The village of Shamokin was just south of the "forks of the Susquehanna", the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River with the Susquehanna River (sometimes called the North Branch). According to Meginness (1892), the path crossed the river "...in shallow water on a ledge of rocks since destroyed by the erection of the dam at Sunbury..." to the west (right) bank at about the current location of Shamokin Dam in Snyder County. The path then continued "...up the ravine in Blue Hill and followed the present road for a few miles" along the ridge which is the border between Snyder and Union counties.
The village of Shamokin was situated near the confluence of the West Branch Susquehanna River and the Susquehanna River (sometimes called the North Branch). According to Meginness (1892), the path crossed the river in shallow water on a rock ledge that has since been destroyed by the construction of the Sunbury dam. The path then continued up a ravine in Blue Hill, following the present road for several miles along the ridge that separates Snyder and Union counties.