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The river was named for Queen Christina of Sweden. Fort Christina, the first permanent European settlement in Delaware, was established at the confluence of Brandywine Creek and the Christina River in 1638 as a part of the Swedish colony of New Sweden. The fort was captured by the Dutch in 1655, and by the English in 1664. [8]
Brandywine Creek [1] [2] (also called the Brandywine River) is a tributary of the Christina River in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States.The Lower Brandywine (the main stem) is 20.4 miles (32.8 km) long [3] and is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River with several tributary streams.
White Clay Creek is an 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km) [2] tributary of the Christina River in southern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States.It is renowned for its scenic character and is largely federally protected.
Little Mill Creek rises on the Brandywine Creek divide about 0.5 miles west of Greenville in New Castle County, Delaware. Little Mill Creek then flows generally south to meet Christina River at Wilmington, Delaware. [2]
Red Clay Creek is a 12.7-mile-long (20.4 km) tributary of White Clay Creek, running through southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware in the United States. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] As of 2000, portions of the creek are under wildlife habitat protection.
Paw Paw Branch (Providence Creek tributary) Perch Creek (Elk River tributary) Persimmon Run (West Branch Christina River tributary) Pike Creek (White Clay Creek tributary) Providence Creek (Duck Creek tributary)
These are streams in the watershed of Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary). Pages in category "Tributaries of the Brandywine Creek" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
Brandywine Creek (Christina River tributary) Broad Run (White Clay Creek tributary) Buck Run (West Branch Brandywine Creek tributary) Burrows Run; C. Christina River;