Raspberry Creek is a tributary of Mess Creek, which in turn is a tributary of the Stikine River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally northwest for at least to join Mess Creek about north of Mess Creek's confluence with

Kitsu Creek Kitsu Creek is a tributary of Mess Creek and part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally northwest and north for roughly Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS co ...

. Raspberry Creek's

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covers and its mean annual

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is estimated at . The mouth of Raspberry Creek is located about southeast of Telegraph Creek, about southwest of Iskut and about southwest of Dease Lake. Raspberry Creek's watershed's

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is classified as 35.1%

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, 24.9%

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, 20.7% conifer forest, 16.8%

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, and small amounts of other cover. Raspberry Creek is in

Mount Edziza Provincial Park Mount Edziza Provincial Park is a provincial park in Cassiar Land District of northern British Columbia, Canada. It was established on 27 July 1972 to protect the Mount Edziza volcanic complex and the surrounding Tahltan Highland. Geography ...

which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.

Geography

Raspberry Creek originates from

Raspberry Pass Raspberry Pass is a mountain pass in the Tahltan Highland of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is located southeast of Telegraph Creek between the heads of Raspberry Creek and Bourgeaux Creek in Mount Edziza Provincial Park. Raspberry ...

, an east–west trending

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cutting through the central portion of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. From its source, Raspberry Creek flows north-northwest through a valley between Gnu Butte and the

Kitsu Plateau The Kitsu Plateau is a lava plateau in northern British Columbia, Canada, located east of Mess Lake in Mount Edziza Provincial Park. It is named in association with Kitsu Peak and Kitsu Creek. ''Kitsu'' in the Tahltan language is the word fo ...

. Raspberry Creek then flows northwest between the

Mess Creek Escarpment The Mess Creek Escarpment is an escarpment in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of Mess Creek below Mess Lake and southeast of Telegraph Creek. It forms the central-western flank of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex, ex ...

where it receives Walkout Creek, its only named tributary. After receiving Walkout Creek, Raspberry Creek enters the broad valley of Mess Creek where it drains.

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 Raspberry Creek. It was built to serve the nearly Yukon Telegraph Line which was constructed by the Dominion Government Telegraph Service between 1897 and 1901 to send messages from Ashcroft, British Columbia in the south to Dawson City, Yukon in the north. A former maintenance cabin at Raspberry Creek was one of many that were built every along the Yukon Telegraph Trail.

References

{{Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex Cassiar Land District Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex Tahltan Highland Tributaries of Mess Creek Stikine Country Tahltan

Geography

History

See also

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