McLennan River

For the river in Saskatchewan, see MacLennan River.

McLennan River
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Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Cariboo Land District
Physical characteristics
Source	McLennan Glacier
• location	Premier Range
• coordinates	52°49′20″N 119°33′27″W[2]
• elevation	2,175 m (7,136 ft)[3]
Mouth	Fraser River
• location	Tête Jaune Cache, Robson Valley
• coordinates	52°57′58″N 119°27′43″W[1]
• elevation	727 m (2,385 ft)[3]
Basin size	534 km^2 (206 sq mi)[4]

The McLennan River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia. The river was named after an engineer on one of the Canadian Pacific Railway surveys in the 1870s.^[1]

Course

Headwall below McLennan Glacier and upper McLennan River flats

The McLennan River originates in the Premier Range, flowing from McLennan Glacier between Mount Stanley Baldwin and Mount Arthur Meighen. The river flows east out of the mountains into the Rocky Mountain Trench near Valemount. Then it turns northwest, flowing through the Rocky Mountain Trench, picking up tributary streams flowing from the Selwyn Range to the east and the Premier Range to the west. It joins the Fraser River at Tête Jaune Cache.

See also

• List of rivers of British Columbia

References

1. "McLennan River". BC Geographical Names.
2. Derived using topographic maps and TopoQuest.
3. Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS coordinates.
4. "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2013. Search for Station 08KA011 McLennan River near the mouth