Bear Creek

Bear Creek is a stream in Cowlitz, Washington. Bear Creek is situated nearby to the locality Saint Helens.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Toutle River Sediment Retention Structure.

Toutle River Sediment Retention Structure

Dam

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Sediment Retention Structure is an earthen dam, 1,887 feet long and 184 feet high, on the North Fork Toutle River in the U.S. state of Washington. Completed by the United States Army Corps of Engineers in 1989, it is meant to prevent sediment from the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Toutle River Sediment Retention Structure is situated 2 miles northwest of Bear Creek.

Bear Creek

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Cowlitz, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

46.33816° or 46° 20′ 17″ north

Longitude

-122.52011° or 122° 31′ 12″ west

Elevation

974 feet (297 metres)

Open location code

84RV8FQH+7X

GeoNames ID

5786575

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