The Hackett River is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Sheslay River The Sheslay River is a tributary of the Inklin River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It joins the Nahlin River to form the Inklin River, one of the main tributaries of the Taku River. The lower Sheslay River marks th ...

in northwest part of the

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. It flows generally northwest about ,Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, an
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/ref> through two lakes, a wetland, and a gorge, to join the Sheslay River, which in turn is a tributary of the

Inklin River The Inklin River (Lingít: ''Héen Tlein'') is a tributary of the Taku River in the northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It originates at the confluence of its two main tributaries, the Nahlin River and the Sheslay River and ...

, the main southeast fork of the

Taku River The Taku River (Lingít: ''T'aaḵu Héeni'') is a river running from British Columbia, Canada, to the northwestern coast of North America, at Juneau, Alaska. The river basin spreads across . The Taku is a very productive salmon river and its dra ...

. The Hackett River's

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covers , and its estimated mean annual discharge is . The mouth of the Hackett River is located about northwest of

Telegraph Creek Telegraph Creek is a small community located off Highway 37 in northern British Columbia at the confluence of the Stikine River and Telegraph Creek. The only permanent settlement on the Stikine River, it is home to approximately 250 members of Tah ...

, British Columbia, about east of

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, and about southeast of

Whitehorse Whitehorse () is the capital of Yukon, and the largest city in Northern Canada. It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1426 (Historic Mile 918) on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas ...

, Yukon. The Hackett River's watershed's

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is classified as 35.2%

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, 30.5%

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, 11.8%

mixed forest Temperate broadleaf and mixed forest is a temperate climate terrestrial habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature, with broadleaf tree ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions. These for ...

, 11.6% barren, 5.4%

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, and small amounts of other cover. The Hackett River is in the traditional territory of the

Tahltan The Tahltan or Nahani are a First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group who live in northern British Columbia around Telegraph Creek, Dease Lake, and Iskut. The Tahltan constitute the fourth division of the ''Nahane' ...

people.

Geography

The Hackett River originates with several small streams flowing into Kennicott Lake, on the south side of

Level Mountain Level Mountain is a large volcanic complex in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located north-northwest of Telegraph Creek and west of Dease Lake on the Nahlin Plateau. With a maximum elevation of , it is the second-hig ...

on the

Nahlin Plateau The Nahlin Plateau is a plateau in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located between the Sheslay River and Tuya River on the west and east and the Nahlin River and the Stikine River to the north and south. It is a subplateau of the Stikine Pl ...

. From its source, near Hyland Ranch, the river flows northwest through the

Tahltan Highland The Tahltan Highland is an upland area of plateau and relatively lower mountain ranges in British Columbia, Canada, lying east of the Boundary Ranges and south of the Inklin River (the east fork of the Taku River). Its eastern boundary is formed by ...

for about . It first flows to Hatchau Lake, then through the Salmon Creek 3

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, of the

Tahltan First Nation The Tahltan First Nation, also known as the Tahltan Indian Band, is a band government of the Tahltan people. Their main community and reserves are located at Telegraph Creek, British Columbia. Their language is the Tahltan language, which is an A ...

, part of the

people. Continuing northwest between Level Mountain and Kaketsa Mountain, the Hackett River flows through a wetland then through a gorge. Along the way it is joined by Stone Creek, Copper Creek, Pyrrhotite Creek, and

Egnell Creek Egnell Creek is a tributary of the Hackett River in northwest part of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally southwest about Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, ...

, before joining the Sheslay River. The Egnell telegraph station was located at the mouth of Egnell Creek, not far from the mouth of the Hackett River. The locality of Sheslay is located at its confluence with the river of that name.

History

The historic

Yukon Telegraph Trail The Yukon Telegraph Trail, also known simply as the Telegraph Trail, is a historic pathway in the Canadian province of British Columbia that extends from the village of Ashcroft in the south to the community of Atlin in the north. It was used for ...

follows the Hackett River, running northwest from Saloon on the upper Little Tahltan River to Hyland Ranch on the upper Hackett, and on to Egnell and Sheslay near the mouth of the Hackett River.

References

External links

* {{cite web , url= https://www.roundriver.org/wp-content/uploads/pubs/taku/maps/TRTFN_Sensitive_Wildlife_Areas_9june08.pdf , title= Atlin-Taku Planning Area: Sensitive Wildlife Areas , publisher= Taku River Tlingit First Nation Cassiar Country Level Mountain Rivers of British Columbia Stikine Country Nahlin Plateau Tahltan

Geography

History

See also

References

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