From the Archives - Oct. 6. 2022

What is the difference between a "creek" and a "crick?" Depends on where you're from. "Creek" refers to a small running body of water, and a "crick" refers to a pain in the neck! All joking aside, both are flowing bodies of water, it just depends on the size. A "creek" is supposedly larger. A "crick" is more like a brook or even smaller, like a spring. So then, why don't we just call it a brook? This can be confusing and may require a dictionary because let's face it, it is all in the pronunciation.

The creeks in Boundary County are often said and heard using both words. Even in the same sentence, one creek could be called both! However you say Deep Creek, really doesn't matter. At one time, it was quite large and had logs floated down it by Mike Bogle in the early 1890s. Today, we look at it and wonder how those logs made it down.

Deep Creek, known to the Kootenai Tribe as "Akk-o-wal-leg," has its origin near the base of White Mountain. It flows through McArthur Reservoir and meanders to the Kootenai River. It contains many great fishing holes as the vintage postcard depicts.

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