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Jacob Lake is a small unincorporated community on the Kaibab Plateau in Coconino County, Arizona, United States, [1] at the junction of U.S. Route 89A and State Route 67.Named after the Mormon explorer Jacob Hamblin, the town is known as the "Gateway to the Grand Canyon" because it is the starting point of Route 67, the only paved road leading to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon some 44 miles ...
The system has been explored and mapped by cave divers of the Jacob's Well Exploration Project and has been shown to consist of two principal conduits. One passageway measures approximately 4,500 feet (1,400 m) from the surface with a maximum depth of 137 feet (42 m), and a secondary one extends approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) in length from the point where it diverges from the main conduit.
The creek lent its name to the famous wine brand Jacob's Creek, which is produced by Orlando Wines, located 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest along the Barossa Valley Highway in the small town of Rowland Flat. Johann Gramp, the founder of Orlando Wines, first planted grape vines on the banks of Jacob's Creek in 1847.
Jacobs Creek, Jacob's Creek or Jacob Creek may refer to: Places. In Australia. Jacobs Creek (Australia), a tributary of the North Para River;
Jacobs Creek is a 33.4-mile-long (53.8 km) [6] tributary of the Youghiogheny River beginning in Acme, Pennsylvania and draining at its mouth in the town of Jacobs Creek into the Youghiogheny River. Jacobs Creek is the southwestern border of Westmoreland County and the northwestern border of Fayette County .
Beaver Lake has been historically a habitat for Beavers, from which it was named. [3] Beaver Lake "may soon need a name change" because flooding of some homeowner's docks, has prompted the Sammamish Parks and Recreation Department to obtain an emergency permit from the Washington Department of Ecology to relocate a family of beavers (Castor canadensis) that built a dam on Laughing Jacobs Creek ...
Jacob's Creek Bridge (1801, demolished 1833) was the first iron-chain suspension bridge built in the United States. Designed by James Finley , a local judge and inventor, it spanned Jacob's Creek , just south of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania .
Jacob Creek is a stream in Alberta, Canada. [1] Jacob Creek has the name of a Stoney Indian tribal leader. [2] Jacobs Creek is a waterway in Canada. It is located in the province of British Columbia, in the southern part of the country, 3 500 km west of the capital Ottawa. In the surroundings of Jacobs Creek, the coniferous forest mainly grows.