Lackawaxen River

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Map showing the Lackawaxen and Lackawanna watersheds

The Lackawaxen River is a tributary of the Delaware River, approximately 25 mi (40 km) long, in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. The river flows through a largely rural area in the northern Pocono Mountains, draining an area of approximately 598 sq mi (1540 km²).

Its source is in western Wayne County, approximately 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Forest City, by the confluence of the West Branch and Johnson Creek.

The river is a popular destination for canoeing and recreational fly fishing for trout. It was reportedly where the American author Zane Grey first learned to fly fish.^[1]

1 West Branch Lackawaxen River
2 See also
3 References
4 External links

[edit] West Branch Lackawaxen River

The West Branch, approximately 15 miles (24 km) long, rises in northern Wayne County near Orson and flows south, southeast. After its confluence with Johnson Creek, the main stream flows southeast through Prompton Lake reservoir, past Honesdale and Hawley, where it is joined from the southwest by Wallenpaupack Creek. It continues east and joins the Delaware at Lackawaxen. East of Honesdale, it was deepened as part of the Delaware and Hudson Canal project.