The Schukyll River is:
a. very hard to spell
b. a river which flows from Schukyll county (north of Harrisburgh) to the Delaware River in Philadelphia, cutting the city in two; west of the Schukyll is West Philadelphia and University City; east is Center City and South Philly.

"Schukyll--what a weird word. Is that Indian?" Kate asked.
"I think it's Dutch," I replied.
"Yeah--Dutch for polluted-fuckin'-river."