Big Creek is a
stream
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...
in
Lincoln,
St. Charles and
Warren
A warren is a network of wild rodent or lagomorph, typically rabbit burrows. Domestic warrens are artificial, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry dedicated to the raising of rabbits for meat and fur. The term evolved from the medieval Angl ...
counties of the
U.S. state of
Missouri.
It is a tributary of the
Cuivre River.
The source area for the stream lies just southwest of
Warrenton in Warren County. The stream flows north passing under
Interstate 70 and turns east passing under
Missouri Route 47 before entering Lincoln county. The stream meanders east and becomes the boundary between Lincoln and St. Charles counties. It passes under
US Route 61
U.S. Route 61 or U.S. Highway 61 (U.S. 61) is a major United States highway that extends between New Orleans, Louisiana and the city of Wyoming, Minnesota. The highway generally follows the course of the Mississippi River and is designated ...
and enters the Cuivre to the north of
Wentzville and the communities of
Flint Hill and
Enon.
[''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 39-40, ]
An early variant name was "Eagle Fork".
According to tradition, the former name was applied because eagles often attacked an early settler's hogs.
See also
*
List of rivers of Missouri
References
Rivers of Lincoln County, Missouri
Rivers of St. Charles County, Missouri
Rivers of Warren County, Missouri
Rivers of Missouri
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