Stewbomb Creek is a

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of the

Little Iskut River The Little Iskut River is a tributary of the Iskut River in the northwest part of the Provinces and territories of Canada, province of British Columbia, Canada, in Cassiar Land District. From its source at Little Ball Lake in Mount Edziza Provincia ...

and part of the Stikine River

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in northwest part of the

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. It flows generally southeast for roughly Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, online map servers, an
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/ref> to join the Little Iskut River, which flows into the Iskut River, the largest tributary of the Stikine River. Stewbomb Creek's watershed covers , and is entirely 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 The p ...

. The creek's mean annual

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is estimated at . The mouth of Stewbomb Creek is located about southeast 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 south of

Dease Lake Dease Lake is a small community located in the Cassiar Country of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located a few hours south of the Yukon border on Stewart–Cassiar Highway (Highway 37) at the south end of the lake o ...

, British Columbia, and about southeast of

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. Stewbomb Creek's watershed's

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is classified as 49.4%

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, 13.8%

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, 13.7%

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, 11.9%

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, 10.7%

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

, which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, 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

Stewbomb Creek originates on the north side of

Yeda Peak Yeda Peak is a volcano and the highest peak of the Spectrum Range in the Boundary Ranges of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located southwest of Tatogga and south of Kitsu Peak. It is believed Yeda Peak last erupted during the Pliocene ...

of the

Spectrum Range The Spectrum Range, formerly called the Spectrum Mountains and the Rainbow Mountains, is a subrange of the Tahltan Highland in the Stikine Country of northwestern British Columbia, 20 km west of the Stewart-Cassiar Highway, south of Mount ...

. The creek flows north, then east. After about it is joined by

Artifact Creek Artifact Creek is a tributary of Stewbomb Creek and part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally southeast for roughly Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS coordinat ...

. About after that Stewbomb Creek empties into the Little Iskut River at the eastern boundary of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.

Obsidian Ridge Obsidian Ridge is a volcanic mountain ridge in the Spectrum Range of northwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the south side of Artifact Creek at the southeast end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park. It was named on January 2, 1980 by the G ...

lies between Stewbomb and Artifact Creeks.

History

According to the 1992 Geological Survey of Canada memoir ''The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia'', Stewbomb Creek was so-named to commemorate the explosion of a

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full of

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. The incident happened in a tent while Canadian

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Jack Souther and his team were camping on the creek during field mapping.

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

History

See also

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