Chief Eagle Eye Creek (Payette River tributary)
# Chief Eagle Eye Creek (Payette River tributary)

Chief Eagle Eye Creek (formerly Squaw Creek) is a 61-mile (98 km) long a river in western Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of the Payette River.

## Description

Beginning at an elevation of 7,483 feet (2,281 m) southwest of Cascade in southwestern Valley County, it quickly flows north and then west into Gem County. From there, it flows generally south, passing through the communities of Ola and Sweet, before reaching its mouth at Black Canyon Reservoir, at an elevation of 2,507 feet (764.1 m).

## Name change

Due to the derogatory connotation of the word squaw, the United States Board on Geographic Names approved changing the creek's name from Squaw Creek to Chief Eagle Eye Creek on September 8, 2022.

