Capture of East Creek
East Creek, which drains the northeastern half of Unaweep Canyon, was forced to change its course during the Pleistocene Epoch by another act of piracy. After capture of the Gunnison River by the newly routed Colorado River, East Creek joined the Gunnison by way of Cactus Park. Then, a tributary of North East Creek headed southward and captured East Creek, as shown in [figure 34]D.