Bear Creek
Encyclopedia
Communities
- Bear Creek, AlabamaBear Creek, AlabamaBear Creek is a town in Marion County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,053. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the town had a population of 1,021. -Geography:Bear Creek is located at ....
, a town in Marion County - Bear Creek, AlaskaBear Creek, AlaskaBear Creek is a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 1,748. Bear Creek is a few miles North of Seward near the stream of the same name and its source, Bear Lake.-Geography:...
, a census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough - Bear Creek, Merced County, CaliforniaBear Creek, Merced County, CaliforniaBear Creek is a census-designated place in Merced County, California. It is located east of Merced, at an elevation of 190 feet . The population was 290 at the 2010 census.-Geography:...
, a census-designated place - Bear Creek Township, MichiganBear Creek Township, MichiganBear Creek Township is a civil township of Emmet County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 5,269.-Communities:*Petoskey is at the northeast corner of the township, but is administratively autonomous....
, a township in Emmet County - Bear Creek Township, Clearwater County, Minnesota
- Bear Creek Township, Chatham County, North Carolina
- Bear Creek Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
- Bear Creek Village, PennsylvaniaBear Creek Village, PennsylvaniaBear Creek Village is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 284 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated on August 25, 1993 from portions of Bear Creek Township.-Geography:...
, a borough in Luzerne County - Bear Creek, TexasBear Creek, TexasBear Creek is a village in Hays County, Texas, United States. The population was 360 at the 2000 census; it was 376 in the 2005 census estimate.-Geography:Bear Creek is located at , 13 miles southwest of downtown Austin....
, a village in Hays County - Bear Creek, Wisconsin (disambiguation), multiple locations
- Bear Creek, North CarolinaBear Creek, North CarolinaBear Creek is an unincorporated community in southwestern Chatham County, North Carolina, United States. It is named for a nearby creek that eventually flows into the Rocky River. The community lies along Old US Highway 421 and is situated between Siler City and Goldston.Bear Creek is home to...
, an unincorporated community in Chatham County - Bear Creek, Outagamie County, WisconsinBear Creek, Outagamie County, WisconsinBear Creek is a village in Outagamie County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 448 at the 2010 census.-History:From 1898 to 1915, Bear Creek was called Welcome...
, a village - Bear Creek, SaskatchewanBear Creek, SaskatchewanBear Creek is a hamlet in northwest Saskatchewan located on Highway 155. This community of over 70 people is midway between the towns of Buffalo Narrows to the south and La Loche to the north and near the junction of Highway 909 that leads to Turnor Lake to the east.The Bear Creek post office ...
, a hamlet - Bear Creek, Sauk County, WisconsinBear Creek, Sauk County, WisconsinBear Creek is a town in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 497 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Loreta is located in the town.-Geography:...
, a town - Bear Creek, Waupaca County, WisconsinBear Creek, Waupaca County, WisconsinBear Creek is a town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 838 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 36.7 square miles , all of it land....
, a town - Bear Creek, California (disambiguation), multiple locations
- Bearcreek, MontanaBearcreek, MontanaBearcreek is a town in Carbon County, Montana, United States. It is part of the Billings, Montana Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 83 at the 2000 census.The town of Bearcreek was named for Bear Creek, which runs through the middle of town...
, a town in Carbon County
Streams
In California- Bear Creek (Cache Creek), a tributary of Cache Creek in Colusa County
- Bear Creek (Fall River), a tributary of the Fall River
- Bear Creek (Feather River, North Fork), a tributary of the North Fork Feather RiverNorth Fork Feather RiverThe North Fork Feather River is a watercourse of the northern Sierra Nevada in the U.S. state of California. It flows generally southwards from its headwaters near Lassen Peak to Lake Oroville, a reservoir formed by Oroville Dam in the foothills of the Sierra, where it runs into the Feather River....
- Bear Creek (Santa Ana River)Bear Creek (Santa Ana River)Bear Creek is an approximately tributary of the Santa Ana River in the San Bernardino Mountains of the U.S. state of California. Its length is entirely contained within San Bernardino County. It rises near Woodlands and flows north into Baldwin Lake...
, a tributary of the Santa Ana River - Bear Creek (San Mateo County, California)Bear Creek (San Mateo County, California)Bear Creek is a small river in San Mateo County, California which is a fork of Peters Creek, which is a tributary of Pescadero Creek....
