Shannon Creek is a short tributary to the
Baker River in
Whatcom County
Whatcom County is a county located in the northwestern corner of the U.S. state of Washington, bordered by the Canadian Lower Mainland (the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley Regional Districts of British Columbia) to the north, Okanogan ...
,
Washington
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, near the southwest border of
North Cascades National Park. It rises in two forks a few miles south of
Mount Shuksan
Mount Shuksan is a glaciated massif in the North Cascades National Park. Shuksan rises in Whatcom County, Washington immediately to the east of Mount Baker, and south of the Canada–US border. The mountain's name ''Shuksan'' is derived from t ...
; the
glacier
A glacier (; ) is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight. A glacier forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as ...
-fed north fork begins at elevation , and the non-glacial south fork begins at . Roughly halfway through its length, the two forks join and then flow into
Baker Lake reservoir, at elevation . Shannon Creek joins the Baker several miles downstream of
Sulphide Creek and upstream of
Swift Creek, a much larger south-flowing drainage.
See also
*
List of rivers of Washington
This is a list of rivers in the U.S. state of Washington.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin. Respective tributaries are indented under each larger stream's name and are ordered downstream to upstream.
Fraser River (Britis ...
References
Rivers of Washington (state)
North Cascades of Washington (state)
Rivers of Whatcom County, Washington
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