Middle Island Creek
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Middle Island Creek is a tributary of the Ohio River, about 85 mi (135 km) long, on the unglaciated Allegheny Plateau in northwestern West Virginia in the United States. Via the Ohio River, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed. It is named for Middle Island, which is located in the Ohio River at the creek's mouth.
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[edit] Description and course
Middle Island Creek is formed at Smithburg in Doddridge County by the confluence of Meathouse Fork and Buckeye Creek. It flows generally northwestwardly in a highly meandering course through Doddridge and Tyler Counties, past the towns of West Union and Middlebourne. From Middlebourne the creek turns to the southwest and flows roughly parallel to the Ohio River (excepting its numerous bends) as it enters Pleasants County, where it joins the Ohio at St. Marys.
Middle Island Creek is generally slow-moving and is often muddy. It is popular among muskellunge anglers. The creek's most extreme meander is near Middlebourne, where the creek rounds a 3.6 mi (5.8 km) bend only to return to within 100 ft (30 m) of itself; the area is known as "The Jug" and is maintained as a state wildlife management area.
[edit] Variant names
- Be-Van-Soss Creek of the Indians
- Be-van-Soss Creek of the Indians
- Be-van-soss
- Be-yan-soss
- Bulls Creek
- By-En-Soss Creek
- By-en-Soss Creek
- By-en-soss
- Louisa River
[edit] See also
[edit] Sources
- Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry
- DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
- GNIS entry
