bear, creek, allegheny, river, tributary, bear, creek, stream, state, pennsylvania, tributary, allegheny, river, bear, creekshow, pennsylvaniashow, united, statesphysical, characteristicssource, coordinates40, 9508969, 7956068, 9508969, 7956068mouth, coordinat. Bear Creek is a stream in the U S state of Pennsylvania 1 It is a tributary to the Allegheny River Bear CreekShow map of PennsylvaniaShow map of the United StatesPhysical characteristicsSource coordinates40 57 03 N 79 47 44 W 40 9508969 N 79 7956068 W 40 9508969 79 7956068Mouth coordinates41 04 58 N 79 40 25 W 41 0828404 N 79 6736598 W 41 0828404 79 6736598 Bear Creek was so named on account of the many bears which once were seen in the area 2 References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Bear Creek Allegheny River tributary Espenshade Abraham Howry 1925 Pennsylvania Place Names Evangelical Press p 300 ISBN 978 0 8063 0416 8 This article related to a river in Pennsylvania is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bear Creek Allegheny River tributary amp oldid 1074793046, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,