, a tributary of Pescadero Creek - Bear Creek (San Francisquito Creek)Bear Creek (San Francisquito Creek)Bear Creek is a southeastward-flowing stream originating north of the summit of Sierra Morena in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near the community of Kings Mountain in San Mateo County, California, United States...
, a tributary of San Francisquito Creek in San Mateo County - Bear Creek (Sonoma Creek)Bear Creek (Sonoma Creek)Bear Creek is a stream in eastern Sonoma County, California, United States, a tributary of Sonoma Creek.-Course:The stream originates near the Sonoma-Napa county line, about north of the northern Bald Mountain summit...
, a tributary of Sonoma Creek in Sonoma County
In Maryland
- Bear Creek (Sideling Hill Creek), a tributary of Sideling Hill Creek
- Bear Creek (Youghiogheny River), a tributary of the Youghiogheny RiverYoughiogheny RiverThe Youghiogheny River , or the Yough for short, is a tributary of the Monongahela River in the U.S. states of West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania...
In Oregon
- Bear Creek (Rogue River), a tributary of the Rogue River
- Bear Creek (Oregon)Bear Creek (Oregon)Bear Creek is the name of a stream located entirely within Jackson County, Oregon. The stream drains approximately of the Rogue Valley and discharges an annual average of 114 cubic feet per second into the Rogue River...
, several streams of that name
In Pennsylvania
- Bear Creek (Lehigh River), a tributary of the Lehigh River
- Bear Creek (Loyalsock Creek), a tributary of Loyalsock Creek
- Bear Creek (Pennsylvania) (disambiguation), several streams of that name
Elsewhere
- Bear Creek (Colorado), a tributary of the South Platte RiverSouth Platte RiverThe South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River and itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West, located in the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska...
- Bear Creek (Yellow River), a tributary of the Yellow River in Iowa
- Bear Creek (Upper Iowa River)Bear Creek (Upper Iowa River)Bear Creek is an tributary of the Upper Iowa River, joining Waterloo Creek for a short distance before entering the Upper Iowa in Waterloo Township just east of where Iowa Highway 76 crosses the river...
, in Iowa and Minnesota
- Bear Creek (New Jersey)Bear Creek (New Jersey)Bear Creek is a tributary of the Pequest River in New Jersey in the United States.-Crossings:These crossings exist from north to south:*Shades Of Death Road*Interstate 80-References:...
, a tributary of the Pequest River - Bear Creek (North Carolina), see USS Britannia (1862)USS Britannia (1862)USS Britannia was a steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat and patrol vessel in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways....
- Bear Creek (Washington), see Sammamish RiverSammamish RiverThe Sammamish River flows through north King County, Washington for about , draining Lake Sammamish into Lake Washington...
- Lambly CreekLambly CreekLambly Creek is located in the Okanagan region of British Columbia. The creek flows into Okanagan Lake from the west across from Kelowna. Lambly Creek is also known as Bear Creek. In 1876, gold was discovered in the Creek. The creek was mined for gold. Gold Nuggets with a $5 value have been...
, also known as Bear Creek, in British Columbia
Schools
In Canada- Bear Creek Elementary School, British Columbia
- Bear Creek Secondary SchoolBear Creek Secondary SchoolBear Creek Secondary School is a public secondary school located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 2001, and currently has an enrollment of more than 2100 students.-Facilities:...
, Ontario
In the United States
- Bear Creek High School (Stockton, California)
- Bear Creek High School (Denver, Colorado)
- The Bear Creek SchoolThe Bear Creek SchoolThe Bear Creek School is a preschool through grade twelve private school in Redmond, Washington. Educating around 750 students, the school is a Christian religious school. Established in 1988, it lies within the Lake Washington School District...
, Washington
Recreation areas
- Bear Creek Pioneers ParkBear Creek Pioneers ParkBear Creek Pioneers Park is a park located in the U.S. city of Houston, Texas at 3535 War Memorial Drive. It is sometimes called "Harris County Bear Creek Park", or simply "Bear Creek Park."- History :...
, Texas, United States - Bear Creek Ski and Recreation AreaBear Creek Ski and Recreation AreaBear Creek is a ski resort near Macungie, in the Berks County region of Pennsylvania, in the United States. The resort opened in 1967. It was known as the Doe Mountain until 1999....
, Pennsylvania, United States