Docklands |
| It originates near Luton in the chalk beds of the northeast Chiltern Hills and flows generally east and then south to London where it meets the River Thames, the last section being known as Bow Creek. |
| South of Hackney Wick the river's course is split, running almost completely in man made channels (the Bow Back Rivers) flowing through an area that was once a thriving industrial zone. |
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