Beatty Creek (Tahltan River tributary)

Beatty Creek
Beatty Creek (Tahltan River tributary) is located in British Columbia
Beatty Creek (Tahltan River tributary)
Mouth of Beatty Creek
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictCassiar Land District
Physical characteristics
SourceLevel Mountain Range
 • locationLevel Mountain
 • coordinates58°29′9″N 131°25′51″W / 58.48583°N 131.43083°W / 58.48583; -131.43083[2]
 • elevation1,808 m (5,932 ft)[3]
MouthTahltan River
 • coordinates
58°6′7″N 131°11′25″W / 58.10194°N 131.19028°W / 58.10194; -131.19028[1]
 • elevation
431 m (1,414 ft)[3]
Length62 km (39 mi)[4]
Basin size438 km2 (169 sq mi)[5]
Discharge 
 • average5.73 m3/s (202 cu ft/s)[5]
Basin features
Topo mapsNTS 104J6 Beatty Creek
NTS 104J3 Tahltan River

Beatty Creek is a tributary of the Tahltan River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally south about 62 km (39 mi)[4] to join the Tahltan River a few kilometres downstream from the Little Tahltan River confluence.[1] The Tahltan River is one of the main tributaries of the Stikine River.

Beatty Creek's watershed covers 438 km2 (169 sq mi),[5] and its mean annual discharge is 5.73 m3/s (202 cu ft/s).[5] The mouth of the Beatty Creek is located about 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 190 km (120 mi) east of Juneau, Alaska, and about 360 km (220 mi) southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon. Beatty Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 32.3% shrubland, 22.4% conifer forest, 17.8% barren, 15.8% mixed forest, 10.3% herbaceous, and small amounts of other cover.[5]

Beatty Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Beatty River". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ Derived using BCGNIS, topographic maps and TopoQuest.
  3. ^ a b Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
  4. ^ a b Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and TopoQuest
  5. ^ a b c d e "Northwest Water Tool". BC Water Tool. GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Dah Ki Mi — "Our House"". Tahltan Band Council. Retrieved 20 August 2021.