Name: Fontenelle Creek

 

County: Lincoln

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1101015W

Latitude: 420519N

 

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Elevation: 6509/1984

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name: 

Creek in Wyoming, named for a trapper in the employ of the American Fur Company.

Source: Gannett, 1905

 

Named after a trapper by the name of Lucien Fontenelle, one of the early trappers.

Source: WPA

 

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Alternative Spellings: Fontanelle Creek

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Fontenelle Reservoir SW

 

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