Name: Bridge Creek

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1102603W

Latitude: 443148N

 

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Elevation: 7743/2360

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Feature Type: Lake

 

Origin of Name:

Creek in Yellowstone Park, named from a natural bridge of trachyte over it.

Source: Gannett

 

Creek, Yellowstone National Park, Wyo., ... flowing east into Bridge Bay of Yellowstone Lake. ... Bridge Creek, ... empties into the bay and so called by Hayden, 1871, because of a natural bridge of trachyte which crosses the creek about 1 mile above mouth.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Lake

 

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