Name: Trapper Creek
County: Big Horn
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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
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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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