Beaverdam Run

Beaverdam Run' is a short creek draining the east slopes of the Mahoning Hills, and a right bank tributary of the Lehigh River. The creek's banks are one of the two most likely valleys that pack animals traversed to reach boats on the river so the Anthracite from the earliest coal mining activity in Carbon County, Pennsylvania was transshipped onto boats on the river. It sits at an elevation of 840 ft (256 m)^[1] with the mouth of the creek sitting at an elevation of 665 ft (203 m).^[2] The watershed of the creek covers 605 mi² (1,567 km²).^[3]