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  Philly H2O: Ledger Creek Names 1879
Bow creek, southern boundary of Philadelphia City, flows from Darby creek, along the northeastern side of Tinicum Island, and, after a short bend nearly due east, enters the Delaware opposite Hog Island.
It was also called Church creek, because at one time it was a convenient road of travel to Tinicum church.--Muckinapattus creek rises in Darby township, Delaware County, flows south-west, and joins Darby creek, west of the junction with Bow creek.
A portion of the creek east of the junction of the Little Tacony is called Questioninck in a patent to Eric Cock and others, and Quissinuaminck in a patent to Thomas Fairman, 1688.
www.phillyh2o.org /backpages/Ledger_creeknames_1879.htm   (4931 words)

  
 River Lee (England) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bow Creek (tidal) meets the Limehouse Cut (canal) with a view of London's Docklands
It originates near Luton in the chalk beds of the northeast Chiltern Hills and flows generally east and then south to London where it meets the River Thames, the last section being known as Bow Creek.
South of Hackney Wick the river's course is split, running almost completely in man made channels (the Bow Back Rivers) flowing through an area that was once a thriving industrial zone.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/River_Lea   (453 words)

  
 EPA Silver Bow Creek/Butte Superfund Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
Silver Bow Creek was used as a conduit for mining, smelting, industrial and municipal wastes for more than a hundred years.
Silver Bow Creek and the Clark Fork River contain metals from the cities of Butte to Milltown.
The tailings, dispersed along the creek and river, severely limit aquatic life forms and have caused fish kills in the river.
www.epa.gov /region8/superfund/sites/mt/silver_.html   (1166 words)

  
 Silver Bow Creek
Three of the five species were known to be abundant within the Silver Bow Creek floodplain valley including Sandbar willow (Salix exigua), Booths willow (Salix boothii), and Yellow willow, (Salix lutea) and harvest sites were selected accordingly.
Average willow stem growth under the conditions within the Silver Bow Creek valley on average grew one-third of an inch each day over the two growing seasons and the fast growing stems averaged nearly three-fourths inch per day.
It was estimated that 300 cfs was diverted into the alternate channel and 150 cfs remained in the new Silver Bow Creek channel.
ecorestoration.montana.edu /mineland/histories/superfund/silver_bow/default.htm   (2205 words)

  
 Bow Creek School, Orchard Place, Leamouth, Poplar, London E14 - Pupil Admission Register
To quote an un-named source "……… the Orchard House district of Bow Creek, an area said to be inhabited by a piratical and predatory population and described as a sort of Alsatia for hereditary dock thieves … … …".
Thus was born the Bow Creek London Board School, whose Pupil Admissions Register is the core subject of this Project.
She realised what an invaluable and probably unknown historical and genealogical resource this could be, covering the period 1896 to 1935, straddling the 1901 Census date and the First World War period, and giving real details of some 1260 pupils at the school during those four decades.
homepage.ntlworld.com /geoff.matt/bowcreek_intro.html   (2273 words)

  
 Clark Fork of the Columbia
Butte’s Silver Bow Creek is the headwaters of the Clark Fork of the Columbia River.
The creek has been heavily impacted by mining since 1841 when gold was discovered, by 1875 silver and copper were mined and smelted in Butte and by 1881 five railroads serviced the area.
Rock Creek is one of the last bull trout strongholds in the lower Clark Fork drainage and is vital in recovering this native fish from its threatened status.
www.montanariveraction.org /clark.fork.river.html   (2218 words)

  
 WWRC 92-02 : Appendices 1-5 : Determining Methods to Evaluate Relations Between Livestock and Wildlife Grazing and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
The potential study area on Johnson Creek is located on the Sybille Wildlife Research Unit, approximately 32 miles southwest of Wheatland, Wyoming, north of highway 34 (T 21N, R 72W, S 18, 19, 20, 30).
Johnson Creek could be used as an experimental site despite the fact that there is cattle grazing upstream adjacent to the unit.
The lower portion of Cedar Creek is located in a narrow and rocky canyon which is difficult to hike.
library.wrds.uwyo.edu /wrp/92-02/app1-5.html   (1704 words)

