The Klappan River is a major tributary of the
Stikine River
The Stikine River is a major river in northern British Columbia (BC), Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. It drains a large, remote upland area known as the Stikine Country east of the Coast Mountains. Flowing west and south f ...
in northwestern
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
,
Canada
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. It flows north from an area known as the
Sacred Headwaters
The Sacred Headwaters is a large subalpine drainage basin centred around Klappan Mountain of the Klappan Range in northern British Columbia. It is the source of three wild salmon rivers: the Skeena River, Nass River, and Stikine River. It is als ...
, which is the source not only of this river but also of the
Nass,
Skeena,
Spatsizi and Stikine Rivers. The headwaters region is the site of a controversial
coal-bed methane project.
See also
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Klappan Range
The Klappan Range is a small subrange of the Skeena Mountains of the Interior Mountains, located between Klappan River and Iskut River in northern British Columbia, Canada.
Mountains
Mountains within the Klappan Range include:
* Todagin Mountain ...
*
Klappan Mountain
References
*https://web.archive.org/web/20110706165819/http://archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=5410
Stikine Country
Stikine Plateau
Rivers of British Columbia
Tributaries of the Stikine River
Cassiar Land District
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