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The Lehigh River is a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River in eastern Pennsylvania. The river flows in a generally southward pattern from the Pocono Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania through Allentown and much of the Lehigh Valley before joining the Delaware River in Easton.
The Lehigh Canal is a navigable canal that begins at the mouth of Nesquehoning Creek on the Lehigh River in the Lehigh Valley and Northeastern regions of Pennsylvania. It was built in two sections over a span of 20 years beginning in 1818.
Article History. Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. Jim Thorpe, borough (town), seat of Carbon county, eastern Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Lehigh River, in a valley of the Pocono Mountains, 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Allentown.
Lehigh Gorge State Park is a 4,548 acres (1,841 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania. The park encompasses a gorge, which stretches along the Lehigh River from a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control dam in Luzerne County to Jim Thorpe in Carbon County.
LEHIGH RIVER. The LCFA focuses on the section of the Lehigh river which runs from the outflow of the Francis Walter Dam to the Delaware River. This section has three main sections and each with its own characteristics. FEW Dam to Jim Thorpe. Few rivers in the eastern US can match the beauty and ruggedness of this section of the river.
The Lehigh River. Library of Congress. The Lehigh Valley is named for the Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River. The 109-mile river made possible the settlement of the region. For centuries, the Lenni Lenapi relied on the “Lechewuekink” river for sustenance and transportation.
Fast Facts About Lehigh River. The Lehigh River originates with a series of glacial bogs and marshes in the area of Pocono Peak Lake (elevation 2,100 feet above sea level) near the town of Gouldsboro.
