{{Short description|Tributary river in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox river | name = Gerlib Creek | native_name = | native_name_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = British Columbia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption = Mouth of Gerlib Creek <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Canada]] | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = [[British Columbia]] | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = [[Cassiar Land District]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|10.5|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=length/> | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|0.938|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name=watertool/> | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = North side of [[Tadeda Peak]] | source1_location = [[Tahltan Highland]] | source1_coordinates = {{coord|57|33|11|N|130|36|14|W|display=inline}}<ref>Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and [https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html Toporama]</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|2000|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=toporama/> | mouth = [[Bourgeaux Creek]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|57|30|41|N|130|30|33|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name=bcgnis/><ref name=toporama/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|1010|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=toporama/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|24.4|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name=watertool/> | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = [[Topographic map|Topo map]] | custom_data = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|104|G|10}} | extra = }} '''Gerlib Creek''' is a [[tributary]] of [[Bourgeaux Creek]] and part of the [[Stikine River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]] in northwest part of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].<ref name=bcgnis>{{BCGNIS|6058|Gerlib Creek}}</ref><ref>{{cite cgndb|id=JAKWH|title=Gerlib Creek}}</ref> It flows generally east and south for roughly {{convert|10.5|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=length>Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, online map servers, and [https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html Toporama]</ref> to join the Bourgeaux Creek, a tributary of the [[Little Iskut River]], which in turn is a tributary of the [[Iskut River]], the largest tributary of the Stikine River.
Gerlib Creek's mean annual [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] is estimated at {{convert|0.938|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}. Its [[Drainage basin|watershed]] covers {{convert|24.4|km2|abbr=on}} and is entirely in [[Mount Edziza Provincial Park]]. The watershed's [[land cover]] is classified as 50.4% [[Barren vegetation|barren]], 22.0% [[Conifer|conifer forest]], 10.8% [[shrubland]], 9.5% [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]], 6.9% [[snow]]/[[glacier]], and small amounts of other cover.<ref name=watertool>{{cite web |url= https://nwwt.bcwatertool.ca |title= Northwest Water Tool |work= BC Water Tool |publisher= GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia |accessdate= 4 October 2023}}</ref>
The mouth of Gerlib Creek is located about {{convert|60|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Telegraph Creek]], British Columbia, about {{convert|105|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Dease Lake]], British Columbia, and about {{convert|250|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Juneau, Alaska]].<ref name=length/>
Gerlib Creek is in [[Mount Edziza Provincial Park]], which lies within the traditional territory of the [[Tahltan First Nation]], of the [[Tahltan]] people.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tahltan.org/our-territory |title= Our Territory |publisher= Tahltan Central Government |accessdate= 29 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://tahltan.ca/nation/territory |title= Dah Ki Mi — "Our House" |publisher= Tahltan Band Council |accessdate= 29 September 2023}}</ref>
Gerlib Creek is named after Robert Gerlib, a student who worked with Canadian [[volcanologist]] [[Jack Souther]] at the [[Mount Edziza volcanic complex]] in 1958. Gerlib was killed in a [[mining]] accident the following year.<ref>{{Cite report|last1=Souther|first1=J. G.|author-link1=Jack Souther|title=The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia|work=[[Geological Survey of Canada]]|publisher=Canada Communication Group|series=Memoir 420|year=1992|page=319|isbn=0-660-14407-7|doi=10.4095/133497|doi-access=free}}</ref>
==Geography== Gerlib Creek originates on the north side of [[Tadeda Peak]], about {{convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Mount Edziza]]. From its source, Gerlib Creek flows east between [[Armadillo Peak]] to the south and [[Esja Peak]] to the north. Then it turns south, flowing by [[Hoyaa Peak]] before emptying into Bourgeaux Creek.<ref name=toporama>{{cite web |url= http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html |title= Toporama (on-line map and search) |work= [[Atlas of Canada]] |publisher= [[Natural Resources Canada]] |accessdate= 28 September 2023}}</ref><ref name=mapbook>{{cite book |last1= Mussio |first1= Russell |last2= Mussio |first2= Wesley |title= Northern BC Backroad Mapbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBAFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99 |accessdate= 28 September 2023 |date= 2018 |publisher= Mussio Ventures |isbn= 978-1-926806-87-7 |page= 99}}</ref>
==See also== *[[List of rivers of British Columbia]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex}} {{Mount Edziza volcanic complex}}
[[Category:Cassiar Land District]] [[Category:Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex]] [[Category:Stikine Country]] [[Category:Tahltan]] [[Category:Mount Edziza Provincial Park]]