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Bonpas Creek

American tributary of the Wabash River

Field	Value
name	Bonpas Creek
source1_location	Richland County west of Olney, Illinois
source1_coordinates
mouth_location	Confluence with the Wabash River in Grayville, Illinois
mouth_coordinates
progression	Bonpas Creek → Wabash → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico
mouth_elevation	361 ft
length_mi	58
custom_label	GNIS ID
custom_data	404691

Bonpas Creek is a tributary of the Wabash River in Illinois. It joins the Wabash near Grayville, Illinois. In the last 2 mi of its watercourse, it occupies part of a former Wabash oxbow bend. As such, the creek now also forms part of the state boundary between White County, Illinois, and Gibson County, Indiana, as flows past Grayville in the former channel.

The name is derived from the early French settlers of the Illinois Country. The name probably means "good steps" or "good path". The name is pronounced locally as "Bom Paw".

Other locals such as those in nearby villages of Bone Gap, Browns, Bellmont and southern Illinois communities pronounce the name as Bum-paw, with the emphasis on the Bum. This pronunciation, though not completely true to the original French, is still much closer to the correct way to say the name. A legend about how Bum-paw got its name tells of an early pioneer father traveling in his wagon across the creek with his young son from their cabin to a nearby settlement. The father it is told gets his wagon and team of horses stuck in the creek. As he wades into the water it is said the young son is saying, "Bum-paw, Bum-paw" as the father pulls the team of horses and wagon across the creek.

References

{{GNIS. 404691
It rises to the east of [[Olney, Illinois. Olney]] in [[Richland County, Illinois. Richland County]], Illinois. Flowing south, it forms the boundary between [[Edwards County, Illinois. Edwards]] and [[Wabash County, Illinois. Wabash]] counties. The creek is {{convert. 58.4. link. (2012-03-29 , accessed May 19, 2011)

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