Blackstone River (Peel River)
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location | Yukon ( Canada ) | |
River system | Mackenzie River | |
Drain over | Peel River → Mackenzie River → Arctic Ocean | |
source | in the Cloudy Range ( Ogilvie Mountains ) 64 ° 26 ′ 22 ″ N , 138 ° 36 ′ 54 ″ W |
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Association with |
Ogilvie River to Peel River Coordinates: 65 ° 51 ′ 13 " N , 137 ° 15 ′ 17" W 65 ° 51 ′ 13 " N , 137 ° 15 ′ 17" W
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length | approx. 200 km | |
Discharge at the Chapman Lake Airstrip A Eo gauge : 1130 km² |
MQ 1984/1995 Mq 1984/1995 |
9 m³ / s 8 l / (s km²) |
Right tributaries | East Blackstone River |
The Blackstone River ( black stone English for "black rock") is the right source river of the Peel River in the Canadian Yukon Territory .
The Blackstone River rises in the Cloudy Range , a mountain range of the Ogilvie Mountains . Its source is west of Mount Frank Rae in Tombstone Territorial Park . The Blackstone River flows north through Tombstone Territorial Park. At the Chapman Lake campsite , the East Blackstone River meets the river from the right. From here the Dempster Highway runs for a distance of 30 km along the Blackstone River. The Blackstone River flows in a north-northeast direction. He cuts through several mountain ranges in the northeast of the Ogilvie Mountains and the East Nahoni Mountains . Eventually the river reaches the Porcupine Plateau , where it joins the Ogilvie River coming from the west to form the Peel River. The Blackstone River has a length of about 200 km.
Canoe tours lasting several weeks are offered on the Blackstone River and further downstream on the Peel River. The advantage of the Blackstone River is its easy accessibility (by car) via the Dempster Highway. The paddling distance on the river to the mouth is approximately 140 km.
Web links
- Tombstone Territorial Park
- Wild Rivers of the Yukon's Peel Watershed (PDF; 429 kB; English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Blackstone River at the Chapman Lake Airstrip gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET