| Cheslatta River | |
|---|---|
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| Etymology | Dakelh word meaning either "top of small mountain" or "small rock mountain at east side".[1] |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Skins Lake |
| • coordinates | 53°46′43″N 125°57′28″W / 53.77861°N 125.95778°W[3] |
| • elevation | 830 m (2,720 ft)[4] |
| Mouth | Nechako River |
• coordinates | 53°38′43″N 124°56′13″W / 53.64528°N 124.93694°W[5] |
• elevation | 717 m (2,352 ft)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | below Cheslatta Falls[2] |
| • average | 72.2 m3/s (2,550 cu ft/s)[2] |
| • minimum | 26.6 m3/s (940 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 465 m3/s (16,400 cu ft/s) |
The Cheslatta River is a tributary of the Nechako River, one of the main tributaries of the Fraser River, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It flows through the Nechako Plateau. Before the construction of Kenney Dam in the early 1950s the Cheslatta was a minor tributary of the Nechako. Today the Nechako River is dry above the Cheslatta, which provides all its source water.
The name "Cheslatta" comes from a Dakelh word meaning either "top of small mountain" or "small rock mountain at east side".[1]
- ^ a b Akrigg, G. P. V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1997). British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-7748-0637-4. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
- ^ a b "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Search for Station 08JA017 Nechako River below Cheslatta Falls. Note the Nechako River receives its entire flow from the Cheslatta River below Cheslatta Falls. Also note this gage began operating in 1981, long after Kenney Dam was built.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
bcgnis-skinslakewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS coordinates.
- ^ "Cheslatta River". BC Geographical Names.