McGregor River

The McGregor River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

McGregor River
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Physical characteristics
SourceWishaw Lake
MouthFraser River
  coordinates
54°10′47″N 122°2′2″W[1]
  elevation
588 m (1,929 ft)[2]
Discharge 
  locationgage 08KB003[3]
  average214 m3/s (7,600 cu ft/s)[3]
  minimum17.1 m3/s (600 cu ft/s)
  maximum1,940 m3/s (69,000 cu ft/s)

The McGregor River was named for the Provincial Land Surveyor Captain James Herrick McGregor, who fought and died in 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgian Flanders.[1] It was formerly known as the Big Salmon River.[4] It commemorates Captain McGregor who was the first president of the BC Land Surveyors, president of Victoria's Union Club, and a poet.[5]:168

Course

The McGregor River originates in Wishaw Lake, a remote lake located in Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area and flows generally west and northwest to join the Fraser River northeast of Prince George.

See also

References

  1. "McGregor River". BC Geographical Names.
  2. Mouth elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS source coordinates.
  3. "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Search for Station 08KB003 McGregor River at Lower Canyon
  4. https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/19543.html
  5. Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2


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