Lopatcong Creek

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| image = Lopatcong Creek, Phillipsburg, NJ - Morris Canal vicinity.jpg

| image_caption = Lopatcong Creek in Phillipsburg, New Jersey near the former Morris Canal

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| subdivision_name3 = Warren County

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| mouth = Delaware River

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Lopatcong Creek is a {{convert|12.0|mi|km|adj=mid|-long}}U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. [http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ The National Map], accessed December 21st, 2019 tributary of the Delaware River in Warren County, New Jersey in the United States.{{cite gnis|877937|Lopatcong Creek}}

The source of the stream is Scotts Mountain in Harmony Township.{{cite book |last1 = Snell |first1 = James P. |last2 = Clayton |first2= W.W. |title = History of Sussex and Warren Counties, New Jersey, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofsussexw00snel |chapter=Harmony |location = Philadelphia |publisher = Everts & Peck |year = 1881 |pages = [https://archive.org/details/historyofsussexw00snel/page/671 671] |oclc = 14075041}} It was one of the chief water sources for the Morris Canal, in particular from Inclined Plane 9 West in Port Warren to Lock 10 West in the Green's Bridge section of Phillipsburg.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=74002228}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Morris Canal |publisher=National Park Service|first1=Barbara |last1=Kalata |date=October 10, 1973 |accessdate=}} With {{NRHP url|id=74002228|photos=y|title=25 accompanying photos}}{{cite web |title=Water and the Canal |url=http://www.morriscanal.org/Signage/Water%20and%20the%20Canal.pdf |publisher=Warren County Morris Canal Greenway}}

The Lopatcong joins the Delaware in Phillipsburg. The name of the creek is derived from the Lenni Lenape — Lowan peek achtu onk, which meant "winter watering place for deer,"Poncavage, Joanna. [https://www.mcall.com/2008/11/14/lenape-language-legacy-in-towns-creeks-and-more-indian-nation-left-its-mark-on-our-region/ "Lenape language Legacy; In towns, creeks and more, Indian nation left its mark on our region"], The Morning Call, November 14, 2008. Accessed September 21, 2012. "Lopatcong - From Lenape words: Lowan peek achtu onk Meaning: Winter water place for deer"Hutchinson, Viola L. [http://mapmaker.rutgers.edu/356/nj_place_names_origin.pdf#page=19 The Origin of New Jersey Place Names], New Jersey Public Library Commission, May 1945. Accessed September 3, 2015. or "at the swift river".Grumet, Robert. Manhattan to Minisink: American Indian Place Names of Greater New York and Vicinity, University of Oklahoma Press, 2013. {{ISBN|0-8061891-3-4}}