Name: Pelican Creek

 

County: Park

 

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GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1102137W

Latitude: 443312N 

 

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Elevation: 7736/2358

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Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

Creek, Yellowstone National Park, ... flowing southwest into Yellowstone Lake. Probably named by the Washburn party, who, in 1870, found here an abundant water fowl life, including white pelicans.

Source: Decisions, 1890-1932 

 

Pelican Creek very properly designates a stream, the mouth of which, on the north shore of Yellowstone Lake, is a great resort for this particular species of bird. Pelican Roost is an island near by.

Source: Chittenden

 

The pelican on the Yellowstone Lake is always an attractive feature of that body of water. ... The great breeding ground of the pelican is at the northeast corner of the lake, where its name is used to designate three important geographical features - Pelican Creek, Pelican Roost, an island, and Pelican Cone, a hill back in the interior.

Source: Chittenden

 

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Lake Butte

 

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