Engine Creek

Engine Creek is a stream in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the United States.^[1] It is a tributary of the Little Pigeon River and lies wholly within Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Engine Creek was so named when a steam engine fell onto the creek bed during transport.^[2] Engine Creek was formerly named "'Injun Creek'" and the rename proposal was approved by the United States Geographical Survey Board of Geographic Names in 2020. ^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Engine Creek
^ Manning, Russ (1999). 100 Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Mountaineers Books. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-89886-636-0.
^ "Feature Detail Report for: Engine Creek". geonames.usgs.gov/. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

35°44′00″N 83°24′32″W / 35.7332°N 83.4088°W / 35.7332; -83.4088

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Engine Creek

[2] Manning, Russ (1999). 100 Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Mountaineers Books. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-89886-636-0.

[3] "Feature Detail Report for: Engine Creek". geonames.usgs.gov/. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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Engine Creek

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