Otterslide Creek Explained

Otterslide Creek is a stream located entirely within Ritchie County, West Virginia.

Otterslide Creek was so named on account of otters sliding there.^{[1] [2]}

See also

• List of rivers of West Virginia

References

39.1347°N -80.9289°W

Notes and References

1. News: County placenames among most colorful, imaginative in country . The Pennsboro News . Feb 22, 1979 . 23 December 2015 . Cox, William J. . 2.
2. Book: Kenny, Hamill. West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. 1945. The Place Name Press. Piedmont, WV. 465.