American River
The North Fork is the longest tributary of the American River, at . It begins at an elevation of about near Lake Tahoe in Placer County at Mountain Meadow Lake, just northeast of Granite Chief and immediately due west of Squaw Valley Ski Resort. It flows westward through remote wilderness areas.
American Fork Railroad
The American Fork Railroad was a long narrow gauge railway with a gauge of from American Fork to Forest City in Utah, which operated from 1872 to 1878.