Island Bayou (Oklahoma) facts for kids

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Quick facts for kids Island Bayou
Country	United States of America
State	Oklahoma
City	Calera, Oklahoma
Physical characteristics
Main source	near Calera, Bryan County, Oklahoma, United States of America
River mouth	459 ft (140 m)
Basin features
River system	Red River
Tributaries	Left: Moore Creek, Caney Creek, Sassafras Creek, Long Creek, Wolf Creek, Jones Creek, Brushy Creek Right: Ranger Creek

Island Bayou is a 46.0-mile-long (74.0 km) tributary of the Red River in Oklahoma.

The stream rises northwest of Calera in Bryan County and flows southeastward before emptying into the Red River south of Wade. Its entire length is within Bryan County.

The Treaty of Doaksville (1837) set Island Bayou as the boundary between the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations in Indian Territory; however, the description was uncertain. It was not until 1854 that the Choctaw-Chickasaw treaty of that year gave certainty to the boundary:

"viz: Beginning on the north bank of the Red River, at the mouth of Island Bayou, where it empties into the Red River...thence, northerly along the eastern prong of Island Bayou to its source; thence, due north to the Canadian River".

The Texas Road and the old Butterfield Overland Mail route ran past the head of Island Bayou at Fisher's Station, also known as Carriage Point.

The elevation at its mouth is 459 feet (140 m) above sea level, at 33.848ºN 96.104ºW.

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