Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River tributary)
Fishing Creek is a 29.98-mile (48.25 km) long tributary of the Susquehanna River in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It joins the Susquehanna River near the census-designated place of Rupert and the town of Bloomsburg. The watershed has an area of 385 square miles (1,000 km2).
Fishing Creek near the Rupert Covered Bridge No. 56 between Montour Township and Bloomsburg
Fishing Creek in Sugarloaf Township
The mouth of Fishing Creek as seen from the Bloomsburg side
The East Branch of Fishing Creek at the Sullivan County – Columbia County line
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Columbia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,727. Its county seat is Bloomsburg. The county was created on March 22, 1813, from part of Northumberland County. It was named Columbia, alluding to the United States and Christopher Columbus. The county is part of the Central Pennsylvania region of the state.
The Columbia County courthouse in Bloomsburg
View of northern Columbia County, Pennsylvania from Kramer Hill Road in Fishing Creek Township. On the horizon (about 8-10 miles away) is North Mountain. The borough of Benton is in the center of the picture.
Image: Red rock mountain
Image: Buck Mountain from Buck Mountain Road
