6-562: Depot Creek may refer to: Canada British Columbia Depot Creek (BC-Washington) Ontario Depot Creek (Napanee River) , in Frontenac County and Lennox and Addington County Nipissing District Depot Creek (Barron River) Depot Creek (Lake Nosbonsing) Depot Creek (Sudbury District) Depot Creek (Thunder Bay District) United States Depot Creek (BC-Washington) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
12-621: Is a waterfall along its course, Depot Creek Falls . Although a book on waterfalls says it was named for an old trading post near its mouth, hence the name "Depot", the British Columbia Names Office says, in light of it also being known as Brown Creek after a US Army colonel who drowned in Chilliwack Lake in 1858 and buried next to the creek, it was probably located near a supply depot of the Boundary Commission, which
18-521: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Depot Creek (BC-Washington) Depot Creek , also known as Brown Creek and Kokanee Creek , is a large creek in south-central British Columbia , Canada and Whatcom County , Washington , United States. It is in the Pacific Ocean drainage basin , and is located in the North Cascades . There
24-532: The lake and flows northwest into a large, swamp-like area at the top of Depot Creek Falls. The creek then drops over the falls and reaches the bottom of the valley. From here the creek flows northwest, passes into British Columbia, Canada, and reaches its mouth at Chilliwack Lake near the lake's south end. Chilliwack Lake flows via the Chilliwack River and the Fraser River to the Pacific Ocean. The portion of
30-428: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Depot_Creek&oldid=624986976 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-477: Was active from 1858 to 1861. The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans files on this creek, say that in addition to Brown Creek, it is also known as Kokanee Creek, for a species of land-locked sockeye common in the Pacific Northwest. Depot Creek begins at an unnamed lake Whatcom County, Washington State, United States, located in a cirque between Mount Redoubt and Mount Spickard . The creek exits
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