Bruneau Owyhee County, Idaho
Mapped Location
Bruneau: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Bruneau
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Bruneau
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Bruneau | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Bruneau
References to Bruneau that document the origin of its place name
BRUNEAU RIVER, Owyhee County.—This word is of French origin and was applied to this stream in 1818 by the French Canadians of Donald Mackenzie's trapping party of Hudson Bay men, and means "Brun." "dark," or "gloomy," and "eau," "water." Many of the tributary streams of the Snake River rivaled it in wildness and picturesqueness of their scenery, and the Bruneau was one of them. It runs thru a tremendous chasm, rather than a valley, extending upward of one hundred and fifty miles. Basaltic rocks rise perpendicular everywhere, and the country appears an indescribable chaos. Thru the deep cracks and chasms the river makes its way.—IRVING, Adventures of Captain Bonneville.
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Last updated: 2016-11-27