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	Fort Christina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Christina was the first Swedish settlement in North America and the principal settlement of the New Sweden colony.
		Built in 1638 and named after Queen Christina of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) east of downtown Wilmington, Delaware, at the confluence of the Brandywine Creek and the Christina River, approximately 2 mi (3 km) upstream from the mouth of the Christina on the Delaware River.
		Minuit selected the site on the Christina River near the Delaware as being optimal for trade in beaver pelts with the local Lenape.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Christina (420 words)

	Delaware Department of Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Christina River dominates the hydrology of the remainder of the corridor.
		The Christina River is tidal to Smalley's Pond, a distance of approximately 15.8 miles from its mouth near Wilmington.
		North of the Christina River is a wetlands area that extends to the base of the high ground east of the town of Christiana.
	www.deldot.gov /static/projects/archaeology/route_7_13_I-95/intro_environmental.html (1394 words)

	Delaware Department of Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A schematic cross-section of this bluff, from Patterson Lane south to the Christina River, is illustrated in Figure 3.
		The Christina is tidal to SMalley's Mill Pond, a distance of approximately 15.8 miles from the river's mouth near WIlmington, and about 1 mile west of the town of Christiana.
		The village of Christiana Bridge was established at the head of tidal navigation of the river by the late seventeenth century, and a bridge was in place by the beginning of the eighteenth century.
	deldot.net /static/projects/archaeology/christeen/environmental.html (1143 words)

	Encyclopedia: Christina River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Christina River (formerly the Christiana River) is a tributary of the
		The Delaware River at New Hope, Pennsylvania The Delaware River is a river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.
		Delaware River, approximately 35 mi (56 km) long, in the A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states which have membership of the federation known as the United States of America (USA or U.S.).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Christina-River (773 words)

	Christina River - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Christina River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Christina River has its source near Kemblesville, in Chester County, southeastern Pennsylvania, from where it flows across the northeastern corner of Maryland.
		In March 1638, the New Sweden colony established Fort Christina at the site where the river and Brandywine Creek join, south of modern Wilmington.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Christina+River (184 words)

	Environmental Protection Agency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1993, EPA, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) and the states of Delaware and Pennsylvania began coordinating watershed efforts in the Christina River Basin.
		The Christina Basin covers an area of 565 square miles in Chester County, PA, New Castle County, DE, and a small portion of Cecil County, MD. There are over 120 point source discharges in the Christina Basin.
		EPA established the Christina River Basin low-flow TMDLs on January 19, 2001.
	www.epa.gov /reg3wapd/christina/index.htm (298 words)

	Christina River Basin (A Subbasin of the Delaware)
		Christina River Basin (A Subbasin of the Delaware)
		The Christina River Basin drains portions of Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland, and includes the Christina River (which eventually flows into the Delaware River in Wilmington, Del.), Brandywine Creek, White Clay Creek, and Red Clay Creek.
		The Christina Basin Clean Water Partnership, begun in 1995 as the Christina River Basin Water Quality Management Committee, is a cooperative partnership among multiple levels of government, along with private groups and the academic community.
	www.state.nj.us /drbc/christinabasin.htm (422 words)

	BPG Residential (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Christina Landing is a multi-community project that will consist of luxury townhouses, apartments, and condominiums located on the Christina River in Wilmington, Delaware.
		Phase I of Christina Landing is 63 single-family townhouses.
		The Residences at Christina Landing will be luxury apartments with incredible views of the city and high-end finishes all around.
	www.bpgresidential.com (308 words)

	Christina - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Christina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A full-length portrait of Christina, 17th-century queen of Sweden, by J H Elbfas.
		Aged only six years when she took the throne in 1632, she became a Roman Catholic and was obliged to abdicate in 1654.
		As a secret convert to Roman Catholicism, which was then illegal in Sweden, she had to abdicate in 1654, and went to live in Rome, twice returning to Sweden unsuccessfully to claim the throne.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Christina (244 words)

	NOAA's National Ocean Service Office of Response and Restoration \| Pollutants in the Environment \| Assessing Risk to ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Christina River, a tributary of the Delaware River, historically supported large populations of anadromous sturgeon, Atlantic salmon, shad and herring.
		The Christina River project is both a successful model for other NOAA watershed projects and an outreach tool for public education.
		For the Christina River Project, the goal is to restore migratory herring and shad populations.
	response.restoration.noaa.gov /cpr/watershed/christina.html (451 words)

