Etzikom Coulee Explained

Etzikom Coulee
Source1 Location:Stirling Lake
Source1 Coordinates:49.5289°N -112.5417°W
Mouth Location:Pakowki Lake
Mouth Coordinates:49.3881°N -111.095°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Length:~110km (70miles)
Source1 Elevation:930m (3,050feet)
Mouth Elevation:860m (2,820feet)

Etzikom Coulee is a coulee located in Southern Alberta, Canada.

The waterway was formed as a glacial spillway channel at the end of the last ice age.[1]

Course

The Etzikom Coulee begins northeast of the town of Stirling, and makes its way southeast of the Hamlet of Wrentham, after that it passes by the Hamlet of Skiff into the Crow Indian Lake, then southeast of the Village of Foremost as well as the Hamlet of Nemiskam, and finally ending south of the Hamlet of Etzikom at Pakowki Lake, the largest lake in Southern Alberta.

It flows from an elevation of 930m (3,050feet) at its origin east of Stirling Lake (to which it is connected by the Sluice Gate Channel) to an elevation of 860m (2,820feet) at its mouth at Pakowki Lake, over a length of more than 110km (70miles). The coulee builds a canyon up to 40m (130feet) deep.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pakowki Lake, Foremost, Alberta. IBA Site Listing. 2009-05-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20110612103834/http://www.bsc-eoc.org/iba/site.jsp?siteID=AB064. 2011-06-12. dead.