Ruby Creek (Washington) (original) (raw)
Ruby Creek is a tributary of the Skagit River located in the North Cascades of Northwestern Washington. The river's watershed drains the southern Washington portion of the Hozameen Range, and the western section of the . The creek was named by three prospectors, John Sutter, George Sanger, and John Rowley, in 1872. Sutter believed he found a ruby in the creek, leading to the name, however the stone was actually a misidentified garnet. Ruby Creek had an original length of approximately 11 kilometers, before the lower 6 kilometers were inundated by Ross Lake, reducing it to its current length of 5 kilometers.
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| dbo:abstract | Ruby Creek is a tributary of the Skagit River located in the North Cascades of Northwestern Washington. The river's watershed drains the southern Washington portion of the Hozameen Range, and the western section of the . The creek was named by three prospectors, John Sutter, George Sanger, and John Rowley, in 1872. Sutter believed he found a ruby in the creek, leading to the name, however the stone was actually a misidentified garnet. Ruby Creek had an original length of approximately 11 kilometers, before the lower 6 kilometers were inundated by Ross Lake, reducing it to its current length of 5 kilometers. (en) |
| dbo:length | 5455.676160 (xsd:double) |
| dbo:mouthElevation | 488.899200 (xsd:double) |
| dbo:riverMouth | dbr:Ross_Lake_(Washington) |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | http://www.skagitriverjournal.com/Upriver/Mines/RCreek/RubyCreek03.html%2387 https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/noca/hbd/chap5.htm |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 58611075 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 5363 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 967500171 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Ross_Lake_(Washington) dbr:List_of_rivers_of_Washington dbr:United_States dbr:Skagit_River dbc:Rivers_of_Washington_(state) dbr:Washington_(state) dbr:Whatcom_County,_Washington dbr:North_Cascades dbc:Rivers_of_Whatcom_County,_Washington dbr:North_Cascades_Scenic_Corridor |
| dbp:discharge1Avg | estimated (en) |
| dbp:mouth | dbr:Ross_Lake_(Washington) |
| dbp:mouthElevation | Subject to changes in reservoir water levels (en) |
| dbp:name | Ruby Creek (en) |
| dbp:pushpinMap | USA Washington (en) |
| dbp:pushpinMapCaption | Mouth of Ruby Creek (en) |
| dbp:source | Confluence of Granite Creek and Canyon Creek (en) |
| dbp:source1Elevation | approx. (en) |
| dbp:subdivisionName | dbr:United_States dbr:Washington_(state) dbr:Whatcom_County,_Washington |
| dbp:subdivisionType | Country (en) State (en) County (en) |
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| dct:subject | dbc:Rivers_of_Washington_(state) dbc:Rivers_of_Whatcom_County,_Washington |
| georss:point | 47.81805555555555 -124.3013888888889 |
| rdf:type | owl:Thing dbo:Place dbo:Location schema:BodyOfWater schema:Place dbo:NaturalPlace dbo:Stream schema:RiverBodyOfWater wikidata:Q4022 wikidata:Q47521 geo:SpatialThing dbo:River dbo:BodyOfWater |
| rdfs:comment | Ruby Creek is a tributary of the Skagit River located in the North Cascades of Northwestern Washington. The river's watershed drains the southern Washington portion of the Hozameen Range, and the western section of the . The creek was named by three prospectors, John Sutter, George Sanger, and John Rowley, in 1872. Sutter believed he found a ruby in the creek, leading to the name, however the stone was actually a misidentified garnet. Ruby Creek had an original length of approximately 11 kilometers, before the lower 6 kilometers were inundated by Ross Lake, reducing it to its current length of 5 kilometers. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Ruby Creek (Washington) (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:Ruby Creek (Washington) https://global.dbpedia.org/id/9PAVA |
| geo:geometry | POINT(-124.30139160156 47.818054199219) |
| geo:lat | 47.818054 (xsd:float) |
| geo:long | -124.301392 (xsd:float) |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Ruby_Creek_(Washington)?oldid=967500171&ns=0 |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Ruby_Creek_(Washington) |
| foaf:name | Ruby Creek (en) |
| is dbo:wikiPageDisambiguates of | dbr:Ruby_Creek |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:North_Cascades_National_Park dbr:Ruby_Creek |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Ruby_Creek_(Washington) |