The Willow River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the north-central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It enters the Fraser near the community of Willow River, just upstream from the city of Prince George, near the confluence of the Salmon River. Its source is in the Cariboo goldfields at Jack of Clubs Lake in the mining and arts community of Wells, British Columbia, near Barkerville. In 1974, the canyon of the Willow River, east of Prince George, was the scene of a tragic accident involving eight teenagers who died when their three canoes and kayak were broken in the raging waters and boulders of a narrow gorge.[5]
| Willow River | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Cariboo Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Jack of Clubs Lake[2] |
| • coordinates | 53°6′9″N 121°34′11″W / 53.10250°N 121.56972°W[3] |
| Mouth | Fraser River |
• coordinates | 54°5′11″N 122°30′28″W / 54.08639°N 122.50778°W[2] |
• elevation | 584 m (1,916 ft)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | gage 08KD006[1] |
| • average | 37.0 m3/s (1,310 cu ft/s)[1] |
| • minimum | 3.20 m3/s (113 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 572 m3/s (20,200 cu ft/s) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Search for Station 08KD006 Willow River above Hay Creek
- ^ a b "Willow River". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Jack of Clubs Creek". Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ Mouth elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS source coordinates.
- ^ "Forty Years after river tragedy". Prince George Citizen. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2020.