Silverhope Creek

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Silverhope Creek
Data
location British Columbia (Canada)
River system Fraser River
Drain over Fraser River  → Pacific Ocean
Headwaters Northern Cascade Range
49 ° 4 ′ 49 ″  N , 121 ° 22 ′ 41 ″  W.
Source height approx.  1350  m
muzzle at Hope in the Fraser River coordinates: 49 ° 22 '19 "  N , 121 ° 27' 54"  W 49 ° 22 '19 "  N , 121 ° 27' 54"  W.
Mouth height approx.  38  m
Height difference approx. 1312 m
Bottom slope approx. 33 ‰
length 40 km
Catchment area 350 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 350 km²
Location: 1 km above the mouth 		MQ 1965/1971
Mq 1965/1971
 		15 m³ / s
42.9 l / (s km²)
Flowing lakes Silver Lake
Small towns Hope

The Silver Hope Creek is a 40 km long left tributary of the Fraser River in the south of the Canadian province of British Columbia .

River course

Silverhope Creek has its headwaters in the Northern Cascade Range . Its origin is at an altitude of 1350  m between the mountains Silverhead Peak ( 1837  m ) in the west and Klesilkwa Mountain ( 2075  m ) in the east. The Silverhope Creek flows in a predominantly northerly direction through the mountains. After 10 km he reaches the Silver Skagit Road , which leads the rest of the river along the river. Further east is the headwaters of the Klesilkwa River , which flows east to the Skagit River . After another 20 kilometers of Silver Creek Hope reached in Silver Lake Provincial Park nearby Silver Lake . It flows through the 1.3 km long lake and flows another 9 km to its confluence with the Fraser River, west of the small town of Hope . At the mouth is Silver Creek , a district of Hope. The British Columbia Highway 3 (Crowsnest Highway) crosses the river about a kilometer above the mouth.

Hydrology

The Silverhope Creek drains an area of ​​350 km². The mean discharge at the mouth is 15 m³ / s. May and June are the months with the highest discharge with an average of 29.5 and 33.6 m³ / s.

Fish fauna

Steelhead , dolly varden and rainbow trout are found in the Silverhope Creek system .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 08MF009 , Retrieved July 31, 2018
  2. ^ Silver Lake Provincial Park. BC Parks, accessed July 31, 2018 .