The lake fills the basin of the upper Peace River, backing into the Rocky Mountain Trench which is where the Parsnip and Finlay met at Finlay Forks to form the Peace. The lake includes three reaches, the Peace Reach (formerly the Peace Canyon), and the Parsnip and Finlay Reaches, which are the lowermost basins of those rivers, and covers a total area of 1,761 km2 (680 sq mi),[1] being the largest lake in British Columbia and the seventh largest reservoir (by volume) in the world.
williston, lake, reservoir, created, bennett, located, northern, interior, british, columbia, canada, locationbritish, columbiacoordinates56, 124typereservoirprimary, inflowspeace, riverprimary, outflowspeace, riverbasin, countriescanadamax, length251, width15. Williston Lake is a reservoir created by the W A C Bennett Dam and is located in the Northern Interior of British Columbia Canada Williston LakeWilliston LakeLocationBritish ColumbiaCoordinates56 N 124 W 56 N 124 W 56 124TypeReservoirPrimary inflowsPeace RiverPrimary outflowsPeace RiverBasin countriesCanadaMax length251 km 156 mi Max width155 km 96 mi Surface area1 761 km2 680 sq mi 1 Average depth42 m 138 ft Water volume74 cubic kilometres 60 000 000 acre ft Surface elevation671 m 2 201 ft 2 level varies by 18 m References 1 2 Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Tributaries 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksGeography editThe lake fills the basin of the upper Peace River backing into the Rocky Mountain Trench which is where the Parsnip and Finlay met at Finlay Forks to form the Peace The lake includes three reaches the Peace Reach formerly the Peace Canyon and the Parsnip and Finlay Reaches which are the lowermost basins of those rivers and covers a total area of 1 761 km2 680 sq mi 1 being the largest lake in British Columbia and the seventh largest reservoir by volume in the world The reservoir is fed by the Finlay Omineca Ingenika Ospika Parsnip Manson Nation and Nabesche Rivers and by Clearwater Creek Carbon Creek and other smaller creeks Several provincial parks are maintained on the shore of the lake including Muscovite Lakes Provincial Park Butler Ridge Provincial Park Heather Dina Lakes Provincial Park and Ed Bird Estella Provincial Park Tributaries edit The following rivers empty into the Williston Reservoir in clockwise order from the Peace River outlet Parsnip River Pack River Nation River Manson River Omineca River Osilinka River Mesilinka River Ingenika River Finlay River Davis River Ospika River Wicked River West Nabesche River Nabesche RiverAdditionally the following creeks empty into Williston Reservoir in clockwise order from the Peace River outlet this list is not comprehensive 3 Carbon Creek Ducette Creek Clearwater Creek Point Creek Selwyn Creek Weston Creek Scott Creek Patsuk Creek Cutthumb Creek Tony Creek Tutu Creek Mugaha Creek Chichouyenily Creek Gagnon Creek Mischinsinlika Creek Lignite Creek Scovil Creek Tsedeka Creek Dastaiga Creek Blackwater Creek Eklund Creek Fries Creek Strandberg Creek Chunamon Creek Tear Creek Pete Toy Creek Lorimer Creek Ole Creek Mica Creek Factor Ross Creek Frank Creek Isola Creek Ruby Red Creek Ivor Creek Police Creek Chowika Creek Shovel Creek Brain Creek Collins Creek Lafferty Creek Bevel Creek Lost Cabin Creek Bernard Creek Weasel Creek Schooler Creek Dunlevy Creek Cust CreekHistory editWilliston Lake was created in 1968 by the building of the W A C Bennett Dam on the Peace River which flooded the aboriginal territorial home of the Tsay Keh Dene First Nation 4 The reservoir was named after the Honourable Ray Gillis Williston at the time the Minister of Lands Forests and Water Resources nbsp Barge on Williston LakeSee also editList of lakes of British Columbia List of rivers of British ColumbiaReferences edit a b c Atlas of Canada Lakes a b Statistics Canada Lakes elevation and area by provinces and territories Mackenzie Natural Resource District Road Users Map Sekani Tribal Council Carrier Chronology of Contact with Europeans Euroamericans Archived at the Wayback Machine Archive date 2006 11 18 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Williston Lake BC Hydro Williston Reservoir BC Hydro Peace Williston Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program Williston Lake BC Geographical Names nbsp This article about a location in the Interior of British Columbia Canada is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Williston Lake amp oldid 1189520696, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
