Mission Creek (Okanagan Lake)

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Mission Creek Okanagan Lake
Data
location British Columbia (Canada)
River system Columbia River
Drain over Okanagan River  → Columbia River  → Pacific Ocean
source Greystoke Mountain Range east of Kelowna
50 ° 0 ′ 39 ″  N , 118 ° 49 ′ 31 ″  W
muzzle Okanagan Lake Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 59 "  N , 119 ° 28 ′ 59"  W 49 ° 50 ′ 59 "  N , 119 ° 28 ′ 59"  W

length 43 km
Medium-sized cities Kelowna

Mission Creek is a river in the southern Canadian province of British Columbia . Its source is in the Greystoke Mountain Range east of Kelowna . From there it flows for a distance of 43 km in a westerly direction to Okanagan Lake . Its mouth is located on the east bank in the south of Kelowna. The river has the status of a British Columbia Heritage River .

The river is home to an endangered sockeye salmon subspecies, the Kokanee salmon , which spawns in it.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c BC Parks - Mission Creek

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