Gerlib Creek is a tributary of

Bourgeaux Creek Bourgeaux 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. It flows generally east for roughly Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS co ...

and part of the Stikine River

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in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally east and south for roughly Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, online map servers, an
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, which in turn is a tributary of the Iskut River, the largest tributary of the Stikine River. Gerlib Creek's mean annual

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is estimated at . Its

covers , and is entirely in Mount Edziza Provincial Park. The watershed's

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is classified as 50.4%

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, 22.0%

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, 10.8%

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, 9.5%

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, 6.9% snow/ glacier, and small amounts of other cover. The mouth of Gerlib Creek is located about southeast of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about south of Dease Lake, British Columbia, and about southeast of

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. Gerlib Creek is in Mount Edziza Provincial Park, which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people. Gerlib Creek is named after Robert Gerlib, a student who worked with Canadian volcanologist Jack Souther at the Mount Edziza volcanic complex in 1958. Gerlib was killed in a mining accident the following year.

Geography

Gerlib Creek originates on the north side of Tadeda Peak, about south of Mount Edziza. From its source, Gerlib Creek flows east between

Armadillo Peak Armadillo Peak is a 7.5-million-year-old caldera, located about 3 km north of Bourgeaux Creek and northeast of Raspberry Pass, British Columbia, Canada. It is south of Mount Edziza and is overlapped by the Ice Peak central volcano, whi ...

to the south and Esja Peak to the north. Then it turns south, flowing by Hoyaa Peak before emptying into Bourgeaux Creek.

References

{{Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex Cassiar Land District Mount Edziza volcanic complex Rivers of British Columbia Stikine Country Tahltan Tahltan Highland

Geography

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