Finlay River

Finlay River
Finlay River
	Map of the Finlay River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Cassiar Land District
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Thutade Lake
• coordinates	57°04′30″N 126°53′26″W / 57.07513°N 126.89063°W
• elevation	1,200 metres (3,900 ft)
Mouth
• location	Williston Lake
• coordinates	56°53′38″N 124°57′02″W / 56.89397°N 124.95057°W
• elevation	700 metres (2,300 ft)
Length	420 kilometres (260 mi)
Basin size	43,000 square kilometres (17,000 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	680 cubic metres per second (24,000 cu ft/s)

The Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central

W.A.C. Bennett Dam in 1968. Prior to this, the Finlay joined with the Parsnip River to form the Peace. The headwaters of the Finlay at Thutade Lake are considered the ultimate source of the Mackenzie River.^[1] Deserters Canyon

is located just north of Williston Lake.

The Finlay drains an area of 43,000 square kilometres and discharges at a mean rate of 600 cubic metres per second. Major tributaries of the Finlay include the

Fort Ware, located at the junction of the Finlay and Warneford. Tatlatui Provincial Park protects the area of the Tatlatui Range

, where Thutade Lake is located.

Stickeen Territories (Stikine Territory) which had been formed from the North-Western Territory in response to the Peace and Stikine Gold Rushes

and which was amalgamated with the Colony of British Columbia in the following year.