Grandglaize Creek is a
creek and tributary to the
Osage River
The Osage River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. The eighth-largest river ...
that forms the Grand Glaize Arm of the
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake of the Ozarks is a reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in the northern part of the Ozarks in central Missouri. Parts of three smaller tributaries to the Osage are included in the impoundment: the Niangua River, Grandglaize Cr ...
in Missouri. The creek flows for before reaching the Lake of the Ozarks, and the Grand Glaize Arm extends another before reaching the Osage River within the lake.
[U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data]
The National Map
, accessed May 31, 2011
The creek as recognized by the
Geographic Names Information System
The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of ...
(GNIS) is spelled as one word.
However it is widely spelled as two words Grand Glaize. It should not be confused with the Grand Glaize Creek which is a tributary to the
Meramec River
The Meramec River (), sometimes spelled Maramec River, is one of the longest free-flowing waterways in the U.S. state of Missouri, draining Blanc, Caldwell, and Hawk. "Location" while wandering Blanc, Caldwell, and Hawk. "Executive Summary" fr ...
in
St. Louis County, Missouri.
The creek is formed by the confluence of Dry Auglaize Creek and Wet Glaize Creek about one mile north of
Toronto, Missouri in
Camden County. From there it flows north into
Miller County.
According to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources the lowest flow that could be expected in a 10-day period is a second. The creek becomes part of the Lake of the Ozarks at the extreme southeast corner of
Lake of the Ozarks State Park
Lake of the Ozarks State Park is a Missouri state park on the Grand Glaize Arm of the Lake of the Ozarks and is the largest state park in the state. This is also the most popular state park in Missouri, with over 2.5 million visitations in 2017 ...
.
Location
;Mouth: Grandglaize Arm of the
Lake of the Ozarks
Lake of the Ozarks is a reservoir created by impounding the Osage River in the northern part of the Ozarks in central Missouri. Parts of three smaller tributaries to the Osage are included in the impoundment: the Niangua River, Grandglaize Cr ...
,
Miller County, Missouri
Miller County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 24,722. Its county seat is Tuscumbia. The county was organized February 6, 1837 and named for John Miller, former U.S. R ...
:
;Source:
Confluence of Dry Auglaize Creek and Wet Glaize Creek in
Camden County, Missouri:
Bridge
When
Bagnell Dam
Bagnell Dam (informally, the Osage Dam) impounds the Osage River in the U.S. state of Missouri, creating the Lake of the Ozarks. The dam is located in the city of Lakeside in Miller County, near the Camden-Miller County line. The tall concrete ...
was built to impound the
Osage River
The Osage River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Missouri River in central Missouri in the United States. The eighth-largest river ...
, it also impounded the creeks which had previously flowed into the river. The Grand Glaize Bridge carried
U.S. Highway 54 over what is now the Grand Glaize arm of the lake. The bridge was known as the "Upside-Down Bridge" because the supporting structure was built below the deck to allow for an unobstructed view of the lake. The bridge was infamous for having very narrow lanes, no shoulders, and steel railings as barriers. The bridge was replaced in the 1980s, when a wider bridge was constructed next to it. The new bridge carried Highway 54 and the old bridge was restricted to bicycles and pedestrians. In the 1990s, the original bridge was demolished and replaced with a new bridge to carry two lanes of westbound Highway 54. The 1980s bridge was changed to carry two lanes of eastbound Highway 54.
Origin of the name
Besides the Lake of the Ozarks creek and the creek near St. Louis there is also an
Auglaize River
The Auglaize River (Shawnee: ''Kathinakithiipi'') is a tributary of the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio in the United States. It drains a primarily rural farming area in the watershed of Lake Erie. The name of the river was derived from the F ...
in northwestern
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
.
According to
List of Ohio county name etymologies
There are 88 counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Nine of them existed at the time of the Ohio Constitutional Convention in 1802.. Other editions available at anGoogle Books/ref> A tenth county, Wayne, was established on August 15, 1796, and enc ...
the etymology could be
French for ''eau glaise'' meaning 'dirty water' (though the reference is to '
clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4).
Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...
'). The Ohio site also mentions that it could be a Native American term for 'fallen timbers' or 'overgrown with brush', or French 'at the
(salt) lick'. It could have been the French term ''la glace''
''aux glaces''? which means 'mirror', or 'ice'
at the ices'
There is something to be said for the unattested ''eau glaise'' 'clay water', like attested ''terre glaise'' 'clay soil', but both Ramsey and Stewart
[George R. Stewart: American place-names, NY, 1970, Oxford University Press] agree that Auglaize (and variants, implying "*''aux glaises''") is American French for 'at the lick(s)', literally 'at the clays', where wild beasts came to lick salt and minerals from the soil, and fulfilling the lacuna in standard French for a "salt lick." The spelling "glaize" is archaic (as in Cotgrave's ''French-English dictionary'' of 1611). In addition, in Arkansas there is a creek and mountain Glazypeau, from French ''glaise à Paul'' 'Paul's lick'. The assumed indigenous American (Algonquian) "'fallen timbers' or 'overgrown with brush'" has no support without any attested etymons supplied and would not match phonetically in the case of Shawnee.
The GNIS cites several variant names for Grandglaize Creek, including: Auglaize Creek, Dry Glaize Creek, Glaize Creek, Glaze Creek, Grand Anglais Creek, Grand Anglaise Creek, Grand Auglaise River, Grand Auglaize Creek, and Wet Glaize Creek.
See also
*
List of rivers of Missouri
List of rivers in Missouri ( U.S. state).
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Mississippi River
Arkansas River
*Mississippi River
**Arkansas River (A ...
References
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Rivers of Missouri
Lake of the Ozarks
Tributaries of the Missouri River
Rivers of Camden County, Missouri
Rivers of Miller County, Missouri