Name: Cascade Creek

 

County: Teton

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1104429W

Latitude: 434555N

 

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Elevation: 6788/2069

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

... the junction with the Cascade Canyon Trail; left here up Cascade Creek, which is milky with glacial rock flour. Water ouzels dart from wall to wall, diving suddenly for fish. The canyon deepens, and the creek cascades between sheer rock walls several thousand feet high. Cascade Canyon is the deepest chasm in the Teton Range.

Source: Wyoming Guide 

 

Creek, Grand Teton National Park, Teton County, Wyo., flows southeast from Lake Solitude ... into Jenny Lake. Named proposed to supersede the name Glacier, which is a misnomer as this stream is a clear mountain torrent.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932

 

Flows southeast from Lake Solitude into Jenny Lake. Name proposed by Superintendent Woodring of the Grand Teton National Park to supercede the name Glacier, which is a misnomer. The name Glacier has been transferred to a hitherto unnamed creek, flowing from Teton Glacier and showing the milky color characteristic of such streams.

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Glacier Creek

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Jenny Lake

 

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