	Delaware Department of Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Segment 4 of the proposed Alignment 8 extends from the edge of the marshland north of the Christina River to the vicinity of Christiana Mall, all located to the east of present Route 7 (Figure 18).
		The roots of the eighteenth century success and viability of Christiana Bridge was due to the town's location at the head of navigation on the tidal Christina River, and its proximity to the Head of Elk (modern-day Elkton), at the upper end of the Chesapeake Bay.
		The town also petitioned the state Legislature in 1822 for the minor channelization of the Christina River, probably a reaction to the construction of the C and D canal, and also as a part of the general 'canal boom' that swept the nation.
	deldot.gov /static/projects/archaeology/route_7_13_I-95/segment4.html (2884 words)

	Delaware Threatened Streams - 303d list (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		ALL TRIBUTARIES FROM THE HEADWATERS TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE CHRISTINA RIVER
		FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF THE HEADWATERS OF ALSTON BRANCH TO THE CONFLUENCE LEIPSIC RIVER
		FROM THE HEADWATERS OF BRIDGEVILLE BRANCH TO THE CONFLUENCE WITH NANTICOKE RIVER
	www.wcei.org /delaware/de-list.html (2551 words)

	Fort Christina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Built in 1638 and named after Queen Christina of Sweden, it was located approximately 1 mi (1.6 km)east of downtown Wilmington, Delaware, at the confluenceof the Brandywine Creek and the Christina River, approximately 2 mi (3 km) upstream from the mouth of the Christina on the Delaware River.
		Following plans by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden to establish a Swedish colony in North America, the Swedesarrived in Delaware Bay on March 29, 1638 aboard the ships Kalmar Nyckel and Fogel Grip under the command of Peter Minuit, the former director general of the New Netherland colony.
		Minuit selected the site on the Christina River nearthe Delaware as being optimal for trade in beaver pelts with the local Lenape.
	www.therfcc.org /fort-christina-47982.html (398 words)

	Tributary Times --- Delaware Department of Water Resources
		The Port of Wilmington at the mouth of the Christina River imports some of the highest tonnage of fresh fruit in the USA.
		George Washington, a land surveyor before he became a general, knew that the streams in the Christina Basin were strategic defenses against the 1777 British march from the head of the Chesapeake Bay through Delaware enroute to Philadelphia.
		Its streams and geology such as the Christina River, Purgatory Swamp, and Iron Hill are mentioned prominently by historians of the American Revolution.
	www.gaelwolf2.com /dnrec/trib_times_2004_3_christina_history.htm (1534 words)

	Christina River Basin - Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The mission of the Christina Basin Water Quality Management Strategy is to conduct a cooperative, interstate effort to implement programs to protect and improve the water quality of streams, waterways, and groundwater in the Brandywine, Red Clay, White Clay Creeks, and Christina River watersheds of Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
		The Christina Basin is a diverse, suburbanizing watershed situated in the Delaware River Basin.
		The waters of the Christina Basin provide 75% of the public water supply for residents and businesses of New Castle County, Delaware, and 40% of the water supply for Chester County, Pennsylvania.
	www.wr.udel.edu /publicservice/chbasin.html (1103 words)

	U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2400, Delaware
		Excluding the Delaware River, which is brackish in the reach along the eastern boundary of the State, Brandywine, Red Clay, and White Clay Creeks and the Christina, St.
		Although the St. Jones River basin is the most urbanized and industrialized large drainage basin in central Delaware, nearly one-half of the land in the basin remains in agricultural use.
		In the Red Clay Creek, White Clay Creek, and Christina River basins, municipal wastewater discharges, fertilizers, and nonpoint-source urban runoff are the major sources of phosphorus in stream water.
	md.water.usgs.gov /publications/wsp-2400/de.html (4711 words)

	Kayaking and Canoeing at Christina Lake
		Christina Lake is surrounded by some amazingly beautiful rivers which offer great opportunities for kayaking and canoeing.
		A gentle moving river which warms up in the summer to become a fine destination for a lazy afternoon paddle.
		This river boasts numerous private beaches, fine fishing for trout and whitefish, and scenic views of the surrounding meadows and mountains.
	www.christinalake.com /recreation/kayak_canoe.htm (361 words)

