Gook Creek

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Gook Creek is a stream in Antrim County, Michigan, in the United States. [1] It is a tributary of the Jordan River.

Although gook is used as a common ethnic slur, the creek's name possibly was taken from a Native American language. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gook Creek
  2. Monmonier, Mark (15 September 2008). From Squaw Tit to Whorehouse Meadow: How Maps Name, Claim, and Inflame. University of Chicago Press. p. 40. ISBN   978-0-226-53464-0.

Coordinates: 45°05′10″N85°04′27″W / 45.08611°N 85.07417°W / 45.08611; -85.07417