Mantua Creek

[3] Mantua Creek and its two major tributaries, Edwards Run and Chestnut Branch, drain over 50 square miles (130 km2) of Gloucester County.

[4][5] Carpenter's Landing was a 17th-century mercantile settlement located at the head of sloop navigation on Mantua Creek.

[6] In the 1860s, it was described as "a place of considerable trade in lumber, cordwood, etc., and contains one tavern, two stores, 30 dwellings and a Methodist church".

[12] On November 30, 2012 a serious accident released vinyl chloride from rail cars that plunged into the creek.

Coast Guard officials reported that the tidal flows of the creek seriously delayed cleanup.