Bulkley River

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Bulkley River
Bulkley River (left) flows into the Skeena River (right) at Hazelton

Bulkley River (left) flows into the Skeena River (right) at Hazelton
Data
location British Columbia (Canada)
River system Skeena River
Drain over Skeena River  → Pacific Ocean
Headwaters in the extreme south of the Skeena Mountains
54 ° 27 ′ 41 ″  N , 126 ° 8 ′ 41 ″  W
Source height approx.  840  m
muzzle in the Skeena River at Hazelton Coordinates: 55 ° 14 ′ 47 "  N , 127 ° 40 ′ 27"  W 55 ° 14 ′ 47 "  N , 127 ° 40 ′ 27"  W.
Mouth height approx.  279  m
Height difference approx. 561 m
Bottom slope approx. 2.6 ‰
length approx. 220 km
Catchment area 12,400 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 8940 km²
Location: 95 km above the mouth 		MQ 2009/2015
Mq 2009/2015
 		173 m³ / s
19.4 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Maxan Creek , Morice River , Toboggan Creek , Telkwa River
Right tributaries Suskwa River
Flowing lakes Bulkley Lake , Broman Lake, Old Woman Lake, Conrad Lake
Small towns Houston , Smithers
Communities Hazelton
Location of the Bulkley River in the catchment area of ​​the Skeena River

Location of the Bulkley River in the catchment area of ​​the Skeena River

The Bulkley River is a major orographic left tributary of the Skeena River in the northwest of the Canadian province of British Columbia .

The river is known for its steelhead trout . The river has a length of about 220 km. Measured from the source of the Maxan Creek tributary , the total length of the Bulkley River is 257 km. Its catchment area covers 12,400 km². The months of May and June are the most draining.

British Columbia Highway 16 runs along the Bulkley River . The Bulkley River flows from Bulkley Lake past Perow and meets its largest and much richer tributary, the Morice River , near Houston . The Bulkley River continues north, past Quick , Telkwa and Smithers . At Hazelton it finally flows into the Skeena River.

The First Nations living in the Bulkley Valley called the Bulkley River Wet'sinkwha or Wa Dzun Kwuh and referred to themselves as Wet'suwet'en ("people along the Wa Dzun Kwuh").

The river was later named Bulkley River in honor of Colonel Charles Bulkley, a surveyor whose crew explored the area in 1866 for the establishment of a Russian-American telegraph link.

Web links

Commons : Bulkley River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The Atlas of Canada - Rivers
  2. ^ A b Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 08EE005