Beaverdam Creek (Wicomico County)

{{Short description|Small river in Wicomico County, Maryland}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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| subdivision_name3 = Wicomico County

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| mouth = Wicomico River

| mouth_location = Eastern Shore of Maryland

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Beaverdam Creek is a tributary of the Wicomico River on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.{{cite book|last1=Gannett|first1=Henry|title=A Gazetteer of Maryland|date=1904|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|location=Washington, D.C.|page=14|access-date=20 January 2015|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZIuAAAAYAAJ&q=beaverdam%20creek%20wicomico&pg=PA14}} Parker Pond and Schumaker Pond were created by damming Beaverdam Creek.{{cite book|title=SURVEY AND MANAGEMENT OF FRESHWATER FISHERIES RESOURCES|date=1994|publisher=Maryland Department of Natural Resources|pages=I-4 through I-6|url=http://www.dnr.state.md.us/irc/docs/00007845.pdf|access-date=20 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215617/http://www.dnr.state.md.us/irc/docs/00007845.pdf|archive-date=23 September 2015|url-status=dead}}

Beaverdam Creek runs through the historic Salisbury City Park.{{Cite web|title=City Park – SBY Parks & Recreation Committee|url=https://sbyparksandrec.com/parks/city-park|access-date=2020-09-05|language=en-US}}

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{{Maryland waters}}

Category:Tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay

Category:Rivers of Wicomico County, Maryland

Category:Rivers of Maryland

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