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Lamar River. Its lower part is well stocked with fish. The upper part is almost iiu- 
kuowu. Its rise is seen to be iu high grauite mountains, and in its course there are 
probably numerous cascades. According to Gannett “it comes from the granite por- 
tion of the range north of the Park, cutting a tremendous gorge through it.” At the 
foot of the gorge is a sharp conical peak of granite known as Hellroaring Mountain. 
Crevice Gulch, the next stream on the right bank, is beyond the limits of the Park. 
It is said to contain both trout and whiteflsh. 
Antelope Creeh, on the left bank, is a small stream flowing down a grassy slope 
on the south side of Mount Washburn. This stream has no canon and no distinct 
cascade and is fairly stocked with fish. 
Tower Creeh is a larger stream, draining the semi-circle of mountains of which 
Mount Washburn is the highest, a group, according to Gannett, comprising twenty- 
five summits ranging in height from 9,000 to 10,400 feet. The current of Tower Creek 
is swift and for almost its whole length the stream is hidden in dense forests. It is, 
perhaps, the coldest stream in the Park (about 45°). About one-fourth mile from its 
mouth (at which point this stream is separated by a narrow lava ridge from Antelope 
Creek) Tower Creek forms a singularly picturesque fall of 132 feet (see plate XV). 
This fall is quite vertical and it is surrounded by lofty pdlars'or towers of volcanic con- 
glomerate. Below the fall is a deep and narrow caiion. The stream is here some 10 
feet wide by 1 deep. There are no fish above the falls but for those species of trout 
which are especially fond of cold and shade no better stream exists in the Park. 
Lost, Elk, Geode and Oxhoiv Creeks are small steams— too small to be of con- 
sequence for fish. Although having a large bed Oxbow Creek was entirely dry in 
October and the other streams had little water. 
Blaek-tail Deer Creek is a clear, rather cold stream (55°) running largely through 
open pastures, with willows along its course. It has no canon or falls. Its bottom is 
of lava gravel and rocks with some weeds. It is 5 or 6 leet wide by 1 or 2 deep, and 
is well stocked with trout. Young trout were seen iu the little pool at the bridge, but 
no minnows. 
Lara Creek or East Pork of the Gardiner River, is a clear mountain stream lesem- 
bling Tower Creek, and like the latter flowing chiefly through evergreen forests on the 
north side of the mountain range. The stream is about 10 feet wide by 1 or 2 deep. 
Towards its mouth it cuts its way into a broad, flat shelf of lava, forming two successive 
cataracts about one-tenth of a mile apart. The upiier falls, called Undine Falls, is 
vertical for about 30 feet, then with two additional leaps of about 20 and 10 feet 
(see plate XYl). The lower fall is vertical and about 50 feet high. Below this full 
the stream flows through a highly picturesque canon joining the Gardiner River, above 
Mammoth Hot Springs. In this canon trout are abundant. 
Lu^nne Creek is a small tributary of Lava Creek entering it above the falls. This 
stream has a high cascade (Wraith Fall), about 100 feet high. 
Xotwithstanding the barrier offered by Undine Falls, it is said, on good author- 
ity, that small troul have been seen in Lupine Creek below Wraith Fall (Elwood 
Ilofer) and trout have been taken in Lava Creek above the falls. This raises the 
question as to how they came there. Our attention was called by Mr. Hofer, to the 
way iu which trout may have crossed the Divide from Black-tail Deer Creek to Lava 
Creek. 
