Fourche Maline's confluence with the Poteau River is now submerged in Lake Wister, about  south of the confluence. The distance from origin to confluence is about   Oklahoma Historian Muriel Wright translated the French name as meaning "treacherous fork" in English. During the days of the Indian Territory, Fourche Maline served as the boundary between Skullyville County and Sugar Loaf County, two of the constituent counties making up the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.
The confluence of Fourche Maline and Poteau River is now submerged in Lake Wister, about south of the confluence. The distance from origin to confluence is about Oklahoma Historian Muriel Wright translated the French name as meaning "treacherous fork" in English. During the days of the Indian Territory, Fourche Maline served as the boundary between Skullyville County and Sugar Loaf County, two of the constituent counties making up the Moshulatubbee District of the Choctaw Nation.