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North Fork Popo Agie River

Coordinates: 42°51′15″N 108°41′59″W / 42.85415°N 108.69975°W / 42.85415; -108.69975
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North Fork Popo Agie River
The North Fork Popo Agie River Looking east near Lander, Wy in April 2020
The course of the North Fork Popo Agie River
Etymologyword po-PO-shuh, meaning "Head River"[1] or possibly "Gurgling River"
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWyoming
Physical characteristics
SourceLonesome Lake [2]
 • locationWind River Range, Fremont County
 • elevation10,200 ft (3,100 m)
Mouth 
 • location
near Lander, Wyoming
 • coordinates
42°51′15″N 108°41′59″W / 42.85415°N 108.69975°W / 42.85415; -108.69975
 • elevation
5,000 ft (1,500 m)
Length43 mi (69 km) [2]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftSurrell Creek[2]
 • rightShoshone Lake, Paradise Creek, Mexican Creek[2]

The North Fork Popo Agie River serves as part of the boundary between the Wind River Indian Reservation and Fremont County Wyoming.[3] The river's headwaters are at Lonesome Lake in the Wind River Range, and it flows eastward until its end near Lander, Wyoming when it joins the Middle Fork Popo Agie River.[4][2]

Fishing

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The river is considered a Class 2 fishery by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department meaning it has very good trout waters of statewide importance.[5] Different species of fish can be found, including rainbow trout, brook trout, cutthroat trout and mountain whitefish[6]

References

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  1. ^ Claude E. Jamison; Wyoming. State Geologist (1911). Bulletin. State Geologist. p. 7.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Popo Agie Hydrology". Popo Agie Conservation District. Popo Agie Conservation District. Retrieved Oct 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "North Popo Agie River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
  4. ^ "Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River Bacterial Monitoring Projects" (PDF). Middle Fork of the Popo Agie River. Popo Agie Conservation District. Retrieved Oct 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Kim Long (1987). The trout almanac : Colorado & Wyoming. Boulder:Johnson Books. pp. 78.
  6. ^ Tim Kelly (1985). Tim Kelly's Fishing Guide. Hart Publications, Inc. pp. 274.