| Stewbomb Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | British Columbia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth of Stewbomb Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cassiar Land District |
| Length: | 14km (09miles) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 3.48m3/s |
| Source1: | Yeda Peak |
| Source1 Location: | Spectrum Range |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 57.3875°N -130.6669°W[1] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1720m (5,640feet) |
| Mouth: | Little Iskut River |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 57.4108°N -130.495°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 1110m (3,640feet)[2] |
| Basin Size: | 88.9km2, |
| Custom Label: | Topo map |
Stewbomb Creek is a tributary of the Little Iskut River and part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[3] It flows generally southeast for roughly 14km (09miles)[4] to join the Little Iskut River, which flows into the Iskut River, the largest tributary of the Stikine River.
Stewbomb Creek's watershed covers 88.9km2, and is entirely in Mount Edziza Provincial Park. The creek's mean annual discharge is estimated at 3.48m3/s.[5]
The mouth of Stewbomb Creek is located about 68km (42miles) southeast of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 120km (80miles) south of Dease Lake, British Columbia, and about 250km (160miles) southeast of Juneau, Alaska.[4] Stewbomb Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 49.4% barren, 13.8% shrubland, 13.7% herbaceous, 11.9% snow/glacier, 10.7% conifer forest, and small amounts of other cover.[5]
Stewbomb Creek is in Mount Edziza Provincial Park, which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people.[6] [7]
Stewbomb Creek originates on the north side of Yeda Peak of the Spectrum Range. The creek flows north, then east. After about 10km (10miles) it is joined by Artifact Creek. About 4km (02miles) after that Stewbomb Creek empties into the Little Iskut River at the eastern boundary of Mount Edziza Provincial Park. Obsidian Ridge lies between Stewbomb and Artifact Creeks.[8] [9]
According to the 1992 Geological Survey of Canada memoir The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia, Stewbomb Creek was so-named to commemorate the explosion of a pressure cooker full of stew. The incident happened in a tent while Canadian volcanologist Jack Souther and his team were camping on the creek during field mapping.[10]