Trapper Creek (Big Horn)

Name: Trapper Creek

 

County: Big Horn

 

Authority Name: 

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1074539W

Latitude: 443229N 

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4232/1290

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Stream

 

Origin of Name:

Stream about 18 miles long, heading in Bighorn National Forest at the confluence of North Trapper Creek and South Trapper Creek and flowing generally west-northwestward to Shell Creek about 1 miles northeast of Shell.

Source: Decisions, 1962

 

Other Names: Battle Creek, Trappers Creek

 

Alternative Spellings: 

 

History:

 

Stories:

The headwaters of Trapper Creek disappear into an underground stream at the upper end of Trapper Creek Canyon, run underground for several miles and then appear on top to continue through the rest of the canyon and on to Shell Creek.

Source: WPA

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Shell

 

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