Redstone River

This article is about Redstone River in the Northwest Territories of Canada. For rivers in Ontario, see Redstone River (Northeastern Ontario) and Redstone River (Haliburton County, Ontario). For Redstone River in Montana, see Powder River (Montana).
Redstone River
Location
CountryCanada
TerritoryNorthwest Territories
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationRedstone Plateau
 • elevation1,068 m (3,504 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Mackenzie River
 • coordinates
64°17′10″N 124°32′40″W / 64.28611°N 124.54444°W / 64.28611; -124.54444[1]
 • elevation
133 m (436 ft)
Length289 km (180 mi)
Basin size16,400 km2 (6,300 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average174 m3/s (6,100 cu ft/s)[2]
 • minimum10 m3/s (350 cu ft/s)
 • maximum3,750 m3/s (132,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionSouthwest-northeast
Tributaries 
 • leftMoose Horn River, Parallel Creek
 • rightRavens Throat River

The Redstone River is a large river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is about 289 kilometres (180 mi) long.[3] It is a tributary of the Mackenzie River, joining it on the left bank some 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Wrigley. Draining a rugged and high area of the Mackenzie Mountains, the Redstone watershed is sparsely populated by people but remains an ecological haven for wildlife including moose, caribou, wolves Dall's Sheep and Bears. It is a pristine mountain wilderness.

  1. ^ Gazetteer of the Northwest Territories
  2. ^ Kokelj, Shawne A. (Dec 2001). "Hydrologic Overview of the Gwich'in and Sahtu Settlement Areas" (PDF). Government of Northwest Territories, Environment and Natural Resources. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  3. ^ Length measured in Google Earth using data from Canadian topographic maps to find the source; source location is approximate