Shamokin was a multi-ethnic Native American trading village on the Susquehanna River, located partially within the limits of the modern cities of Sunbury and Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania. It should not be confused with present-day Shamokin, Pennsylvania, located to the east. The village was the focus of missionary efforts, and then was the staging area for raids on English settlements in Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War. It was burned and abandoned by the Lenape in May, 1756. A few months later, Fort Augusta was constructed on the site of the village.
Shikellamy's portrait from the Appletons' article on "Swatane"
Moravian missionary David Zeisberger preaching to the Indians.
View of the site of Shamokin village as it appeared in about 1857, with Otzinachson hill ("the Demon's Den, the name the Iroquois gave to a large cave, in a rocky hill in the wilderness") seen to the left.
Great Shamokin Path Pennsylvania Historical Marker on Pennsylvania Route 150 west of Lock Haven
Sunbury is a city and the county seat of Northumberland County in Pennsylvania, United States. Located in the Susquehanna Valley, Sunbury is positioned on the east bank of the Susquehanna River.
Pennsylvania Route 61 and Pennsylvania Route 147 in Sunbury
Walking path in Sunbury
Monument to Thomas Edison near Sunbury
Walking path in Sunbury
