The Little Bear River is a
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The National Map
, accessed May 4, 2011 tributary
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of the
Bear River in northern
Utah
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in the United States. It rises in the mountains east of
Brigham City, where three forks (West, South, and East) join at
Avon, then flows north to
Paradise
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. At Paradise, it spills out into the broad flats of
Cache Valley
Cache Valley is a valley of northern Utah and southeast Idaho, United States, that includes the Logan metropolitan area. The valley was used by 19th century mountain men and was the site of the 1863 Bear River Massacre. The name, Cache Valley i ...
, passing north by
Hyrum, where it is impounded by the
Hyrum Reservoir
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Hyrum State Park is in the northeastern part of Utah. It lies at , and consists of surrounding a reservoir. The park is used for fishing, boating, camping ...
, then meandering generally west by
Wellsville. It meanders north again, receiving the
Logan River
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in the Cutler Marsh and eventually draining into the Bear River. However, the junction is now submerged by the
Cutler Reservoir
Cutler Reservoir is a reservoir located in Cache Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. It is an impoundment on the Bear River built for irrigation, flood control, and water supply.
The concrete gravity-arch Cutler Dam, built in 1927, is located i ...
.
See also
*
List of rivers of Utah
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Utah in the United States, sorted by drainage basin, watershed.
Colorado River
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References
* William F. Sigler and John W. Sigler, ''Fishes of Utah'' (University of Utah Press, 1996), p. 12
Bear River (Great Salt Lake)
Rivers of Utah
Rivers of Cache County, Utah
Great Salt Lake watershed
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