  
 ATSDR - Health Consultation - Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area, Butte, Silver Bow and Deer Lodge Counties, Montana
This data described all newly diagnosed cases occurring in Silver Bow County and the entire state of Montana during the twenty-one year period from 1979 to 1999.
Cancer incidence data for Silver Bow County and the two comparison populations were standardized using four age groupings; 20-54, 55-64, 65-74, and 75 and over.
However, the demographics of Silver Bow County and Montana are fairly similar so this does not explain the elevated SIRs generated through comparisons with state cancer incidence data.
www.atsdr.cdc.gov /HAC/PHA/silverbow/sbc_p1.html   (1355 words)

  
 Compound Bow Rifle Alignment Sight
I've been testing this sight system on a Whisper Creek bow this summer and it works great.
Instead of using a consistent anchor point and aligning the rear sight with the same pin for every shot, no matter what the range is, you actually move your anchor point lower to align the rear sight with pins for greater distances.
When you draw on your target, all you have to do is align the rear sight with the bottom pin and then move the correct pin for the given distance onto your target.
fastestbows.com /reviews/peep_eliminator_compound_bow_sight.htm   (741 words)

  
 Silver Bow Creek - MT Dept of Justice
The cleanup of the Silver Bow Creek Superfund site near Butte is the largest stream and floodplain remediation and restoration project ever undertaken in the United States.
Final Silver Bow Creek Watershed Restoration Plan (PDF, 315 pages, 21MB), December 2005 – a plan to help prospective applicants for natural resource damage funds and other funds determine the best restoration opportunities in the watershed.
Final State of Montana Responses to Public Comments on the 2004 Draft Silver Bow Creek Watershed Restoration Plan (PDF, 17 pages), December 2005 – provides the public comments on the draft restoration plan and the state’s responses to those documents.
www.doj.state.mt.us /lands/naturalresource/silverbowcreek.asp   (713 words)

  
 Streamside Tailings Operable Unit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
The Streamside Tailings area includes not only Silver Bow Creek itself, but also the adjacent mining wastes deposited along the creek bank and nearby flood plains, and railroad embankments adjacent to the stream that contain mining wastes.
Minewastes, from placer mining, milling and smelting facilities once located next to Silver Bow Creek and in Butte have been washed down the creek for more than 100 years.
In addition, railroad bed and ballast in some areas adjacent to Silver Bow Creek was made of mine wastes or was treated with herbicides to inhibit grass fires along the tracks.
www.mbmg.mtech.edu /env-streamsd-2.htm   (371 words)

  
 Bow Creek township, Phillips County, Kansas (KS) Detailed Profile
Bow Creek township, Phillips County, Kansas (KS) Detailed Profile
Parks in Bow Creek township include: Kirwin Wildlife Area, Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge.
69% of Bow Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
www.city-data.com /township/Bow-Creek-Phillips-KS.html   (114 words)

  
 Associated Construction Publications - Cleaning Up Silver Bow Creek
The degradation of Silver Bow Creek began shortly after gold was discovered in Summit Valley in 1864.
Silver Bow Creek, which flows past the base of what became known as "The Richest Hill on Earth," became a conduit for mining, smelting, industrial, and municipal wastes.
He explained that the work is being broken up into separate contracts, one after another, because DEQ wants to avoid exposing the entire 23 miles of Silver Bow Creek to flooding at the same time.
www.acppubs.com /article/CA487706.html   (1208 words)

  
 Walkers Routes in Leamouth/Bow Creek Area
The old Ironbridge was subsequently demolished, except for its abutments, but the now-abandoned railway bridge still stands, a forlorn grass-grown relic of the Victorian age, although all signs of the swingbridge mechanism in the centre of the river appear to have gone.
The railway marshalling yard on the west bank of Bow Creek was on the site of the old Pepper Warehouse of the East India Company, and the old very ornamental gateway to the Warehouse has been retained.
There is a walkway alongside the Bow Creek which covers the area formerly occupied by the Railway, and it passes near Orchard Wharf Petrol Station, which has a shop for tea, coffee and snacks, and toilet facilities (the only sign of civilisation for miles!).
homepage.ntlworld.com /geoff.matt/BowCreekSchool/NewRegister/WebPages/leamoth1_web.html   (6787 words)

