Whitehaven Scenes

This river access point, which is the beginning of the Lehigh River Water Trail, is located in the borough of White Haven, Luzerne County.  White Haven was the northern terminus of the Upper Grand Division of the Lehigh Navigation, the system of canal, locks, and dams that moved goods -- mostly coal -- to markets in Philadelphia and New York in the 18th and 19th centuries.  After the dams and locks in the Upper Grand Division were destroyed in the flood of 1862, they were never rebuilt.  NEXT ACCESS POINT: 9.1 miles (Rockport)