Depot Creek is a large creek

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 in Whatcom County, Washington and British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. Its headwaters are in Washington however, its mouth is in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. It is best known for the waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

 it flows over, Depot Creek Falls

Depot Creek Falls

Depot Creek Falls is a -high waterfall in the North Cascades National Park, Whatcom County, Washington.The falls occur where Depot Creek drops over a headwall. The creek starts off by plunging . After that is a long slide of to the bottom of the valley. Spray at the falls' base is immense...

. It is named for an old trading post near its mouth, hence the name "Depot".

Depot Creek's headwaters are in Ouzel Lake, located in a cirque

Cirque

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 between Mount Redoubt

Mount Redoubt (Washington)

Mount Redoubt is a mountain in the North Cascades range in Whatcom County, Washington state. The peak is located to the U.S.-Canada border, east-northeast of Mount Shuksan. It is the 21st highest peak in the state, with a height of and a prominence of...

 and Mount Spickard

Mount Spickard

Mount Spickard is a mountain peak in the North Cascades, a mountain range in the U.S. state of Washington. Located just south of the Canada-U.S. border, it is part of the Chilliwack Group, a subrange of the Skagit Range which is part of the North Cascades...

. The creek exits the lake and flows northwest into a large, swamp-like area at the top of Depot Creek Falls. The creek then drops over the falls and reaches the bottom of the valley

Valley

In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...

. From here the creek flows northwest until it flows into Chilliwack Lake

Chilliwack Lake

Chilliwack Lake is a lake in the upper basin of the Chilliwack River southeast of the city of the same name in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada...

near its south end. The creek crosses the border about halfway there.