{{short description|Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2008}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox settlement |official_name = Bushkill, Pennsylvania |settlement_type = Unincorporated community |nickname = |motto =

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'''Bushkill''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Pike County, Pennsylvania|Pike County]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States.<ref name=gnis/>

Portions of Bushkill were seized by the [[United States government]] during the [[Tocks Island Dam Controversy|controversial Tocks Island Dam project]] and are now part of the [[Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://archive.poconorecord.com/report/tocks/5.htm | title=The Legacy of Tocks Island Dam - Looking back, feelings are still bitter and little things still stand out }}</ref>

Bushkill's transportation options are somewhat limited. It is served by [[Monroe County Transit Authority]]'s Yellow Line, and the [[Port Jervis station|Port Jervis Station]] just above the border of the [[New York (state)|State of New York]] and [[Pennsylvania]], where [[U.S. Route 209]] enters New York. The station is the terminal station of [[Metro-North Railroad]]'s [[Port Jervis Line]], and it is operated by [[NJ Transit]]. NJ Transit plans to reopen the [[East Stroudsburg station|East Stroudsburg Station]] in nearby [[East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania|East Stroudsburg]].

==Notable people== *[[Frank Schoonover]] - American artist who maintained a summer studio on [[Little Bushkill Creek]]<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Hagley Digital Archives]]|title=Frank E. Schoonover negatives|url=https://digital.hagley.org/Schoonover?f%5B0%5D=mods_subject_geographic_ms%3A%22Bushkill%5C%20%5C%28Pa.%5C%29%22|access-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref> *[[Harold Auten]] - awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] in 1918 for sinking a German [[U-boat]], lived in Bushkill for thirty years, where he owned a hotel and cinema.

==See also==

* [[Tamiment|Camp Tamiment]] * [[Mont Lawn Camp]]

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area}} {{Pike County, Pennsylvania}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Pike County, Pennsylvania]]