Bacon Creek is a glacial stream in Whatcom County, Washington. It originates in a glacier

Glacier

A glacier is a large persistent body of ice that forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. At least 0.1 km² in area and 50 m thick, but often much larger, a glacier slowly deforms and flows due to stresses induced by its weight...

 on the southwest face of Bacon Peak

Bacon Peak

Bacon Peak is a mountain in the Cascade range in the U.S. state of Washington. Its glaciers cover ; the three main glaciers are Diobsud Creek Glacier , Green Lake Glacier , and an unnamed glacier ....

, flows into a small tarn

Tarn (lake)

A tarn is a mountain lake or pool, formed in a cirque excavated by a glacier. A moraine may form a natural dam below a tarn. A corrie may be called a cirque.The word is derived from the Old Norse word tjörn meaning pond...

, then flows over the Berdeen Falls

Berdeen Falls

Berdeen Falls is a series of three waterfalls located in Whatcom County, Washington. The falls are on a stretch of Bacon Creek downstream of Berdeen Lake.The drops include a horsetail, a bedrock slide, and a plunge waterfall....

. At the base of the waterfall, the creek turns southeast and joins the Skagit River near and discharges into the Skagit River

Skagit River

The Skagit River is a river in southwestern British Columbia in Canada and northwestern Washington in the United States, approximately 150 mi long...

 near Marblemount

Marblemount, Washington

Marblemount is a census-designated place in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 203 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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Bacon Creek was named for prospector Albert Bacon, who arrived in the area around 1879.