:''Also see Barnes Creek (Wisconsin)'' Barnes Creek is a small stream that flows in the

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of Washington from the base of Mount Storm King and Aurora Ridge into Lake Crescent. Barnes Creek is also fed by Marymere Falls. Barnes Creek sustains the

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habitat for the endemic

Crescenti cutthroat trout The Crescenti cutthroat trout or the Lake Crescent cutthroat trout is a North American freshwater fish, a local form (zoology), form (f. loc.) of the coastal cutthroat trout (''Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii'') isolated in Lake Crescent in Washingt ...

. It flows onto Barnes Point, an ancient landslide delta, and into Lake Crescent. Barnes Creek and Barnes Point take their name from Paul Barnes, who settled at Barnes Point in 1890.

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