Beartrap Creek

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Beartrap Creek is a stream in Ashland and Bayfield counties, Wisconsin, in the United States. [1]

Beartrap Creek was named from an incident when a settler caught a black bear in a trap. [2] Bear Trap Creek Trail is located in the town of Salina just north of Syracuse and runs 1.6 miles from 7th North Street (across from Pilot Travel Center) to the Mattydale Plaza. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beartrap Creek
  2. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 42.
  3. "Bear Trap Creek Trail". cnyhiking.com. Retrieved 2021-09-15.

Coordinates: 46°38′26″N90°42′41″W / 46.64056°N 90.71139°W / 46.64056; -90.71139