Castle Creek, also known locally as Cottonwood Creek, is a tributary of the
Fraser River
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual d ...
in the
Robson Valley region of
British Columbia. Castle Creek flows from its source at Castle Creek glacier in the
Cariboo Mountains to its confluence with the Fraser near
McBride. The Castle Creek glacier has seen major retreats in the late 2010s, receding by an average of 15 metres a year. The creek provides hydroelectricity through a "
run-of-the-river" instream generating station run by
BC Hydro, which provides 34 gigawatt hours of electricity annually.
See also
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List of rivers of British Columbia
References
External links
Tributaries of the Fraser River
Robson Valley
Rivers of British Columbia
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