Canary Creek (Broadkill River tributary)
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| Canary Creek Tributary to Broadkill River | |
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  Location of Canary Creek mouth  Canary Creek (Broadkill River tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Delaware |
| County | Sussex |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Wolfe Glade divide |
| • location | Lewes, Delaware |
| • coordinates | 38°45′59.88″N 075°08′08.59″W / 38.7666333°N 75.1357194°W[1] |
| • elevation | 10 ft (3.0 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Broadkill River |
• location | about 1-mile northwest of Lewes, Delaware |
• coordinates | 38°47′24.40″N 075°09′48.66″W / 38.7901111°N 75.1635167°W[1] |
• elevation | 0 ft (0 m)[1] |
| Length | 4.09 mi (6.58 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 4.81 square miles (12.5 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Broadkill River |
| • average | 5.81 cu ft/s (0.165 m3/s) at mouth with Broadkill River[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Broadkill River → Delaware Bay → Atlantic Ocean[2] |
| River system | Broadkill River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Ebenezer Branch |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Savannah Road, New Road, Pilottown Road |
Canary Creek is a 4.09 mi (6.58 km) long first-order tributary to the Broadkill River in Sussex County, Delaware.
Canary Creek rises on the Wolfe Glade divide in Lewes, Delaware, and then flows generally northwest to join the Broadkill River about 1-mile northwest of Lewes, Delaware.[1]
Variant names
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Canarical Creek
- Canarikill
- Pagan Creek