Rainbow Creek (Manitoba)
Rainbow Creek may refer to: * A branch of the Thomson River (Victoria) The Thomson River, a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, is located in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Thomson River rises below Newlands at the north western end of the Baw Baw ... created by flooding in the 1950s, that led to the creation of the Independent State of Rainbow Creek, an Australian micronation of the 1970s and 1980s * Rainbow Creek (Ohio) * Rainbow Creek (Washington), source for Rainbow Falls (Chelan County) {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Thomson River (Victoria)
The Thomson River, a perennial river of the West Gippsland catchment, is located in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. Location and features The Thomson River rises below Newlands at the north western end of the Baw Baw Plateau of the Great Dividing Range, where it shares a watershed with the Yarra and Tanjil rivers. From its source, the river flows generally north, then east, then south southeast through its impoundment, then southeast, then east, and finally east by south, joined by seventeen tributaries including the Jordan, Aberfeldy, and Macalister rivers, before reaching its confluence with the Latrobe River near Sale. The river descends over its course. The Thomson Valley was intensively mined for gold during the latter half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Prospector "Ned" Stringer discovered significant quantities of alluvial gold at the junction of what is now known as Stringers Creek. A short distance up that creek the gold minin ...
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Independent State Of Rainbow Creek
The Independent State of Rainbow Creek was an Australian secessionist micronation active during the 1970s and 80s, located in Cowwarr, a town on the Thomson River in the Victorian Alps. It was founded on 23 July 1979 by Thomas Barnes in protest of alleged incompetence by the Government of Victoria and others in regards to the flooding of his and others' properties. Background It was founded as a result of a long-running compensation dispute between a group of Victorian farmers in the town of Cowwarr, and an agency of the Victorian state government, the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission (SRWSC). A road bridge built over the Thomson River at Cowwarr in the late 1930s proved to be sited too close to the annual flood high-water mark, so when that structure proved an impediment to the flow of debris during a particularly violent flood in 1952, the river simply carved a new course for itself around the edge of the bridge. This "breakaway" - later named Rainbow Creek - pass ...
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Rainbow Creek (Ohio)
Rainbow Creek is a stream entirely within Washington County, Ohio. Rainbow Creek, noted for its rainbow shape, lent its name to the community of Rainbow, Ohio. See also *List of rivers of Ohio Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The state takes its name from the Ohio River, whose name in turn originated from the Seneca word '' ohiːyo, meaning "good river", "great river" or "large creek". The Ohi ... References Rivers of Washington County, Ohio Rivers of Ohio {{Ohio-river-stub ...
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Rainbow Creek (Washington)
Rainbow Creek may refer to: * A branch of the Thomson River (Victoria) created by flooding in the 1950s, that led to the creation of the Independent State of Rainbow Creek, an Australian micronation of the 1970s and 1980s * Rainbow Creek (Ohio) * Rainbow Creek (Washington), source for Rainbow Falls (Chelan County) Rainbow Falls is a waterfall on Rainbow Creek in the U.S. state of Washington. The waterfall is located inside the Lake Chelan National Recreation Area in the North Cascades National Park, and is near Stehekin. The falls drops in two tiers. Th ...