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Kanab Creek in Kanab Canyon. Kanab Creek (/ k ə ˈ n æ b / kə-NAB) is one of the many tributaries of the Colorado River.It begins in Kane County, Utah, just south of the watershed to the Great Basin and flows 125 miles (201 km) south to the Colorado River.
Kanab Creek Wilderness is a 75,300-acre (305 km 2) wilderness area [1] located along the Coconino/Mohave County line in the U.S. state of Arizona, approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of Fredonia. 68,600 acres (278 km 2 ) of the Wilderness are located in the North Kaibab Ranger District of the Kaibab National Forest , the remaining 6,700 acres ...
The area where Kanab is located was first settled in 1864, and the town was founded in 1870 when 10 Mormon families moved into the area. [7] Named for a Paiute word meaning "place of the willows," Fort Kanab was built on the east bank of Kanab Creek in 1864 for offensive operations against the original inhabitants of the area and as a base for the exploration of the area. [8]
East is a mountain region water divide, and the south-flowing Kanab Creek in its narrow river valley, (a north tributary to the Colorado River). The northern half of Long Valley and the two plateaus lie in the Dixie National Forest. Glendale, Utah is located at the south end of the valley, on the East Fork Virgin River.
The Kanab Plateau is a 45-mile (72 km) long [2] plateau located at the north of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States. The plateau is adjacent west of the Kaibab Plateau of the North Rim, with a basin containing the Kanab Creek watershed in between.
The only significant settlements are Fredonia on Kanab Creek and Colorado City (the Strip's largest community) on the Utah border to the northwest (see also Hildale, Utah). In the extreme west on the Virgin River are the small settlements of Beaver Dam , Littlefield and Scenic , just off Interstate 15 .
The plateau's western boundary is the Kanab Creek Canyon which high perpendicular walls form a natural barrier to the movement of most animals. The northwestern boundary of the plateau is marked by a fault line north of the Snake Gulch which is approximately sixteen miles to the east of the Kanab Creek.
[1]: 177 They grew maize, beans, and squash using water from the Kanab creek - a major perennial stream - and artesian springs along the Vermillion Cliffs. [1]: 175 In the 1860s, Mormon settlers usurped all of the Kaibab Paiute's permanent water sources in order to continue their development.