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Silver Bow Creek is a 26-mile-long (42 km) headwater stream of the Clark Fork (river) originating within the city limits of Butte, Montana, from the confluence of Little Basin and Blacktail Creeks. A former northern tributary, Yankee Doodle Creek, no longer flows directly into Silver Bow Creek as it is now captured by the Berkeley Pit .
The Butte Citizens Technical Environmental Committee (CTEC) is a Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) [1] organization funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide public information and outreach regarding the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Superfund environmental cleanup site and associated sites, acting as an environmental community organization.
Right-of-way begins in Butte and travels to Anaconda, generally along the course of Silver Bow Creek; also the confluence of German Gulch and Silver Bow Creeks at the eastern end of Silver Bow Canyon 46°02′37″N 112°44′25″W / 46.043611°N 112.740278°W / 46.043611; -112.740278 ( Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Historic
In its upper 20 miles (32 km) in Montana near Butte, it is known as Silver Bow Creek. Interstate 90 follows much of the upper course of the river from Butte to Saint Regis. The highest point within the river's watershed is Mount Evans at 10,641 feet (3,243 m) in Deer Lodge County, Montana along the Continental Divide. [12]
The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Railway Historic District is a 750 acres (300 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It covers the railway right-of-way which begins in Butte, Montana and runs to Anaconda generally along the course of Silver Bow Creek.
Silver Bow County is a county in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,133. [1] Its county seat is Butte. [2] In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the single entity of Butte-Silver Bow. Additionally, the town of Walkerville is a separate municipality from Butte and is within the county.
Before Butte's formal establishment in 1864, the area consisted of a mining camp that had developed in the early 1860s. [5] The city is in the Silver Bow Creek Valley (or Summit Valley), a natural bowl sitting high in the Rockies straddling the Continental Divide, [6] positioned on the southwestern side of a large mass of granite known as the Boulder Batholith, which dates to the Cretaceous ...
The land on which Butte was established is positioned in the Silver Bow Creek Valley (or Summit Valley), a natural bowl sitting high in the Rocky Mountains straddling the Continental Divide. [2] The southwestern side of the bowl is made of a large mass of granite known as the Boulder Batholith, which dates to the Cretaceous era. [3]