Bell River (Porcupine River)
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location | Yukon ( Canada ) | |
River system | Yukon River | |
Drain over | Porcupine River → Yukon River → Bering Sea | |
source | in the Richardson Mountains 68 ° 14 ′ 25 ″ N , 137 ° 11 ′ 7 ″ W |
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Source height | approx. 1100 m | |
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Porcupine River Coordinates: 67 ° 16 ′ 59 " N , 137 ° 46 ′ 50" W 67 ° 16 ′ 59 " N , 137 ° 46 ′ 50" W. |
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Mouth height | approx. 270 m | |
Height difference | approx. 830 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 4 ‰ | |
length | approx. 210 km | |
Left tributaries | Little Bell River , Eagle River |
The Bell River is a right tributary of the Porcupine River in Canada's Yukon Territory . It is named after the discoverer of the Porcupine River in 1842, John Bell from the Hudson's Bay Company .
The Bell River has its source in the northern Richardson Mountains in the Yukon Territory. Initially it flows south. He takes up the Little Bell River from the left. He then turns to the west. It takes its largest tributary, the Eagle River coming from the south, and continues its course to the west. After about 210 km it flows into the Porcupine River , which flows on to the Yukon River .
Summit Lake , drained by the Little Bell River, is a starting point for whitewater canoe tours on the Bell and Porcupine Rivers. Another canoe tour leads from the Dempster Highway Bridge over the Eagle River via Eagle, Bell and Porcupine Rivers to Old Crow .