Cache Creek (British Columbia)
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Cache Creek, originally Rivière de la Cache, is a tributary of the
Bonaparte River The Bonaparte River is a tributary of the Thompson River, joining it at the community of Ashcroft, British Columbia. The river is about long, including the length of Bonaparte Lake. Rising on the Silwhoiakun Plateau to the northwest of Kamloops, B ...
in the
Thompson Country Thompson Country, also referred to as The Thompson and sometimes as the Thompson Valley and historically known as the Couteau Country or Couteau District, is a historic geographic region of the Southern Interior of British Columbia, more or less de ...
of the Interior of British Columbia,
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, joining that river at the town of
Cache Creek, British Columbia Cache Creek is a historic transportation junction and incorporated village northeast of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. It is on the Trans-Canada Highway in the province of British Columbia at a junction with Highway 97. The same int ...
, which is located at the junction of the Trans-Canada and
Cariboo Highway Highway 97 is a major highway in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is the longest continuously numbered route in the province, running and is the only route that runs the entire north–south length of the British Columbia, connec ...
s. Approximately 20 kilometres in length, the stream rises in the Arrowstone Hills to the northeast of the town and runs southwest to its confluence with the Bonaparte at the town of Cache Creek.


See also

* Elephant Hill Provincial Park * Hat Creek (British Columbia)


References


BCGNIS listing "Cache Creek (creek)"
Thompson Country Rivers of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaInterior-river-stub