Parsnip River
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| location | British Columbia ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Mackenzie River | |
| Drain over | Peace River → Slave River → Mackenzie River → Arctic Ocean | |
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Parsnip Glacier on Mount Barton ( Misinchinka Ranges ) 54 ° 31 ′ 10 ″ N , 121 ° 26 ′ 29 ″ W |
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| Source height | approx. 1800 m | |
| muzzle | in Williston Lake coordinates: 55 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ N , 123 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W 55 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ N , 123 ° 3 ′ 0 ″ W |
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| Mouth height | 671 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 1129 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 4.9 ‰ | |
| length | 231 km | |
| Catchment area | 20,300 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
370 m³ / s |
| Right tributaries | Hominka River , Anzac River , Misinchinka River | |
 Parsnip River in the Peace River catchment area |
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The Parsnip River is a 231 km long river in central British Columbia , Canada .
It flows predominantly in a north-westerly direction from the Parsnip Glacier in the Misinchinka Ranges to the Parsnip Reach of Williston Lake , which was created by the construction of the W. A. C. Bennett Dam and the damming of the Peace River in 1968. Before that, the Parsnip River flowed into the Finlay River to form the Peace River at Finlay Forks , with both source rivers of the Peace River running along the Rocky Mountain Trench .
Origin of name
The river name derives from the engl. Word for " hogweed " ( Heracleum lanatum ), also known as "Indian rhubarb", which grows in abundance along the riverbank.
history
The Parsnip River is of historical importance as it represented a section of the route that Alexander MacKenzie used for the first crossing of North America north of Mexico west to the Pacific Ocean in 1793.
The fish populations and their parasites in the headwaters of the McGregor River (Pacific catchment) and the Parsnip River (Arctic Ocean catchment) were the subject of various studies in the 1970s regarding the planned diversion of the water over the continental divide . Three parasites ( Ceratomyxa shasta , Cryptobia salmositica, and Haemogregarina irkalukpiki ) have been identified as the greatest threat to fish stocks in the vicinity and downstream areas. The results of these studies were partly responsible for the fact that the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority rejected the plan.
Tributaries
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Hisao P. Arai and Dwight R. Mudry. 1983. Protozoan and Metazoan Parasites of Fishes from the Headwaters of the Parsnip and McGregor Rivers, British Columbia: A Study of Possible Parasite Transfaunation. Canadian. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 40 (10): 1676-1684 (1983)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ a b c The Atlas of Canada - Rivers ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Williston Lake . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- ^ Parsnip River . In: BC Geographical Names (English)