Shannon Creek
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| location | Whatcom County , Washington , USA | |
| River system | Skagit River | |
| Drain over | Baker River → Skagit River → Puget Sound | |
| Source height | 1529 m | |
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Baker River at Baker Lake Coordinates: 48 ° 44 ′ 14 " N , 121 ° 35 ′ 25" W 48 ° 44 ′ 14 " N , 121 ° 35 ′ 25" W |
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| Mouth height | 221 m | |
| Height difference | 1308 m
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The Shannon Creek is a short tributary of the Baker River in Whatcom County in the State of Washington , near the southwestern border of North Cascades National Park . It rises in two headwaters a few miles south of Mount Shuksan ; the glacier-fed North Fork starts at an altitude of 1,529 meters, the non-glacial South Fork at 796 meters. About halfway through the course, both source rivers unite and then flow into Baker Lake at a height of 221 meters . Shannon Creek joins the Baker River a few miles below Sulphide Creek and above Swift Creek , a much larger south-flowing creek.
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Deriving the altitude from Google Earth
- ↑ a b Shannon Creek in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey