Bell River (Porcupine River)

Bell 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
Source height	approx.  1100  m
muzzle	Porcupine River Coordinates: 67 ° 16 ′ 59 "  N , 137 ° 46 ′ 50"  W 67 ° 16 ′ 59 "  N , 137 ° 46 ′ 50"  W.
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 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica : Porcupine River