Chungo Creek

Chungo Creek is a large creek close to Nordegg in Western Alberta, Canada.[1] It starts at a mountain lake called Upper Mons Lake, and eventually empties into the Blackstone River (Alberta).[2]

Chungo is a word derived from the Stoney language, meaning "trail".[3]

Tributaries

  • Seepage Creek
  • Mons Creek
  • Upper Hansen Creek
  • Dorothy Creek
  • Clark Creek

Fish species

The most common fish of the Chungo Creek is the bull trout. There is also westslope cutthroat, brook and brown trout and a small population of mountain whitefish further down the creek.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chungo Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Chungo Creek / Chungo Creek, Alberta, Canada, North America". travelingluck.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  3. ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 34.

52°42′45″N 116°19′17″W / 52.7126°N 116.3213°W / 52.7126; -116.3213


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