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Duck Creek

Ran 1964–1982. A small ski hill, also called Mount Duck, in Davenport's Duck Creek Park, with its lodge at the top, that ran from 1964 to 1982.

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Duck Creek, also known as Mount Duck, was a ski hill in Duck Creek Park in Davenport. It was laid out upside down, with the lodge at the top of the hill rather than the bottom.1

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Timeline

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  1. 1964Ski hill opens in Duck Creek Park1
  2. 1978One rope tow listed, under the name Mount Duck1
  3. 1982Ski hill closes1

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Lost near Duck Creek

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  • Wagon Wheel Resort

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  • Hickory Hills

    Years not yet collected · 105 mi away · IowaA ski club's rope tow slope about 13 miles south of Waterloo, with 190 feet of vertical, recorded in newspapers from 1971 to 1977.
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