East Bradford Township near West Chester in Chester County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Down by the Water’s Edge

Stroud Preserve

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 29, 2015

1. Down by the Water’s Edge Marker

Inscription. Even small creeks are part of huge interconnected watersheds. Water from the East Branch Brandywine Creek, which meanders through Stroud Preserve, flows into the Christina River on its way to the Delaware Bay. The Brandywine-Christina water shed provides drinking water for nearly half-a-million people! One of the ways that we can help to keep the creek clean is to take better care of the land near it, known as the riparian buffer. Trees and other plants in this area “buffer” the stream from anything that flows into it—including polluted water, eroding soil, or toxic chemicals. The plants’ roots help stabilize the creek banks, which helps to control erosion.

A Water Highway-Did you know that nearly 95 percent of all the animals that live on land use creek edges like this one to travel from one place to another? And lots of birds fly along rivers and streams when they migrate, stopping along the way to rest and eat so they have enough energy for such long trips.

(Inscription under the photo in the lower left)
Bald Eagle

Erected by Natural Lands Trust.

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Location. 39° 57.132′ N, 75° 38.868′ W. Marker is near West Chester, Pennsylvania, in Chester County. It is in East Bradford Township. It is on North Creek Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 435 N Creek Rd, West Chester PA 19382, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stroud Preserve (within shouting distance of this marker); 1107 W. Strasburg Road (approx. 0.7 miles away); Gilbert Cope (approx. 0.7 miles away); Jefferis Ford (approx. 1.1 miles away); Battle of the Brandywine (approx.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 29, 2015

2. Down by the Water’s Edge Marker

1.1 miles away); a different marker also named Jefferis Ford (approx. 1.1 miles away); The Worth/Jefferis Rural Historic District (approx. 1.1 miles away); Marshalton Inn (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in West Chester.

Bridge over the East Branch Brandywine Creek image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, June 29, 2015

3. Bridge over the East Branch Brandywine Creek

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 511 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 4, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.