Moonbeam Creek (British Columbia) Explained

Moonbeam Creek
Pushpin Map:Canada British Columbia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the creek in British Columbia
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:British Columbia
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:British Columbia Interior
Subdivision Type4:Regional District
Subdivision Name4:Thompson-Nicola
Subdivision Type5:Land District
Subdivision Name5:Kamloops Division Yale
Source1:unnamed slope
Source1 Elevation:2460m (8,070feet)[1]
Mouth:North Thompson River
Mouth Coordinates:52.4608°N -119.1378°W[2]
Mouth Elevation:730m (2,400feet)
River System:Pacific Ocean drainage basin

Moonbeam Creek is a stream in Thompson-Nicola Regional District in the Interior region of British Columbia, Canada. It is in the Pacific Ocean drainage basin and is a left tributary of the North Thompson River. The nearest communities to the mouth of the creek on British Columbia Highway 5 are Blue River south and Valemount north; the mouth of the creek is just downstream of confluence of the North Thompson River and the Albreda River, where the North Thompson River turns 90° right and heads south.

Course

The creek begins at an unnamed slope to the southwest of the peak of Dominion Mountain, part of the Monashee Mountains. It flows west, passes under the Canadian National Railway transcontinental main line (used by freight traffic and the Via Rail Canadian train) and British Columbia Highway 5, and reaches its mouth at the North Thompson River, between the railway points of Lempriere downstream and Goswell upstream, dropping from to in elevation along the route. The North Thompson River flows via the Thompson River and the Fraser River to the Pacific Ocean.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Google Earth. 2018-08-29.
  2. JAMQS. Moonbeam Creek. 2018-08-29.