Broadkill River 679516 139782356 2007-06-21T23:40:55Z D6 75561 fix lk {{Geobox River <!-- *** Name section *** --> | name = Broadkill River | native_name = | other_name = | other_name1 = <!-- *** Map section *** --> | image = Broadkill River.jpg | image_size = 280 | image_caption = The Broadkill River in [[Milton, Delaware|Milton]] in 2006 | image_first = <!-- *** Country etc. *** --> | country = United States | country1 = | state = Delaware | state1 = | region = | region1 = | city = | city1 = <!-- *** Geography *** --> | length = | length_imperial = 13.3 | length_note =<ref name=Ches>{{cite web |url=http://estuariesandcoasts.org/cdrom/CPSC1973_14_1_28_40.pdf | title=The Hydrography of the Broadkill River Estuary, Delaware | author = DeWitt, Piet | coauthors = Daiber, Franklin C. | work = Chesapeake Science, Vol. 14 No. 1 | year=1973 | month=March | accessdate=2007-02-04}}</ref> | watershed = | watershed_imperial = 110 | watershed_note =<ref name=Ches/> | discharge_location = | discharge_average = | discharge_average_imperial = | discharge_max = | discharge_max_imperial = | discharge_min = | discharge_min_imperial = | discharge1_location = | discharge1_average = | discharge1_average_imperial = <!-- *** Source *** --> | source_name = Wagamons Pond | source_location = [[Milton, Delaware|Milton]] | source_location_note = | source_region = | source_country = | source_country1 = | source_lat_d = 38 | source_lat_m = 46 | source_lat_s = 37 | source_lat_NS = N | source_long_d = 75 | source_long_m = 18 | source_long_s = 47 | source_long_EW = W | source_coordinates_note =<ref name=GNIS>{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|213715}} |title=GNIS entry for Broadkill River (Feature ID #213715)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-04}}</ref> | source_elevation = | source_elevation_imperial = | source_elevation_note = | source_length = | source_length_imperial = | source1_name = | source_meet = <!-- *** Mouth *** --> | mouth_name = Delaware Bay | mouth_location = northwest of [[Lewes, Delaware|Lewes]] | mouth_location_note = | mouth_country = | mouth_region = | mouth_country1 = | mouth_elevation = | mouth_elevation_imperial = 3 | mouth_elevation_note =<ref name=GNIS/> | mouth_lat_d = 38 | mouth_lat_m = 47 | mouth_lat_s = 25 | mouth_lat_NS = N | mouth_long_d = 75 | mouth_long_m = 09 | mouth_long_s = 44 | mouth_long_EW = W | mouth_coordinates_note =<ref name=GNIS/> <!-- *** Tributaries *** --> | tributary_left = | tributary_left1 = | tributary_right = | tributary_right1 = <!-- *** Map section *** --> | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_first = }} The '''Broadkill River''' is a river flowing to [[Delaware Bay]] in southern [[Delaware]] in the [[United States]]. It is 13.3 miles (21&nbsp;km) long and drains an area of 110 square miles (285 km²) on the [[Atlantic Coastal Plain]]. The Broadkill flows for its entire length in eastern [[Sussex County, Delaware|Sussex County]]. It issues from Wagamons Pond in the town of [[Milton, Delaware|Milton]]; the pond is fed by two tributaries known as Ingram Branch<ref>{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|214147}} |title=GNIS entry for Ingram Branch (Feature ID #214147)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-04}}</ref> and Pemberton Branch.<ref>{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|214434}} |title=GNIS entry for Pemberton Branch (Feature ID #214434)|author=Geographic Names Information System|authorlink=Geographic Names Information System|accessdate=2007-02-04}}</ref> From Milton, the Broadkill River flows generally eastwardly, passing through [[wetland]]s and [[salt marsh]]es in the [[Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fws.gov/northeast/primehook/ |title=Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge |author= United States Fish and Wildlife Service |authorlink= United States Fish and Wildlife Service |accessdate=2007-02-04}}</ref> After approaching to within one quarter mile (0.5&nbsp;km) of Delaware Bay, the river parallels the shoreline a short distance inland for approximately two miles (3&nbsp;km) before flowing into the bay, approximately one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) northwest of [[Lewes, Delaware|Lewes]]. The [[United States Coast Guard]] maintains a station near the mouth of the Broadkill. The mouth is connected to [[Rehoboth Bay]] by the [[Lewes and Rehoboth Canal]], which forms part of the [[Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway]].<ref>[[DeLorme]] (2004). ''Maryland Delaware Atlas & Gazetteer''. pp.44-45. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-279-X.</ref> In the 19th century the river was the center of a regional [[shipbuilding]] industry, arising from the access it furnished to inland forests; the industry fell into decline in the 1890s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.state.de.us/sos/dpa/markers/sc/SHIPBUILDING%20ON%20THE%20BROADKILL%20SC%20143.shtml |title= Shipbuilding on the Broadkill |author=State of Delaware |authorlink=Delaware |accessdate=2007-02-04}}</ref> A footpath known as the Governors Walk follows the Broadkill in central Milton. [[The Nature Conservancy]] established a preserve along the river downstream of Milton in 1998.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.destateparks.com/greenway/traillist/traillist3.htm |title= Greenways & Trails |author= State of Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Division of Parks and Recreation |accessdate=2007-02-04}}</ref> [[As of 2005]], an annual canoe and kayak race was being held on the river in Milton.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.miltonde.com/milton/festivals.html |title= Milton Fairs and Festivals |accessdate=2007-02-04}}</ref> ==Variant names and spellings== The [[United States Board on Geographic Names]] issued an opinion clarifying "Broadkill River" as the stream's name in 1961. According to the [[Geographic Names Information System]], it has also been known historically as:<ref name=GNIS/> *Broad Creek *Broad [[Kill (body of water)|Kill]] *Broad Kill Creek *Broadkill Creek *Broadkiln Creek *Lewis Creek ==See also== *[[List of Delaware rivers]] == References == <div class="references-small"> <references /> </div> {{Delaware}} [[Category:Rivers of Delaware]] [[Category:Sussex County, Delaware]]