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About: Whychus Creek

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Whychus Creek is a tributary of the Deschutes River in Deschutes and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Formerly named Squaw Creek, considered derogatory in the 21st century, it was renamed in 2006. Explorer John C. Frémont camped along the stream in 1843 but did not identify it by name. Robert S. Williamson, a surveyor who camped there in 1855, said its Indian (Native American) name was Why-chus.

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  • Whychus Creek prend sa source vers 2 300 m d'altitude à la base du glacier Bend sur le Broken Top dans la chaîne des Cascades. Il coule principalement dans la réserve intégrale Three Sisters, il plonge de 61 m en franchissant les (en) avant de recevoir les eaux du Park Creek sur la rive gauche. Il franchit ensuite les Chsh Falls en perdant encore 15 m. Il reçoit ensuite trois affluents : South et North Fork et Snow Creek. Il tourne vers le nord-est en croisant le Whychus Creek Canal qui en détourne l'eau vers le McKenzie Canyon Reservoir afin d'irriguer la région. Il passe au sud-est de la ville de Sisters et sous la U.S. Route 20 et la (en). Continuant vers le nord-est, il passe dans le comté de Jefferson à travers la Crooked River National Grassland. Il se jette dans la rivière Deschutes près de la ville de Redmond (Oregon) à 198 km en amont du Columbia. (fr)
  • Whychus Creek is a tributary of the Deschutes River in Deschutes and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Formerly named Squaw Creek, considered derogatory in the 21st century, it was renamed in 2006. Explorer John C. Frémont camped along the stream in 1843 but did not identify it by name. Robert S. Williamson, a surveyor who camped there in 1855, said its Indian (Native American) name was Why-chus. (en)
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  • Whychus Creek (en)
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  • Native American name for the creek, according to 19th-century surveyor, Robert S. Williamson (en)
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  • USA Oregon (en)
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  • Location of the mouth of Whychus Creek in Oregon (en)
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  • Whychus Creek is a tributary of the Deschutes River in Deschutes and Jefferson counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Formerly named Squaw Creek, considered derogatory in the 21st century, it was renamed in 2006. Explorer John C. Frémont camped along the stream in 1843 but did not identify it by name. Robert S. Williamson, a surveyor who camped there in 1855, said its Indian (Native American) name was Why-chus. (en)
  • Whychus Creek prend sa source vers 2 300 m d'altitude à la base du glacier Bend sur le Broken Top dans la chaîne des Cascades. Il coule principalement dans la réserve intégrale Three Sisters, il plonge de 61 m en franchissant les (en) avant de recevoir les eaux du Park Creek sur la rive gauche. Il franchit ensuite les Chsh Falls en perdant encore 15 m. Il reçoit ensuite trois affluents : South et North Fork et Snow Creek. (fr)
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  • Whychus Creek (fr)
  • Whychus Creek (en)
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