# Gerlib Creek

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Tributary river in the country of Canada

Gerlib Creek Mouth of Gerlib Creek Location Country Canada Province British Columbia District Cassiar Land District Physical characteristics Source North side of Tadeda Peak • location Tahltan Highland • coordinates 57°33′11″N 130°36′14″W / 57.55306°N 130.60389°W / 57.55306; -130.60389[3] • elevation 2,000 m (6,600 ft)[2] Mouth Bourgeaux Creek • coordinates 57°30′41″N 130°30′33″W / 57.51139°N 130.50917°W / 57.51139; -130.50917[1][2] • elevation 1,010 m (3,310 ft)[2] Length 10.5 km (6.5 mi)[4] Basin size 24.4 km2 (9.4 sq mi)[5] Discharge • average 0.938 m3/s (33.1 cu ft/s)[5] Basin features Topo map NTS 104G10 Mount Edziza

**Gerlib Creek** is a [tributary](/source/Tributary) of [Bourgeaux Creek](/source/Bourgeaux_Creek) and part of the [Stikine River](/source/Stikine_River) [watershed](/source/Drainage_basin) in northwest part of the [province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada).[1][6] It flows generally east and south for roughly 10.5 km (6.5 mi)[4] to join the Bourgeaux Creek, a tributary of the [Little Iskut River](/source/Little_Iskut_River), which in turn is a tributary of the [Iskut River](/source/Iskut_River), the largest tributary of the Stikine River.

Gerlib Creek's mean annual [discharge](/source/Discharge_(hydrology)) is estimated at 0.938 m3/s (33.1 cu ft/s). Its [watershed](/source/Drainage_basin) covers 24.4 km2 (9.4 sq mi) and is entirely in [Mount Edziza Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Edziza_Provincial_Park). The watershed's [land cover](/source/Land_cover) is classified as 50.4% [barren](/source/Barren_vegetation), 22.0% [conifer forest](/source/Conifer), 10.8% [shrubland](/source/Shrubland), 9.5% [herbaceous](/source/Herbaceous_plant), 6.9% [snow](/source/Snow)/[glacier](/source/Glacier), and small amounts of other cover.[5]

The mouth of Gerlib Creek is located about 60 km (37 mi) southeast of [Telegraph Creek](/source/Telegraph_Creek), British Columbia, about 105 km (65 mi) south of [Dease Lake](/source/Dease_Lake), British Columbia, and about 250 km (160 mi) southeast of [Juneau, Alaska](/source/Juneau%2C_Alaska).[4]

Gerlib Creek is in [Mount Edziza Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Edziza_Provincial_Park), which lies within the traditional territory of the [Tahltan First Nation](/source/Tahltan_First_Nation), of the [Tahltan](/source/Tahltan) people.[7][8]

Gerlib Creek is named after Robert Gerlib, a student who worked with Canadian [volcanologist](/source/Volcanologist) [Jack Souther](/source/Jack_Souther) at the [Mount Edziza volcanic complex](/source/Mount_Edziza_volcanic_complex) in 1958. Gerlib was killed in a [mining](/source/Mining) accident the following year.[9]

## Geography

Gerlib Creek originates on the north side of [Tadeda Peak](/source/Tadeda_Peak), about 18 km (11 mi) south of [Mount Edziza](/source/Mount_Edziza). From its source, Gerlib Creek flows east between [Armadillo Peak](/source/Armadillo_Peak) to the south and [Esja Peak](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Esja_Peak&action=edit&redlink=1) to the north. Then it turns south, flowing by [Hoyaa Peak](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hoyaa_Peak&action=edit&redlink=1) before emptying into Bourgeaux Creek.[2][10]

