Lost Creek is a tributary of the

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in the

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. It begins in the

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foothills between

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and Lookout Point Lake and flows generally north to meet the river downstream of Lowell. Along the way, it passes by the rural community of Dexter, then under

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, and through part of Elijah Bristow State Park. Named tributaries of Lost Creek from source to mouth are Guiley, Gossage, Carr, Middle, Anthony, and Wagner creeks. The map includes mile markers along the Middle Fork Willamette River.

Name

''Oregon Geographic Names'' (OGN) says the north–south valley through which the creek flows was known as Lost Valley during the days of early settlement. ''Illustrated History of Lane County'' says

Elijah Bristow Elijah Bristow (1788–1872) was the first white settler to stake a claim and build a permanent cabin in 1846 in the upper Willamette Valley, in what is now Lane County, Oregon, United States. He and his wife Susannah Gabbert Bristow established ...

named the valley, according to OGN, which says the name probably stemmed from the valley's seclusion.

Covered bridge

The

Parvin Bridge The Parvin Bridge is a covered bridge located in Lane County, Oregon, U.S. near Dexter. It was built in 1921 as a single-lane bridge across Lost Creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork Willamette River. The bridge was a replacement for a Howe ...

, a

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, spans the creek south of Dexter. The , single-lane structure carries Parvin Road over the water. Built in 1921, it was added to the

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in 1979.

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Name

Covered bridge

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