Editing Lenape Trails (section)

== Other Trails ==

Beyond these major examples, numerous other Lenape trails influenced the development of Philadelphia's street network. Old York Road, running northeast from Center City toward Bucks County, follows an indigenous route to the territories of northern Lenape bands. The road that became Lancaster Avenue, running west from Center City, may incorporate portions of an ancient trail toward the Susquehannock territory. Even smaller streets and alleys in the oldest parts of the city sometimes preserve the irregular alignments of pre-colonial paths, though centuries of development have obscured most such connections.<ref name="wallace"/>

The Wissahickon Valley preserves perhaps the closest approximation of Lenape trail conditions within the modern city. The paths that wind through [[Wissahickon Valley Park]] follow routes along the creek that the Lenape would have recognized, even if the trails themselves have been formalized and maintained by the park system. Walking these paths offers a glimpse of the landscape that existed before European settlement, when the trails represented the primary means of human movement through the forested terrain of the Delaware Valley.<ref name="contosta">{{cite book |last=Contosta |first=David R. |title=Suburb in the City: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1850-1990 |year=1992 |publisher=Ohio State University Press |location=Columbus, OH}}</ref>