The Prophet River is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

in northern

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. It is a tributary of the

Muskwa River The Muskwa River flows through northern British Columbia, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Fort Nelson River - part of the Mackenzie River system. The river rises at Fern Lake in the Bedaux Pass in the Northern Rocky Mountains. From the ...

. The Prophet River Hotsprings Provincial Park is established on the upper course, and the Prophet River Wayside Provincial Park is located along the middle course of the river. It gives the name to the settlement of Prophet River, British Columbia, as well as the

Prophet Formation The Rundle Group is a stratigraphical unit of Mississippian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It takes the name from Mount Rundle (itself taking the name from Robert Terrill Rundle), and was first described in outcrops at the north ...

, a stratigraphic unit of the

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Course

The headwaters of the Prophet River can be found in the Bruce Ridge of the

Muskwa Ranges The Muskwa Ranges are a group of mountain ranges in northern British Columbia, Canada. They are part of the Northern Rockies section of the Rocky Mountains and are bounded on their west by the Rocky Mountain Trench and on their east by the R ...

in the Northern Rockies, at an elevation of . It flows eastwards between the Northern Rocky Mountains Provincial Park and the

Redfern-Keily Provincial Park Redfern-Keily Provincial Park was a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was established in the Muskwa Ranges of the northern Rockies, along the Besa River and its tributaries. It was named after William (Bill) Keily (born in January 1 ...

, with occasional waterfalls on its course. The remote Prophet River Hotsprings Provincial Park is established on the upper course of the river. It receives the waters from Hewer Creek north of Mount Boe, then from Kravac Creek and Richards Creek towards the foothills. North of Klingzut Mountain it receives the

Besa River Besa River is a river in northern British Columbia, Canada. It is a tributary of the Prophet River. The river flows through the Muskwa Ranges, and is the backbone of the Redfern-Keily Provincial Park, part of the larger Muskwa-Kechika Management ...

just before flowing from the mountains into the plains The Milliken Creek and Bat Creek flow into the Prophet River east of the

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. The course changes towards north-east, as it receives water from Minaker River, Bunch Creek, Dethseda Creek, Chipesia Creek and Sass Creek. The river turns north as it flows through the Prophet River Wayside Provincial Park, and is followed by the Alaska Highway for a while. Streams that flow into the river in this section include the Bougie Creek, Adsett Creek, Jacknife Creek, Parker Creek and Little Beaver Creek as it flows through the Sikanni Forest. The course becomes

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ed, and the Tenaka Creek, Big Beaver Creek, Cheves Creek, Tsachehdza Creek and Jackfish Creek flow into the Prophet River. It then flows into the

immediately west of Fort Nelson, at an elevation of . The Muskwa River flows into the

Fort Nelson River The Fort Nelson River, often shortened to simply the Nelson River, is in north-eastern British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally north-westward to the Liard River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River, which empties into the Arctic Ocean. The ...

, a tributary of the Liard River, which carries the waters into the Mackenzie River and ultimately in the

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Tributaries

* Hewer Creek * Kravac Creek * Richards Creek *

* Milliken Creek * Bat Creek * Minaker River * Bunch Creek * Dethseda Creek * Chipesia Creek * Sass Creek * Bougie Creek * Adsett Creek * Jacknife Creek * Parker Creek * Little Beaver Creek * Tenaka Creek * Big Beaver Creek * Cheves Creek * Tsachehdza Creek * Jackfish Creek

References

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