	River (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Children's story based on Ezekiel 47 about the river, also suitable for occasions where adults are watching the children.
		The river is moving and the marsh is standing still.
		The river is at the feet of Jesus.
	www.joshua.co.za /christina/river.htm (583 words)

	Christina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Christina River Basin occupies 565 square miles in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Maryland,and includes four major watersheds--the Brandywine Creek, the Red Clay Creek, the White Clay Creek, and the Christina River.
		The upper portion and headwaters in Pennsylvania occupy 2/3 of the drainage area while the lower 1/3 is in Delaware with a tiny portion in Maryland.
		The Christina River Basin provides 75% of the water supply for residents in New Castle County, Delaware, and more than 40% of the water supply for residents in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
	www.earthethics.com /christina.htm (126 words)

	Delaware River Section - Fort Christina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In 1638, one of the oddest episodes in American colonial history began, when the Swedish ships Kalmar Nyckel and Fogel Grip sailed up the South River to a spot on the Minquas Kill tributary, and made anchor before a rocky outcropping that formed a natural dock.
		After Minuit was dismissed by the directors of the West India Company from his post as director-general of New Netherland, he was quickly lured by the Swedes for their New World venture.
		It was at the point where the smaller river, which the Swedes named the Christina River, flowed into the South River, and thus the natural spot to which Indians bearing furs from the interior would arrive in their canoes.
	www.nnp.org /newvtour/regions/Delaware/fort_christina.html (473 words)

	West Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dutch had established one or two Delaware River settlements but by the late 1620s had moved most of their inhabitants to Manhattan which became the center of New Netherland.
		A fort was built near present-day Wilmington, Delaware at the mouth of the Christina River (named for Sweden's Queen Christina).
		Most of the Swedish population was on the west side of the Delaware, but after the New Netherland's Fort Nassau was re-established to challenge the Swedes, Ft. Elfsborg was established near present-day Salem, New Jersey.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_Jersey (298 words)

	Update
		The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Nov. 7 presented a $1 million grant to the Christina River Basin Clean Water Partnership to support efforts to preserve and protect the Christina watershed that covers 565 square miles in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
		The Christina watershed group plans to use the funding to further restore and protect the river by implementing agricultural and stormwater best-management efforts in targeted areas of the river.
		The Christina Partnership is one of 20 community-based groups receiving federal funding under the new $15 million national watershed initiative announced last year.
	www.dep.state.pa.us /newsletter?NewsletterArticleID=1263&SubjectID= (440 words)

	Lower Christina TMDL Project
		The lower Christina Watershed is comprised of three principal basins drained by the White Clay Creek, the Red Clay Creek and the Christina Creek.
		The upper Christina Watershed is drained by the Brandywine Creek, which merges with the Christina River in Wilmington, DE just before the Christina empties into the Delaware River.
		Surface water flows from the Christina Watershed provide most of the drinking water for Northern New Castle County, DE, and surface water quality is a continuing concern.
	www.udel.edu /FREC/spatlab/tmdl (1317 words)

	Delaware Department of Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Fill the northeast shoreline at the confluence of the Christina and Delaware rivers for the development of new container and auto berths and storage areas.
		The port is constrained in its operations by the necessity for vessels to maneuver in and out of the Christina River and by the rapid silting of the river channel and berths.
		That asset is the state’s strategic location in the center of the Eastern Seaboard and the unique water commerce resources of the Delaware River and Bay and the C and D Canal.
	www.deldot.net /static/pubs_forms/freight_plan/prop_port_imp.html (1276 words)

	WHYY Franklin Facts
		Today I'd like to look at the Christina River; specifically, how the recent rains have affected the long-term drought situation.
		The river monitoring station is near Coochs Bridge, about three miles south of Newark.
		The fl line on this chart traces the streamflow on the river for each day this month.
	www.whyy.org /tv12/franklinfacts/mar2602ff.html (179 words)

	Greenway Trails - Delaware State Parks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This joint project of the Christina Conservancy and the Delaware Nature Society strives to improve water quality through education of private landowners in the upper reaches of the Christina River in northwestern Castle County, Cecil County, Maryland and Chester County, Pennsylvania.
		Within the St. Jones River watershed three public agencies are working to preserve and enhance the cultural, historic, and recreational resources of the area.
		The St. Jones River Greenway Commission was created as an umbrella organization to coordinate greenway efforts of the City of Dover, Kent County, and the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control in the area.
	www.destateparks.com /greenway/grwytrls.htm (1814 words)

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