## See also

- [List of rivers of British Columbia](/source/List_of_rivers_of_British_Columbia)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_1-1) ["Gerlib Creek"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/6058.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-toporama_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-toporama_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-toporama_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-toporama_2-3) ["Toporama (on-line map and search)"](http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html). *[Atlas of Canada](/source/Atlas_of_Canada)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 28 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and [Toporama](https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-length_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-length_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-length_4-2) Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, online map servers, and [Toporama](https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-watertool_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-watertool_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-watertool_5-2) ["Northwest Water Tool"](https://nwwt.bcwatertool.ca). *BC Water Tool*. GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 4 October 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Gerlib Creek"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=JAKWH). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Our Territory"](https://tahltan.org/our-territory). Tahltan Central Government. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Dah Ki Mi — "Our House""](https://tahltan.ca/nation/territory). Tahltan Band Council. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Souther, J. G.](/source/Jack_Souther) (1992). The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia. *[Geological Survey of Canada](/source/Geological_Survey_of_Canada)* (Report). Memoir 420. Canada Communication Group. p. 319. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4095/133497](https://doi.org/10.4095%2F133497). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-660-14407-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-660-14407-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mapbook_10-0)** Mussio, Russell; Mussio, Wesley (2018). [*Northern BC Backroad Mapbook*](https://books.google.com/books?id=pBAFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99). Mussio Ventures. p. 99. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-926806-87-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-926806-87-7). Retrieved 28 September 2023.

v t e Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex by drainage basin Iskut River Artifact Creek, Ball Creek, Bourgeaux Creek, Gerlib Creek, Little Iskut River, More Creek, Stewbomb Creek Kakiddi Creek Chakima Creek, Nido Creek, Pyramid Creek, Shaman Creek, Sorcery Creek, Tenchen Creek, Tennaya Creek, Tsecha Creek Mess Creek Crayke Creek, Elwyn Creek, Flyin Creek, Kadeya Creek, Kitsu Creek, Nagha Creek, Raspberry Creek, Sezill Creek, Tadekho Creek, Taweh Creek, Walkout Creek

v t e Mount Edziza volcanic complex Cinder cones The Ash Pit Cache Hill Camp Hill Cinder Cliff Cocoa Crater Coffee Crater Eve Cone Exile Hill Icefall Cone Kana Cone Keda Cone Klastline Cone Mess Lake Cone Moraine Cone Nahta Cone Outcast Hill Ridge Cone Sidas Cone Sleet Cone Source Hill Storm Cone Thaw Hill Triplex Cones Twin Cone Walkout Creek centres Williams Cone Subglacial volcanoes Pillow Ridge Tennena Cone Tsekone Ridge Wetalth Ridge Central volcanoes Armadillo Peak Mount Edziza Ice Peak Spectrum Range Lava domes Glacier Dome IGC Centre Nanook Dome Pharaoh Dome The Pyramid Sphinx Dome Triangle Dome Lava fields Desolation Lava Field Mess Lake Lava Field Snowshoe Lava Field Plateaus Arctic Lake Plateau Big Raven Plateau Kitsu Plateau Ridges Artifact Ridge Cartoona Ridge Idiji Ridge Obsidian Ridge Pillow Ridge Sorcery Ridge Tsekone Ridge Wetalth Ridge Yagi Ridge Mountain passes Destell Pass Raspberry Pass Bluffs Koosick Bluff Ornostay Bluff Glaciers Idiji Glacier Tenchen Glacier Tencho Glacier Tennaya Glacier Streams Artifact Creek Ball Creek Bourgeaux Creek Chakima Creek Crayke Creek Elwyn Creek Flyin Creek Gerlib Creek Kadeya Creek Kitsu Creek Little Iskut River More Creek Nagha Creek Nido Creek Pyramid Creek Raspberry Creek Sezill Creek Shaman Creek Sorcery Creek Stewbomb Creek Tadekho Creek Taweh Creek Tenchen Creek Tennaya Creek Tsecha Creek Walkout Creek Stratigraphic units Armadillo Formation Big Raven Formation (Sheep Track Member) Edziza Formation Ice Peak Formation Kakiddi Formation Klastline Formation Little Iskut Formation Nido Formation (Tenchen Member) Pyramid Formation Raspberry Formation Other Cartoona Peak Gnu Butte Mess Creek Escarpment Volcanism of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex

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