| Mess Creek | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of Mess Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Cassiar Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Unnamed lake |
| • location | Boundary Ranges |
| • coordinates | 57°07′42″N 130°56′12″W / 57.12833°N 130.93667°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,022 m (3,353 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | Stikine River |
• coordinates | 57°53′25″N 131°12′29″W / 57.89028°N 131.20806°W[1] |
• elevation | 170 m (560 ft)[1] |
| Length | 110 km (68 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 2,330 km2 (900 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 59.3 m3/s (2,090 cu ft/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Schaft Creek, Tudadela Creek |
| • right | Crayke Creek, Dagaichess Creek, Elwyn Creek, Kitsu Creek, Raspberry Creek, Tadekho Creek, Taweh Creek |
| Topo map | NTS 104G15 Buckley Lake NTS 104G14 Telegraph Creek NTS 104G7 Mess Lake |
Mess Creek, formerly known as Mestua, is a tributary of the Stikine River in northwestern British Columbia, Canada.[3] It flows north and northwest for about 110 km (68 mi), through a lake and a gorge to join the Stikine River, which in turn flows southwest across the Canada–United States border into Alaska where it empties into various straits of the Inside Passage.[1][4] The northern half of Mess Creek forms a western boundary of Mount Edziza Provincial Park which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.[5][6]
Mess Creek's watershed covers 2,330 km2 (900 sq mi) and its estimated mean annual discharge is 59.3 m3/s (2,090 cu ft/s).[2] The mouth of Mess Creek is located about 3 km (1.9 mi) southwest of Telegraph Creek, about 73 km (45 mi) west of Iskut and about 94 km (58 mi) southwest of Dease Lake in Cassiar Land District.[3][1] Mess Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 38.7% conifer forest, 25% barren, 15.9% shrubland, 10% snow/glacier, 8.3% herbaceous and small amounts of other cover.[2]
- ^ a b c d e f g Elevation, length and coordinates derived from Google Earth and the Canadian Geographical Names Database
- ^ a b c d "Northwest Water Tool". BC Water Tool. GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ a b "Mess Creek". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "Stikine River". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "A 502" (Topographic map). Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia (3 ed.). 1:250,000. 104 G (in English and French). Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. 1989. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ Markey, Sean; Halseth, Greg; Manson, Don (2012). Investing in Place: Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia. University of British Columbia Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-7748-2293-0.