Middle Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | British Columbia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth of Middle Creek |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Cassiar Land District |
Length: | 15km (09miles) |
Discharge1 Avg: | 0.449m3/s |
Source1: | Level Mountain |
Source1 Location: | Nahlin Plateau |
Source1 Coordinates: | 58.195°N -131.1178°W[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1262m (4,140feet) |
Mouth: | Tahltan River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 58.0811°N -131.0806°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 386m (1,266feet)[2] |
Basin Size: | 49.6km2, |
Custom Label: | Topo map |
Middle Creek is a tributary of the Tahltan River, part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[3] It flows generally south for roughly 15km (09miles)[4] to join the Tahltan River about 10km (10miles) north of Tahltan, British Columbia at the Tahltan River's confluence with the Stikine River. Middle Creek's watershed covers 49.6km2, and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 0.449m3/s.[5] The mouth of Middle Creek is located about 20km (10miles) north of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 75km (47miles) southwest of Dease Lake, British Columbia, and about 197km (122miles) east of Juneau, Alaska. Middle Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 45.2% shrubland, 30.8% conifer forest, 21.4% mixed forest, and small amounts of other cover.[5]
Middle Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people.[6] [7]
Middle Creek originates on the southeast edge of the massive Level Mountain shield volcano, about 35km (22miles) south-southeast of Meszah Peak, the highest peak of the Level Mountain Range, a cluster of bare peaks on the summit of Level Mountain. From its source near Beatty Creek, Mansfield Creek, and the Little Tuya River, the creek flows generally south and through wetlands and a forested gorge to the Tahltan River. Middle Creek's main tributary, Riley Creek, joins near the mouth of Middle Creek.[8] [9]