  
 Tailwinds - Rampart Creek - Bow Lake
There were not as many rest stops on Bow (in Banff) as there were on Tangle/Sunwapta (in Jasper).
I stopped a couple of times to wipe the perspiration from my forehead and reapply sunscreen (it was hot and sunny).
Whenever the grade gets steep, the shoulders are eliminated in favor of a slow vehicle lane and passing lane on the upward side.
www.tailwinds.org /canada/ab/d39.html   (1389 words)

  
 Packer Creek Hunting Products -- Organize Your Hunt -- hunting accessories, archery accessories, rifle accessories , ...
Bow Packer can be attached under the lid of a bow case using the included Velcro
Bow, case, and other items pictured are not included with the Bow Packer.
Attaches to either side of a saddle and protects all of your fragile bow parts (sight, rest, string, etc.) from hazards of the trail with its deep pocket design.
www.packercreek.com /ArcheryProducts.htm   (215 words)

  
 Bow Back Rivers - photos
These backwaters of the River Lea are London's least-known waterways, and the nearest that London has to a restoration project.
Prescott Sluice use to be at the southern end of the channel, next to its junction with Abbey Creek, and was the sluice that controlled the waters that fed the tide mills.
The entrance to St Thomas' Creek from the Lee Navigation.
www.mike-stevens.co.uk /metrocuts/bowbacks/photos.htm   (592 words)

  
 State buys land along Silver Bow Creek :: Montana Forum :: If it's happening in Montana, we're discussing it on Montana ...
BUTTE - A land deal completed Wednesday will protect 1,745 acres along Silver Bow Creek as a place for public recreation and wildlife habitat, Gov. Brian Schweitzer said.
The Greenway Service District works on the design, development, construction and maintenance of the Silver Bow Creek greenway in the aftermath of the historic mining.
The Butte-Silver Bow and Anaconda-Deerlodge governments established the district.
www.montanaforum.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=5542   (368 words)

  
 Glenns - Fish Creek Provincial Park - Alberta Community Development
Native groups had occupied parts of the Fish Creek and Bow River Valleys for over 8000 years before John and Adelaide Glenn arrived at the confluence of the Bow River and Fish Creek in 1873.
The Glenns only stayed at their Fish Creek house for a few days before proceeding back to Montana were they exchanged their furs for more goods.
The Glennfield picnic area in Fish Creek Provincial Park is named in memory of John and Adelaide Glenn, two rugged pioneers who left their mark in the history of the Fish Creek Valley in Calgary.
www.cd.gov.ab.ca /enjoying_alberta/parks/featured/fishcreek/glenns.asp   (840 words)

  
 Queen City News - Superfund success: State cleaning up Silver Bow Creek
The State of Montana and an army of remediation contractors have cleaned up about 40 percent of Silver Bow Creek, a 21.6-mile stretch of polluted water between Butte and Warm Springs Ponds that is part of the largest Superfund site in the country.
The work on Silver Bow Creek started in fall 1999 and began with removal and remediation of the first mile of the stream channel, Chavez said.
Stretches of Silver Bow Creek that were barren of both vegetation and fish since the early 1900s are now reconstructed and replanted with mostly native plants, and suckers and insects are beginning to show up.
www.queencitynews.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=4491&mode=flat&order=0&thold=0   (968 words)

  
 Butte, Montana Citizens Technical Environmental Committee || Silver Bow Creek Site
Silver Bow Creek and the Clark Fork River contain metals from Butte to Milltown.
Surrounding wells and Silver Bow Creek are being monitored to see if they remain unaffected and to document trends in contaminant concentrations.
Fine-grained in-stream sediments located in Silver Bow Creek will be removed and placed in repositories with the excavated tailings impacted soils.
www.buttectec.org /sbcreek.htm   (2014 words)

  
 Whisper Creek Archery Technical Bow Data
This “actuation” stores energy to eliminate all vibration and shock as well as to make the bow very quiet (these are like shock absorbers on the underside of the pockets – similar to a car suspension system).
Whisper Creek is determined to be the best so we formulated a team of "Suspension & Drive" Engineers to design something never seen before in the field of archery - a true shock-absorbing "axle suspension" drive system similar to that of a suspension system found on an automobile.
Most vibration and noise within bows is generated at the axle where the cam and wheel resides but not with Whisper Creek’s bows – this is where we combat the noise and vibration – right at the source!
www.fastestbows.com /reviews/whisper_creek_bow_data.html   (2093 words)

