Peace River
Peace River | |
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Beaver and Cree was signed in 1781 | |
Native name | |
Location | |
Country | Fort Saint John, British Columbia, Peace River, Alberta |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Finlay River |
• location | Thutade Lake, British Columbia |
• coordinates | 57°04′29″N 126°53′36″W / 57.07472°N 126.89333°W |
• elevation | 1,140 m (3,740 ft) |
2nd source | Parsnip River |
• location | Near Mount Barton, British Columbia |
• coordinates | 54°30′02″N 121°26′26″W / 54.50056°N 121.44056°W |
• elevation | 1,716 m (5,630 ft) |
Source confluence | Williston Lake |
• coordinates | 55°59′21″N 123°50′08″W / 55.98917°N 123.83556°W |
• elevation | 748 m (2,454 ft)(Elevation of Williston Lake) |
Peace Point, Alberta[3] | |
• average | 2,110 m3/s (75,000 cu ft/s)[3] |
• minimum | 344 m3/s (12,100 cu ft/s) |
• maximum | 9,790 m3/s (346,000 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
River system | Mackenzie River watershed |
Tributaries | |
• left | Finlay River, Halfway River, Beatton River, Clear River (Alberta), Ponton River |
• right | Parsnip River, Pine River, Kiskatinaw River, Pouce Coupé River, Smoky River, Wabasca River, Mikkwa River |
The Peace River (French: rivière de la Paix) is a 1,923-kilometre-long (1,195 mi) river in
History
The regions along the river are the traditional home of the
In 1792 and 1793, the explorer
The decades of hostilities between the Dane-zaa and the
In 1794, a fur trading post was built on the Peace River at Fort St. John; it was the first settlement established on the British Columbia mainland by Europeans.
Post-settlement
The rich soils of the Peace River valley in Alberta have been producing
The Peace River has two navigable sections, separated by the
Hydroelectric development
Name | Height | Capacity
( MW )
|
Province | Year completed | Owner | Reservoir name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W. A. C. Bennett Dam | 186 m | 2730 | B.C. | 1968 | BC Hydro | Williston Lake |
Peace Canyon Dam | 50 m | 694 | B.C. | 1980 | BC Hydro | Dinosaur Lake |
Site C Dam | 60 m | 1100 | B.C. | 2025 planned | BC Hydro | TBD |
Amisk Dam | 24 m | 370 | Alberta | late 2020s | Concord Green Energy | TBD |
Geography
Course
This river is 1,923 kilometres (1,195 mi) long (from the head of Finlay River to Lake Athabasca). It drains an area of approximately 302,500 square kilometres (116,800 sq mi).[11] At Peace Point, where it drains in the Slave River, it has an annual discharge of 68.2 billion cubic metres (55.3 million acre-feet).[12]
A large man-made lake,
The only river cutting completely through the Rockies,
Communities
Communities located directly on the river include:
- Hudson's Hope, British Columbia
- Taylor, British Columbia
- Peace River, Alberta
- Fort Vermilion, Alberta
Many provincial parks and wildland reserves are established on the river, such as Butler Ridge Provincial Park, Taylor Landing Provincial Park, Beatton River Provincial Park, Peace River Corridor Provincial Park in British Columbia and Dunvegan Provincial Park, Dunvegan West Wildland Provincial Park, Peace River Wildland Provincial Park, Greene Valley Provincial Park, Notikewin Provincial Park, Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta.
A few Indian reserves are also on the river banks, among them Beaver Ranch 163, John D'Or Prairie 215, Fox Lake 162, Peace Point 222 and Devil's Gate 220.
Tributaries
Tributaries of the Peace River include:
- Finlay River
- Omineca River
- Ingenika River
- Ospika River
- Parsnip River
- Manson River
- Nation River
- Clearwater Creek
- Nabesche River
- Carbon Creek
- Northeastern British Columbia
- Gething Creek, Moosbar Creek, Johnson Creek, Starfish Creek, Bullrun Creek, Portage Creek, Maurice Creek, Lynx Creek, Farrell Creek
- Halfway River
- Cache Creek, Wilder Creek, Tea Creek
- Moberly River
- Pine River
- Eight Mile Creek
- Beatton River
- Golata Creek, Mica Creek
- Kiskatinaw River
- Alces River
- Alberta
- Moonlight Creek
- Pouce Coupe River
- Clear River
- Sneddon Creek
- Montagneuse River
- Fourth Creek, Hamelin Creek
- Ksituan River
- Hines Creek, Dunvegan Creek, Boucher Creek
- Leith River (Little Burnt River)
- Saddle River (Burnt River)
- Griffin Creek, Mcallister Creek, Strong Creek
- Smoky River
- Heart River
- Pat's Creek, Three Creeks, Carmon Creek
- Whitemud River
- Cadotte River
- Buchanan Creek, Keppler Creek
- Notikewin River
- Scully Creek
- Wolverine River
- Buffalo River
- Keg River
- Steephill Creek
- Boyer River
- Caribou River
- Beaver Ranch Creek
- Wabasca River
- Lawrence River
- Mikkwa River (Little Red River)
- Dummy Creek, Waldo Creek
- Pakwanutik River
- Garden Creek, Drolet Creek, Swan River, Vermilion River, Trident Creek, Portage River
- Jackfish River
- Jodoin Creek
- Claire River
- Lake Claire
- Lake Claire
- Birch River
- McIvor River
- Mamawi Lake
- Baril River
- Chenal Des Quatre Fourches
- Revolution Coupe
- Scow Channel
See also
- List of rivers of Alberta
- List of rivers of British Columbia
- List of longest rivers of Canada
- Steamboats of the Peace River
Footnotes
- ^ David W., Leonard. "Peace River". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ^ Bennett, R.M.; Card, J.R.; Hornby, D.M. (1973-03-09). "Hydrology of Lake Athabasca: Past, Present and Future" (PDF). Hydrological Sciences Bulletin, XVIII. International Association of Hydrological Science. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
- ^ a b "Peace River at Peace Point". R-ArcticNet. 1959–2000. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
- ^ "Peace River", Encyclopædia Britannica, 2006. Retrieved September 12, 2006, from Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service
- ^ Coutts, M. E. (1958). Dawson Creek: Past and Present, An Historical Sketch. Edmonton: Dawson Creek Historical Society.
- ^ "BC Peace Region 2018 Field Crop Variety Performance" (PDF). bcgrain.com. BC Grain Producers Association.
- British Columbia History. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
The brothers built a fleet of small primitive steamers, extending by 1903 to the waters of the Peace above the Vermilion Chutes. In that year the pint—sized sternwheeler St. Charles began to work the 526 mile stretch from Fort Vermilion to Hudson's Hope, carrying lumber and supplies for the Mission at Fort St. John in British Columbia, as well as goods for the Northwest Mounted Police.
- ^ "Peace Region". BC Hydro.
- ^ "About the Site C project". Site C Clean Energy Project.
- ^ "Home". Amisk Hydro Project. 2020.
- ^ Atlas of Canada. "Rivers in Canada". Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- ^ Alberta Environment Archived 2007-01-16 at the Wayback Machine - Alberta river basins
- ^ Fort George Tribune, 20 Jun 1914
- ^ Prince George Citizen, 26 Sep 1916
References
- "Peace River". BC Geographical Names.
- "Peace Reach". BC Geographical Names.
- "Peace River Canyon". BC Geographical Names.
- "Peace Canyon Dam". BC Geographical Names.
- http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository