Sutherland River (Babine Lake)

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Sutherland River
Data
location British Columbia (Canada)
River system Skeena River
Drain over Babine River  → Skeena River  → Pacific Ocean
origin Sutherland Lake
54 ° 15 ′ 29 ″  N , 124 ° 32 ′ 36 ″  W.
Source height approx.  1030  m
muzzle Babine Lake Coordinates: 54 ° 29 ′ 22 "  N , 125 ° 10 ′ 52"  W 54 ° 29 ′ 22 "  N , 125 ° 10 ′ 52"  W
Mouth height 711  m
Height difference approx. 319 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.6 ‰
length approx. 70 km
Catchment area approx. 720 km²
Discharge at the gauge at the mouth of the A Eo : 720 km²
MQ
Mq
 		4 m³ / s
5.6 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Duncan Creek

The Sutherland River is an approximately 70 km long tributary of Babine Lake in the central part of the Canadian province of British Columbia . It thus forms a source river of the Babine River , which drains the Babine Lake.

The Sutherland River has its origin in the north of the Nechako Plateau in the 1030  m high Sutherland Lake , 20 km south of Fraser Lake . From there it flows in a predominantly northwestern direction to the southeastern end of the Babine Lake. The Sutherland River is still a naturally left flowing water. The river forms numerous narrow meanders along its route .

The catchment area covers around 720 km². The mean discharge at the mouth is estimated to be 4 m³ / s. Much of the river's course lies within the Sutherland River Provincial Park and Protected Area .

The river was named in 1914 after Joe Sutherland, a Nautley reservation Indian who took part in the survey of the area.

Fish fauna

The river system forms an important spawning area for the salmonids found in Babine Lake, in particular sockeye salmon , Kokanee (non-anadromous form of sockeye salmon) and steelhead trout . The fish usually migrate from Babine Lake up the Sutherland River to their spawning grounds between mid-May and early June.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d John Hagen: Rainbow Trout of the Sutherland River in the Babine Lake Watershed, British Columbia, and Risks Associated with the Proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline (PDF, 1.1 MB) Friends of Morice-Bulkley. December 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2018.
  2. ^ Sutherland River . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
  3. ^ Sutherland River Provincial Park and Protected Area . BC parks. Retrieved June 2, 2018.