Birkenhead River
| Birkenhead River | ||
 Birkenhead River near its mouth |
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| Data | ||
| location | British Columbia (Canada) | |
| River system | Fraser River | |
| Drain over | Lillooet River → Harrison River → Fraser River → Pacific Ocean | |
| Headwaters | Northeast slope of Chipmunk Mountain 50 ° 35 ′ 10 ″ N , 122 ° 55 ′ 27 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 1850 m | |
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Lillooet River Coordinates: 50 ° 18 ′ 22 " N , 122 ° 36 ′ 20" W 50 ° 18 ′ 22 " N , 122 ° 36 ′ 20" W. |
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| Mouth height | approx. 200 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1650 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 31 ‰ | |
| length | 53 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 600 km² | |
| Discharge at gauge 08MG008 A Eo : 596 km² Location: 12 km above the mouth |
MQ 1947/1970 Mq 1947/1970 |
23.9 m³ / s 40.1 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Taillefer Creek | |
| Communities | Mount Currie | |
The Birkenhead River is a 53 km long left tributary of the Lillooet River in the Canadian province of British Columbia .
The Birkenhead River rises on the northeast slope of Chipmunk Mountain , 30 km north of Pemberton in the southern Pacific Ranges , at an altitude of about 1,850 m . It initially flows 20 km in a south-easterly direction through the mountains. The Taillefer Creek , drain the eastern Birkenhead Lake empties into the river. This then flows 8 km in a south-southeast direction before turning south and finally reaching the Pemberton Valley at the settlement of Mount Currie . There it flows another 10 km along the northern edge of the valley in an easterly direction. The British Columbia Highway 99 (Pemberton - Lillooet ) crosses the river immediately before its confluence with the Lillooet River, a few meters above its confluence with the northern end of Lillooet Lake . The Birkenhead River drains an area of approximately 600 km². The mean discharge is 12 km above the mouth at 23.9 m³ / s. The highest monthly outflows usually occur in June.
The river was named in 1858 by Alexander Caulfield Anderson of the Hudson's Bay Company after the ship HMS Birkenhead , a British troop carrier that sank off South Africa on February 26, 1852.
Web links
- Birkenhead River . In: BC Geographical Names (English)