  
 Site Name: MONTANA POLE AND TREATING
In addition, onsite sedimentation ponds in the wastewater discharge ditch area apparently were used for the disposal of waste generated by the wood treatment process.
In 1983, a citizen complaint concerning oil seeping into Silver Bow Creek prompted a State investigation that verified an oil seep and detected oil-saturated soil onsite and adjacent to the creek.
This ROD provides a final remedy for onsite contamination of the hot spot areas, former plant process area, the drainage ditch running to Silver Bow Creek, wastewater discharge ditch area, and the LNAPL plume.
www.sandia.gov /eesector/gs/gc/na/08_mt_montana_pole.html   (1221 words)

  
 DUMP TRUCKS IN BOW CREEK WORKING ON DRAINAGE PROJECT
Road got a couple of calls last week from frantic Bow Creek residents who wanted to know what was going on with all the dump trucks in their neighborhood.
Road made a few phone calls and found out that the dump trucks are there in conjunction with a major public works project to improve drainage in the area.
What they're doing right now is digging a stormwater retention pond on the Bow Creek Golf Course, which is why all the trucks are driving back and forth dumping sand.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960531/05290158.htm   (1052 words)

  
 COVER STORY: THEY HAD SOME ROOM TO IMPROVE BOW CREEK MOTEL MANAGERS HAVE SPENT FIVE YEARS REFURBISHING THE PREMISES, ...
Although never luxurious, the Bow Creek Motel was a decent and affordable place to stay in the 1970s.
The Princess Anne Plaza Civic League was content enough that in 1974 it convinced city leaders to buy the Bow Creek complex that included the golf course and recreation center, so that the land wouldn't be further developed.
The Bow Creek Motel was built in 1964 as an independent part of the Bow Creek Golf and Country Club, which was constructed by John Aragona in 1961.
scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960117/01160102.htm   (1551 words)

  
 Welcome to Boulder Creek Outfitters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-31)
Whether your interest is deer hunting, elk hunting, mountain lion hunting, turkey hunting or fl bear hunting, Boulder Creek Outfitters has the hunting trip you are looking for.
Of all the Idaho Hunting outfitters, we have what we think is an unbeatable combination of years of experience and quality hunting areas and animals.
Also, the avid archery hunter will be happy to find specialized bowhunting trips that range from backcountry elk bow hunting or bowhunting deer on one of our ranches.
www.bouldercreekoutfitters.com   (147 words)

  
 Bow View Farm - Wildlife Food
Our home-grown fl oil sunflowers are raised with care, using integrated pest management practices and a bare minimum of chemical pest controls, on our farm near West Bow Creek south of Crofton, Nebraska.
As many of you know, fl oil sunflowers are one of the most popular feeding staples year around in the region because they attract a wide variety of birds including chickadees, nuthatches, finches, cardinals and bluejays to name a few.
We annually sponsor bird feeding workshops in the region during the winter months as well as birding field trips in the summer.
www.bowviewfarm.com /wildlife_food_for_sale.shtml   (818 words)

  
 Sliverbow Creek Project
Inter-Fluve provided technical oversight and provided expert evaluation of the principal responsible party’s Remedial Design Work Plan Remedial Design Documents for Subarea One of the Streamside Tailings Operable Unit of the Silver Bow Creek Superfund Site.
The State of Montana and the Environmental Protection Agency subsequently retained Inter-Fluve to provide designs, construction plans and specifications, and construction oversight for remediation of over 5 miles of Silver Bow Creek channel and floodplain.
Design plan sheets and specifications for the first major portion of the remediation reach were completed in 1998, and is scheduled for construction in 1999.
www.interfluve.com /projects/channel/Silverbow.html   (154 words)

  
 Bow Creek Ecology Park
BOW CREEK ECOLOGY PARK, Lee Valley Regional Park
The commission was for the design, manufacture and installation of a new gateway feature to welcome the public to the Bow Creek Ecology Park and to provide security at the park entrance.
Once inside, the visitor follows the winding path past a watercourse and reed bed to the new outdoor Classroom, which was commissioned to provide a sheltered location for school ecology lessons.
www.rsdgardens.com /bowcreek.html   (367 words)

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