North Fork Popo Agie River

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]

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
Etymology	word po-PO-shuh, meaning "Head River"[1] or possibly "Gurgling River"
Location
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
Physical characteristics
Source	Lonesome Lake [2]
• location	Wind River Range, Fremont County
• elevation	10,200 ft (3,100 m)
Mouth
• location	near Lander, Wyoming
• coordinates	42°51′15″N 108°41′59″W
• elevation	5,000 ft (1,500 m)
Length	43 mi (69 km) [2]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Surrell Creek[2]
• right	Shoshone Lake, Paradise Creek, Mexican Creek[2]

Fishing

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

1. Claude E. Jamison; Wyoming. State Geologist (1911). Bulletin. State Geologist. p. 7.
2. "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. 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.