Chungo Creek

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Chungo Creek is a large creek close to Nordegg in Western Alberta, Canada. [1] It starts at a mountain lake called Upper Mons Lake, and eventually empties into the Blackstone River (Alberta). [2]

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Chungo is a word derived from the Stoney language, meaning "trail". [3]

Tributaries

Fish species

The most common fish of the Chungo Creek is the bull trout. There is also westslope cutthroat, brook and brown trout and a small population of mountain whitefish further down the creek.

See also

References

  1. "Chungo Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada.
  2. "Chungo Creek / Chungo Creek, Alberta, Canada, North America". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  3. Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 34.

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