Spillimacheen River

Geobox | River
name = Spillimacheen River
category = River


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country = Canada
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state = British Columbia
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source_location = Near Glacier National Park
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mouth_name = Columbia River
mouth_location = Spillimacheen
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mouth_lat_d = 50
mouth_lat_m = 55
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mouth_long_d = 116
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mouth_long_EW = W
mouth_coordinates_note = BCGNIS|16494|Spillimacheen River]
mouth_elevation = 784
mouth_elevation_note = Mouth elevation derived from Google Earth search using BCGNIS source coordinates slightly adjusted to match mouth location]
length = 118
length_round = 0
length_note = cite 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]
watershed = 1430
watershed_round = 0
watershed_note = cite web |title = Spillimacheen Project Water Use Plan | publisher = BC Hydro
url = http://www.bchydro.com/rx_files/environment/environment30832.pdf | date = 2005 | accessdaymonth = September 3, | accessyear = 2008 ]
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commons = The Spillimacheen River is a tributary of the Columbia River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

Course

The Spillimacheen River originates just east of Glacier National Park. Flowing southeast, it collects the waters of several tributaries, including Baird Branch, McMurda Creek, and its main tributary, Bobbie Burns Creek, before emptying into the Columbia River near the community of Spillimacheen. The river descends over convert|1800|m|ft over convert|80|km|mi.

River modifications

Spillimacheen Dam is a run-of-river dam on the Spillimacheen River, about convert|5|km|mi above the river's confluence with the Columbia. The dam was built in 1955.

ee also

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

References