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Dogue Creek

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Length
  
14 km

Country
  
United States of America

Mouth
  
Potomac River

Mouth elevation
  
0

Location
  
Fairfax County, Virginia

River mouth
  
Potomac River 0 feet (0 m)

Similar
  
Pohick Creek, Windy Run, Kingman Lake, Georgetown Reservoir, Quantico Creek

On my paddle board at dogue creek


Dogue Creek is an 8.5-mile-long (13.7 km) tributary of the Potomac River in Fairfax County, Virginia, named for the Doeg Indians. The lower 3 miles (5 km) of the creek form a tidal embayment of the Potomac to the east of Fort Belvoir.

Contents

Map of Dogue Creek, Virginia, USA

Fishin ain t easy largemouth bass on dogue creek


Variant names

The Board on Geographic Names decided upon Dogue Creek as the stream's official name in 1892. Previously, it had been known by the following names according to the Geographic Names Information System:

  • Doag Creek
  • Doeg Creek
  • Dog's Creek
  • Dogue Run
  • Epsewassen Creek
  • Epsewasson
  • Hopkins' Creek
  • Epsewasson Creek
  • Hopkins Creek
  • References

    Dogue Creek Wikipedia