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PAGAN CREEK is today named CANARY CREEK
(All photos credit: Steve Bunting)
IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SURVIVING ROAD STRUCTURES IN DELAWARE ..... ! 
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John Hurlock Pagan Creek Dike Examination by Dr David Marine 1955

AN EYE OPENER ABOUT THIS CREEK'S ORIGINS AND HISTORIC RELEVANCE ..... 

Marine, David 1955 Examination of Pagan Creek Dike. The Archeolog 7(1):1-2. � � 17th century, Dutch colonial and Native American site, near Lewes, DE. Dike (thrown across large marsh in back of Lewes, measures 700 x 30 ft.; thought to have been built ca. 1660 by Dutch to carry a road; fill contains aboriginal artifacts, but no European material found. Location map appears on cover of The Archeolog 7(2) (1955) and aerial photograph is reproduced on cover of The Archeolog 10(1) (1958). � � 1957 Further Work on the Pagan Creek Dike (Near Lewes). The Archeolog 10(1):1-3. � � 17th century, Dutch colonial site, near Lewes, DE. Gives account of probings and test pit inMarine, David 1955 Examination of Pagan Creek Dike. The Archeolog 7(1):1-2. � � 17th century, Dutch colonial and Native American site, near Lewes, DE. Dike (thrown across large marsh in back of Lewes, measures 700 x 30 ft.; thought to have been built ca. 1660 by Dutch to carry a road; fill contains aboriginal artifacts, but no European material found. Location map appears on cover of The Archeolog 7(2) (1955) and aerial photograph is reproduced on cover of The Archeolog 10(1) (1958). � � 1957 Further Work on the Pagan Creek Dike (Near Lewes). The Archeolog 10(1):1-3. � � 17th century, Dutch colonial site, near Lewes, DE. Gives account of probings and test pit in dike; no evidence of wood substructure except at abutments; confirmation from Holland that horizontal stabilization with sand was Dutch engineering technique. Provides historical background of European land grants in neighborhood of dike or causeway; adds sketch map of area and colonial properties. � � 1957 Report on the Russell Site 7-S-D7. The Archeolog 9(1):1-9. � � Native American and Dutch colonial contact site, Pagan Creek area, near Lewes, DE. Report of probing and excavating in Pagan Creek area west of Lewes; presumed to have been temporary Indian camp near Dutch Zwaanendael Fort; includes 19 refuse pits, 2 features (a horse and human burial found): one pit contained a gun flint and another flint lay in disturbed soil; trade pipes on surface increased moving toward Old House (the William Rowland house, ca. 1725). dike; no evidence of wood substructure except at abutments; confirmation from Holland that horizontal stabilization with sand was Dutch engineering technique. Provides historical background of European land grants in neighborhood of dike or causeway; adds sketch map of area and colonial properties. � � 1957 Report on the Russell Site 7-S-D7. The Archeolog 9(1):1-9. � � Native American and Dutch colonial contact site, Pagan Creek area, near Lewes, DE. Report of probing and excavating in Pagan Creek area west of Lewes; presumed to have been temporary Indian camp near Dutch Zwaanendael Fort; includes 19 refuse pits, 2 features (a horse and human burial found): one pit contained a gun flint and another flint lay in disturbed soil; trade pipes on surface increased moving toward Old House (the William Rowland house, ca. 1725).