The "Mighty Susquehanna River!" Story

It was an ordinary day. Since moving to my new home at Woodcrest Villas, I have found that I am a bit closer to one of the greatest rivers in the United States...the Mighty Susquehanna River.  It's quite an honor living only a few miles from the Susquehanna which stretches, or should I say winds, from Cooperstown, New York, which is at the south end of Otssego Lake, all the way to the beginning of the Chesapeake Bay at Havre de Grace, Maryland.  That's approximately 444 miles of river which flows through three states - New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland.  And...I now live only about 10 minutes, tops, from the Mighty Susquehanna river!  It travels through major cities such as Binghamton in New York and Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport and Harrisburg in Pennsylvania.  The West Branch of the Susquehanna River meets up with the main branch of the river at Northumberland and Sunbury, Pennsylvania, just north of the Shamokin Dam. The Susquehanna is a great river for fishing and taking a ride on a canoe, kayak or motorboat. "Visit Central PA" notes that the Susquehanna river is the longest river on the east coast of the United States and is the 16th longest river in the country.  The Susquehanna River has many islands along the way.  "Wikipedia" lists eleven named islands in New York State alone, all in the Southern Tier including Beerkalew, Hiawatha, Crocker and Squaw Islands among others, and four named islands in Pennsylvania including City Island in Harrisburg which has a baseball stadium, home to the AA baseball Harrisburg Senators.  The Susquehanna River has had its "not so good moments" in the spotlight in the past according to Wikipedia with Environmental threats from the Three Mile Island incident in 1979, and excessive pollution that gave the river the name of "America's most endangered river for 2005, from American Rivers, an environmental group.  You might also have read about The Statue Of Liberty in The Susquehanna River in a previous story I have posted recently.  My wife, Carol, and I have had the honor on several occasions to ride tour boats on the Susquehanna from one level of the river to another level further downstream.  There are many, many feeder streams along the way which makes the river an interesting and impressive body of water as it maneuvers itself throughout the north-eastern United States.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.