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The Lower Delaware National Wild and Scenic River is a federally designated area of the Delaware River protected under the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The designation also includes sections of Paunnacussing Creek , Tohickon Creek , Tinicum Creek , Rapp Creek , and Beaver Creek .
Generally, the rural Southern (or "Slower Lower") regions of Delaware below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal embody a Southern culture, [71] [72] while densely-populated Northern Delaware above the canal—particularly Wilmington, a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area—has more in common with that of the Northeast and the North. [73]
Generally, the rural Southern (or "Slower Lower") regions of Delaware below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal embody a Southern culture, [91] [92] while densely-populated Northern Delaware above the canal—particularly Wilmington, a part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area—has more in common with that of the Northeast. [93]
The Delaware Colony, officially known as the three Lower Counties on the Delaware, was a semiautonomous region of the proprietary Province of Pennsylvania and a de facto British colony in North America. [1] Although not royally sanctioned, Delaware consisted of the three counties on the west bank of the Delaware River Bay.
The Delaware River at Trenton was approaching flood stage as of midday Monday. At noon on Monday, the weather service reported the water level of the Delaware River at Trenton to be 15.54 feet.
Sussex County, which contains about 25% of Delaware's population, accounted for 34% of homeless people in 2022. Similarly, Kent County — where about 18% of all Delawareans live — now accounts ...
The Delaware Valley, also known as metropolitan Philadelphia. Regions of Delaware include: "Upstate" or "Up North": Delaware Valley, also known as "Above the Canal" (referring to the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal) "Slower Lower": Cape Region; Central Kent; Delaware coast
Sen.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) Date of Birth / Feb. 10, 1962 Residence / Wilmington, Del. Education / B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University; master’s degree in urban affairs and public ...