Stewbomb Creek Explained

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]

Geography

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]

History

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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and Toporama
  2. Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
  3. JANVK. Stewbomb Creek.
  4. Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, online map servers, and Toporama
  5. Web site: Northwest Water Tool . BC Water Tool . GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia . 28 September 2023.
  6. Web site: Our Territory . Tahltan Central Government . 29 September 2023.
  7. Web site: Dah Ki Mi — "Our House" . Tahltan Band Council . 29 September 2023.
  8. Web site: Toporama (on-line map and search) . . . 28 September 2023.
  9. Book: Mussio . Russell . Mussio . Wesley . Northern BC Backroad Mapbook . 28 September 2023 . 2018 . Mussio Ventures . 978-1-926806-87-7 . 99.
  10. Souther. J. G.. Jack Souther. The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia. Geological Survey of Canada. Canada Communication Group. Memoir 420. 1992. 0-660-14407-7. 10.4095/133497. free.