McLane 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
Thurston County in the
U.S. state
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of
Washington
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.
It enters Puget Sound at the southern end of
Mud Bay on
Eld Inlet Eld Inlet is an inlet located at the southern end of Puget Sound in Thurston County, Washington. It is the second southernmost arm of Puget Sound after neighboring Budd Inlet.
Etymology
Eld Inlet was given its present name by Charles Wilkes during ...
.
McLane Creek was named after
William McLane, a pioneer settler and territorial politician.
In 1999, ashes of Kurt Cobain were
scattered in McLane Creek by his daughter.
References
Rivers of Thurston County, Washington
Rivers of Washington (state)
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