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UT 5. Locomotive Springs. Acreage: About 450. 



Location: Box Elder County; 80 miles W of Logan, and 20 miles SW of Snow- 

 ville. 



Description: Water supplies originate on five large springs supplying water to 

 two large impoundments providing valuable habitat for Great Basin Canada 

 Geese and various other species of waterfowl. Site is in salt district habitat of the 

 northern tip of Great Salt Lake. It served historically as a water and way station 

 on the Union Pacific Railroad, and was used extensively by Indian tribes and 

 early explorers. 



Encroachments: Site has been substantially altered for development as water- 

 fowl habitat. 



Ownership: Utah Department of Fish and Game, and private holdings. 



Data source: William T. Krummes, BSFW, Division of Wildlife Services, P.O. 

 Box 1306, Albuquerque, N.M. 87103. 



