Blacktail Deer Creek

Blacktail Deer Creek is a tributary of the Beaverhead River, approximately 38 miles (61 km) long,[2] in southwest Montana in the United States.

Blacktail Deer Creek
Location
CountryBeaverhead
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates44°54′21″N 112°21′19″W[1]
 • elevation5,069 feet (1,545 m)[1]
Mouth 
 • coordinates
45°13′53″N 112°38′02″W[1]
Basin features
River systemMissouri River

It rises in the Beaverhead National Forest, in the Snowcrest Range in southern Beaverhead County. It flows northwest joining the Beaverhead River near the town of Dillon, Montana.

The creek contains rainbow, brook and brown trout as well as mountain whitefish, longnose sucker, longnose dace and mottled sculpin. On August 7–8, 1863, a group of 28 prospectors embarked from the mouth of Blacktail Deer Creek to prospect for gold in the upper Snake River in Idaho Territory.

The elected captain of the group was Walter W. de Lacy who later produced the first map (1865) of Montana Territory based in part from observations during this expedition.[3]

Variant names

Blacktail Deer Creek has also been known as: Dry Blacktail Creek.[1]

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See also

Notes
  1. "Blacktail Deer Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. "Blacktail Deer Creek". Montana Fisheries Information System (MFISH). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-08-09.
  3. Walter W. de Lacy (1876). "A Trip Up the South Snake River in 1863". Contributions to the Historical Society of Montana. 1. pp. 113–143.



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