Bright Angel Creek

Bright Angel Creek rushed invisibly past me on its way to the Colorado River.

Runners Jack Canfield 2010

Bright Angel Creek rushed invisibly past me on its way to the Colorado River.

Runners Jack Canfield 2010

For a space the inner canyon was much wider than above and the mouth of Bright Angel Creek was just below us; a locality now well known because a trail from the Hotel

A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

From part way down south side above Bright Angel Creek.

A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

A five-minute run took us over the rapid below Bright Angel Creek, and down to a bend in the river, just above the Cameron or Bright Angel Trail.

Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico

Looking south from the Kaibab Plateau, North Rim, near the head of Bright Angel Creek, the canyon of which is seen in the foreground.

A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

Powell named Bright Angel Creek during that memorable first passage through the Canyon.

The Book of the National Parks Robert Sterling Yard 1903

They were then able to proceed, and, going past Bright Angel Creek, arrived on February 6th at what Stanton describes as "the most powerful and unmanageable rapid" on the river.

The Romance of the Colorado River Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh 1894

Across the canyon, opposite the hotel, is a little tributary of the Colorado called Bright Angel Creek.

Steep Trails John Muir 1876

The ranch itself, a smattering of stone-and-wood structures tucked under cottonwood trees near the confluence of the Colorado River and Bright Angel Creek, lives up to its rustic rep.

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