Name: Bear Creek

County: Park

Authority Name: 

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1101540W

Latitude: 443248N

Legal Description:

Elevation: 7844/2391

(ft/m)

Feature Type: Stream

Origin of Name:

Creek, Yellowstone National Park, ... flowing west into Turbid Lake.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

Creek in Yellowstone Park named from a hairless cub found there by a party of explorers. This name is applied to numberous places in the United States, from the presence of the animal at the time of naming.

Source: Gannett