Paradise River (Wash.)
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Name (Latin)
Paradise River (Wash.)
Other forms of name
Glacier Creek (Lewis County and Pierce County, Wash.)
Coordinates
-121.7900959 -121.7900959 46.7645532 46.7645532 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Rivers Washington (State)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q7134350
Library of congress:
sh2004001474
Sources of Information
- GNIS, Oct. 20, 2004(Paradise River, stream, Lewis County and Pierce County, Wash.; separate entries for Glacier Creek, stream, Lewis Co., and other Glacier Creeks in other counties)
- Washington place names, via WWW, Oct. 20, 2004(The Paradise River rises at the foot of the Paradise Glacier on the southeast slope of Mt. Rainier and flows southwest to the Nisqually River two miles northeast of Longmire. Its valley once was occupied by an extension of the Paradise Glacier. In 1870, this river was named Glacier Creek by P.B. Van Trump and Gen. Hazard Stevens.)
Wikipedia description:
For the Canadian community, see Paradise River, Newfoundland and Labrador The Paradise River is a small, short but swift river in Pierce County, Washington. It is the first major tributary of the Nisqually River. Located entirely within the bounds of Mount Rainier National Park, it is notable for its waterfalls, of which there are eight.
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