North Canyon Creek
| North Canyon Creek | |
| Slaughterhouse Creek | |
| stream | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| State | Nevada |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Outflow from Spooner Lake |
| - right | Secret Harbor Creek |
| Cities | Carson City, Glenbrook |
| Source | West flank Snow Valley Peak |
| - location | Carson Range of the Sierra Nevada |
| - elevation | 8,650 ft (2,637 m) |
| - coordinates | 39°06′01″N 119°56′49″W / 39.10028°N 119.94694°W |
| Mouth | |
| - location | Lake Tahoe |
| - elevation | 6,230 ft (1,899 m) |
| - coordinates | 39°09′23″N 119°53′21″W / 39.15639°N 119.88917°WCoordinates: 39°09′23″N 119°53′21″W / 39.15639°N 119.88917°W |
North Canyon Creek is a 6.8-mile-long (10.9 km) southwestward-flowing stream originating on Snow Valley Peak in the Carson Range of the Sierra Nevada. Most of the stream is in Carson City, Nevada, United States. It is a tributary stream of Lake Tahoe culminating at Glenbrook in Douglas County on Tahoe's Nevada shore.
North Canyon Creek's lower portion is designated as Slaughterhouse Creek on USGS maps, the latter name referring to a place where cattle were butchered.
The aggressive logging activities of the (1860–1900) had major impacts on North Canyon Creek. In 1870, a flume was constructed within North Canyon to transport fallen logs and supply water to Spooner Lake where lumber could be transported east to Spooner Summit where they could be sent down the Clear Creek Flume to the Carson City lumberyards. Originally a shingle and mill site, much of the Spooner Lake and Glenbrook area became controlled by the Carson Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company (CTLFC), a monopoly lumber business during the Comstock Era owning nearly one-fifth of the basin lands. Large stands of timber along the east shore of Lake Tahoe were cut during the mid-1870s and most of the clear cutting was completed by the 1880s, with the Glenbrook Railroad transported logs from the lower elevations to Spooner Summit.
North Canyon Creek's source is on the western flank of Snow Valley Peak at 8,650 feet (2,640 m), and flows southerly down North Canyon from just below Marlette Lake to Spooner Meadow, where it receives outflows from Spooner Lake. The upper reaches receive flows from a Comstock era man-made diversion from upper Secret Harbor Creek into North Canyon Creek. The diversion increased the watershed catchment area from 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) to 4 square miles (10 km2). Just north of the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 28, North Canyon Creek enters Spooner Meadow where it receives outflows from Spooner Lake, a man-made reservoir formed by a dam built in the 1860s. The Spooner Lake watershed is approximately 1 square mile (2.6 km2) but peak flows from the lake are limited by Spooner Dam. Since the 1930s Spooner Lake has been used to store water for irrigation and recreational fishing.
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