Lucas Creek
creek in Auckland, New Zealand
Lucas Creek is a stream and tidal estuary of Upper Waitematā Harbour in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It flows through Albany on the western North Shore, and enters the Upper Waitematā Harbour between Pāremoremo and Greenhithe.
Geography
Lucas Creek is an arm of the Upper Waitematā Harbour. The creek begins as a freshwater stream, flowing south-west from Fairview Heights, The Lucas Creek Waterfall is found on a section of the stream near Gills Road in Albany, After flowing through Albany, Lucas Creek is joined by the Ōteha Stream. After widening to a tidal inlet and passing the suburbs of Lucas Heights and Schnapper Rock, the creek is joined by a second tributary, Te Wharau Creek, at Greenhithe. The creek enters the Upper Waitematā Harbour between Pāremoremo and Greenhithe, opposite to Herald Island. Some sources describe the freshwater section as the Lucas Stream, and the estuary as the Lucas Creek.
During the Last Glacial Maximum (known locally as the Ōtira Glaciation) when sea-levels were significantly lower, Lucas Creek was an entirely freshwater river that flowed into the Waitematā River (modern-day Upper Waitematā Harbour). Once sea levels rose between 12,000 and 7,000 years ago, the lower Lucas Creek was flooded, becoming an estuary. The first marine sediments are recorded as being deposited approximately 6,500 years ago.
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