Wapiti River

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Wapiti River in western Canada

Wapiti River is a river in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Smoky River, located in the southern area of the Peace River Basin.

Wapiti is named after the Cree word for elk ("waapiti").

Course

Wapiti River originates as the outflow of "Tuck Lake", east of Wapiti Pass, in Wapiti Lake Provincial Park, west-central British Columbia, in the Canadian Rockies. It then runs in a north-eastern direction, crosses into Alberta, where it becomes more meandered as it continues through Grande Prairie County. It merges into the Smoky River km to mi|30|abbr=yes east of Grande Prairie.

From west to east, Wapiti River flows through the environment of the Rocky Mountains, the rolling foothills, then farmlands and aspen parkland in western Alberta. Wapiti Lake Provincial Park, "Bear River Park", O'Brien Provincial Park and "Pipestone Creek Park" [ [http://www.discoverthepeacecountry.com/htmlpages/pipestone.html Discover the Peace Country] - Pipestone Creek Park] are protected areas along the river.

Close to its mouth, Wapiti has an average discharge of 100 m³/s. [ [http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/water/basins/BasinForm.cfm Alberta Environment] - [http://www3.gov.ab.ca/env/water/ws/data/hydro/figures/_RWAPGPR.gifWapiti Discharge graph] ]

Tributaries

*Red Deer Creek
*Belcourt Creek
*Narraway River
*Nose Creek
*Pinto Creek
*Iroquois Creek
*Redwillow River
*Bear River

ee also

*Rivers in Canada
*List of British Columbia rivers
*List of Alberta rivers

References