Napeequa River

It rises in northwest Chelan County and flows southwest into the White River near Twin Lakes.

It flows through an isolated southeast-trending valley characterized by a broad meadows surrounded by rugged mountains.

Near the head of the valley the Napeequa is joined by a south-flowing tributary originating near High Pass.

The Napeequa Valley continues southeast from Twin Lakes but it occupied by Big Meadow Creek, a tributary of the Chiwawa River.

Big Meadow Creek occupies the southern part of the same glacial-carved valley, flowing southeast to the Chiwawa River.

It is probable that the Napeequa River used to flow through the entire valley including the southern end now occupied by Big Meadow Creek.

[5] According to William Bright the name comes "perhaps a Sinkiuse-Columbia word meaning white water place.