Kitwanga River
| Kitwanga River | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of Kitwanga River | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Cassiar Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Nass Ranges |
| • location | Hazelton Mountains |
| • coordinates | 55°19′26″N 128°21′35″W / 55.32389°N 128.35972°W[2] |
| • elevation | 1,536 m (5,039 ft)[3] |
| Mouth | Skeena River |
• location | Kitwanga |
• coordinates | 55°6′2″N 128°5′7″W / 55.10056°N 128.08528°W[1] |
• elevation | 184 m (604 ft)[3] |
| Length | 70 km (43 mi)[4] |
The Kitwanga River is a
Kitwanga
(Gitwangak), which means "people of the place of rabbits".
The river is approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) long,[4] beginning in the mountains to the northwest and curving around via and including 7-kilometre (4 mi) long Kitwancool Lake before heading south for 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the confluence with the Skeena. Just north of Kitwancool Lake is a level pass with the upper basin of the Cranberry River, a tributary of the Nass. The Kispiox Range lies west of the valley of the Kitwanga and Cranberry rivers.[5]
See also
- List of rivers of British Columbia
- Kitwanga Fort National Historic Site
- Kitwanga Mountain Provincial Park
References
- ^ "Kitwanga River". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ Derived using BCGNIS, topographic maps and TopoQuest.
- ^ ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
- ^ a b Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and TopoQuest.
- ^ "Canadian 1:50K topographic maps" (map). TopoQuest.com. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
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