Fishing Creek Imbrication

The Lancaster County Conservancy led hikes in (mostly southern) Lancaster County during my early years in Pennsylvania. I remember the day I wore my Nebraska sweatshirt for a hike along Fishing Creek, (Conservancy property), in Drumore Twp., (southern Lancaster County, PA). Absorbed in the hike, the leader called us to a stop to observe what was below our feet.

The upright pieces of schist in the river formed a structure that served to direct the river in a zig-zag. Placed tightly- could they be a sluice? (Large gold flakes had been found in the surrounding area). A fish hatchery? Gabions, or weathered folds?

A few weeks later, I attended a lecture given by an emeritus professor of Millersville University on the local geology. I approached him after the lecture- told him about this, "weird thing" in the woods. I convinced him to meet me there... (I remember talking to his wife on the phone- I must've called to confirm our meeting time. I asked, "Would you like to join us?" "Oh no," she said. "You two have fun.")

It's quite a thing to meet a stranger in the woods to have a look at, "something"... But we did it. It was winter- icy... Forgetting that the professor was older than I, I headed-into the woods, telling him all about what I'd found.

Later we found more of the same at a place called Kelly's Run...