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Larrys Creek Larrys Creek and the Larrys Creek (or Buckhorn) Covered Bridge in Cogan House Township, PA Country United States State Pennsylvania Region Lycoming County Length 22.9  mi (36.9  km ) [1] Watershed 89.1  miﾲ (230.8  kmﾲ ) [2] Discharge Mouth  - average 66.0  ftﾳ / s (1.87  mﾳ / s ) [3]  - maximum 114  ftﾳ / s (3.23  mﾳ / s )  - minimum 8.8  ftﾳ / s (0.25  mﾳ / s ) Discharge elsewhere  -  Cogan House 10.8  ftﾳ / s (0.31  mﾳ / s ) [4] Source  - location Cogan House Township  - coordinates 41ﾰ272133N, 77ﾰ082123W [5]  - elevation 1,740  ft (530  m ) [1] Mouth West Branch Susquehanna River  - location Piatt Township  - coordinates 41ﾰ132003N, 77ﾰ132133W [5]  - elevation 515  ft (157  m ) [1] Map showing Larrys Creek, its major tributaries and watershed Larrys Creek is a 22.9 mile (36.9 km) long tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Lycoming County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania . A part of the Chesapeake Bay drainage basin , the Larrys Creek watershed drains 89.1 square miles (230.8 kmﾲ) in six townships and a borough . The creek flows south from the dissected Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians through sandstone, limestone, and shale from the Devonian , Mississippian , and Pennsylvanian periods. The first recorded inhabitants were the Susquehannocks , followed by the Lenape and other tribes. The Great Shamokin Path crossed the creek near its mouth, where Larry Burt, the first settler, (for whom Larrys Creek is named) also lived by 1769. In the 19th century, the creek and its watershed were a center of the lumber and other industries, including 53 sawmills, grist mills, leather tanneries , coal and iron mines. No other stream in the country had so many sawmills in so small a territory. For transportation, a plank road ran along much of the creek for decades, and two " paper railroads " were planned, but never built. As of 2006, the Larrys Creek watershed is 83.1% forest and 15.7% agricultural (in marked contrast to the 19th century's clear-cut land). Nearly 9,000 acres (36 kmﾲ) of second-growth forest are protected public and private land for hunting and trout fishing , with more land protected in parts of Tiadaghton State Forest . The polluting industries of the 19th century are gone and Larrys Creek "has an exceptionally scenic, ultra-highwater, whitewater run" for canoeing . [6] Despite agricultural runoff and small amounts of acid mine drainage , water quality is quite good, and a water filtration plant on Larrys Creek supplies over 2500 customers.