- Chaba River (Canada)
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Chaba River 
Chaba River and Chaba IcefieldOrigin Chaba Icefield
52°14′49″N 117°40′52″W / 52.24694°N 117.68111°WMouth Athabasca River
52°25′05″N 117°39′38″W / 52.41806°N 117.66056°WBasin countries 
Alberta 
CanadaSource elevation 1,597 m (5,240 ft) Mouth elevation 1,380 m (4,530 ft) The Chaba River is a short river in western Alberta, Canada. It flows from the Canadian Rockies, and joins the Athabasca River.[1]
The Chaba River is a major tributary of the Athabasca. The Chaba is fed by the glacial melt originating in the Chaba Icefield, comprising Chaba Peak, as well as Listening and Sundial Peaks. A small glacier on Mount Quincy also contributes to the Chaba. The river was given its name by A. P. Coleman, a geologist born in Eastern Canada in 1852.[2] He stated there "were endless beaver dams and trees" along the river, and named it after the Stoney Indian word for beavers."[3]
References
- ^ Mussio Ventures. Central Alberta Backroad Mapbook. Burnaby: Backroad Mapbooks (2002)
- ^ Coleman, A.P. (1895). "Mount Brown and the Sources of the Athabasca". The Geographical Journal (Royal Geographical Society) 5: 53–61. http://books.google.com/books?id=yWoMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA59&lpg=PA59&dq=%22chaba+river%22&source=bl&ots=ONSslRPPvp&sig=99SJQi8SCv2UYBsS27Z7TXb4o4I&hl=en&ei=kRpYSt71C4WEtwfXxMDdCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7. Retrieved 2009-07-10.
- ^ Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1991). Place Names of Alberta, Volume 1. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, pg. 45
See also
- List of Alberta rivers
Hydrography of Alberta Rivers 
Waterfalls Lakes Reservoirs Glaciers Other Peace–Athabasca DeltaCategories:- Rivers of Alberta
- Alberta geography stubs
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