Bear Creek (Kinchafoonee Creek tributary)

Bear Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Georgia.[1] It is a tributary to Kinchafoonee Creek.[2] A variant name is "Lochochee Creek".[1]

Bear Creek
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • coordinates32°05′11″N 84°39′31″W / 32.0862677°N 84.6585312°W / 32.0862677; -84.6585312
Mouth 
 • coordinates
31°54′30″N 84°22′51″W / 31.9082205°N 84.3807468°W / 31.9082205; -84.3807468

The name Bear Creek is an accurate preservation of the native Creek-language name Nokosi Hachi, meaning "bear creek".[2]

References edit

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bear Creek
  2. ^ a b Krakow, Kenneth K. (1975). Georgia Place-Names: Their History and Origins (PDF). Macon, GA: Winship Press. p. 135. ISBN 0-915430-00-2.