Slocan River

Slocan River

The Slocan River is a convert|97|mi|km|adj=on longcite web | title = The Rivers - Stories | publisher = Balance of Power | date = 2007 | url= http://virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Hydro/en/stories/rivers.php | accessdaymonth = September 3, | accessyear = 2008] tributary of the Kootenay River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is part of the Columbia River basin, as the Kootenay River is a tributary of the Columbia River. Its drainage basin is convert|3290|km2|sqmi in area.

Course

The Slocan River originates at Slocan Lake [BCGNIS|22412|Slocan River] and flows south past Slocan and Winlaw to join the Kootenay River near Shoreacres, about halfway between Castlegar and Nelson.

ee also

*List of British Columbia rivers
*Tributaries of the Columbia River

References


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