# More Creek

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Tributary river in the country of Canada

More Creek Mouth of More Creek Location Country Canada Province British Columbia District Cassiar Land District Physical characteristics Source Near Yeda Peak • location Spectrum Range • coordinates 57°21′5″N 130°41′14″W / 57.35139°N 130.68722°W / 57.35139; -130.68722[3] • elevation 1,935 m (6,348 ft)[2] Mouth Iskut River • coordinates 57°1′40″N 130°21′30″W / 57.02778°N 130.35833°W / 57.02778; -130.35833[1][2] • elevation 380 m (1,250 ft)[2] Length 65 km (40 mi)[4] Basin size 912 km2 (352 sq mi)[5] Discharge • average 50.6 m3/s (1,790 cu ft/s)[5] Basin features Topo map NTS 104G1 Iskut River (North) NTS 104G2 More Creek NTS 104G7 Mess Lake

**More Creek** is a [tributary](/source/Tributary) of the [Iskut River](/source/Iskut_River) 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] From its source near [Yeda Peak](/source/Yeda_Peak) in the [Spectrum Range](/source/Spectrum_Range) south of [Mount Edziza](/source/Mount_Edziza), it flows generally south and east for roughly 65 km (40 mi)[4] to empty into the Iskut River, the largest tributary of the Stikine River.[1]

More Creek's mean annual [discharge](/source/Discharge_(hydrology)) is estimated at 50.6 m3/s (1,790 cu ft/s). Its [watershed](/source/Drainage_basin) covers 912 km2 (352 sq mi), the northernmost part of which is within [Mount Edziza Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Edziza_Provincial_Park). The watershed drains parts of the [Mount Edziza volcanic complex](/source/Mount_Edziza_volcanic_complex). The watershed's [land cover](/source/Land_cover) is classified as 28.8% [barren](/source/Barren_vegetation), 28.5% [snow](/source/Snow)/[glacier](/source/Glacier), 23.3% [conifer forest](/source/Conifer), 10.0% [herbaceous](/source/Herbaceous_plant), 6.8% [shrubland](/source/Shrubland), and small amounts of other cover.[5]

The mouth of More Creek is located about 9 km (5.6 mi) northwest of the community of [Bob Quinn Lake](/source/Bob_Quinn_Lake), British Columbia, and about 110 km (68 mi) south of [Telegraph Creek](/source/Telegraph_Creek), British Columbia, and about 280 km (170 mi) southeast of [Juneau, Alaska](/source/Juneau%2C_Alaska).[4]

More Creek is the traditional territory of the [Tahltan First Nation](/source/Tahltan_First_Nation), of the [Tahltan](/source/Tahltan) people.[6][7]

## History

The British Columbia-based Alaska Hydro Corporation was planning to construct and operate a [hydroelectric facility](/source/Hydroelectricity) that would [dam](/source/Dam) More Creek and create a storage [reservoir](/source/Reservoir), which was opposed by the [Tahltan Nation](/source/Tahltan_Nation).[8] In 2022 the [Impact Assessment Agency of Canada](/source/Impact_Assessment_Agency_of_Canada) terminated the More Creek Hydroelectric Project, citing the failure of Alaska Hydro to provide required information or studies within the legislated time limit.[9]

## Geography

More Creek originates near [Yeda Peak](/source/Yeda_Peak), among the high peaks and glaciers of the [Spectrum Range](/source/Spectrum_Range), south of [Mount Edziza](/source/Mount_Edziza),[10] and not far from the sources of [Ball Creek](/source/Ball_Creek_(British_Columbia)) and [Tadekho Creek](/source/Tadekho_Creek). From More Creek's source about 40 km (25 mi) south of the summit of Mount Edziza, the creek flows a winding path through the highlands of [Arctic Lake Plateau](/source/Arctic_Lake_Plateau),[11] gathering various tributaries that also meander through this high plateau. Flowing mostly south, by [Nahta Cone](/source/Nahta_Cone) and [Wetalth Ridge](/source/Wetalth_Ridge),[12][13] More Creek exits Mount Edziza Provincial Park. Shortly after which it enters a forested glacially-carved U-shaped valley. Continuing south, various unnamed tributary streams join, many flowing from the southern end of Arctic Lake Plateau.[14]

At about 24 km (15 mi) from its source, More Creek is joined by an unnamed tributary flowing from Arctic Lake. It then flows along the west side of Hankin Peak,[15] which contributes many glacial meltwater streams from several glaciers such as Matthew Glacier.[16] At about 32 km (20 mi) from its source a large but unnamed tributary joins More Creek from the west. This tributary, which arises near the source of [Mess Creek](/source/Mess_Creek), gathers the meltwater of many glaciers, such as Alexander Glacier.[17][14]

As More Creek continues south it becomes highly [braided](/source/Braided_river) for a few kilometers. In this section another significant but unnamed tributary joins from the west. This tributary flows from various high peaks and glaciers, including Natavas Glacier and Yuri Glacier.[18][19] Its course takes it close to the source of [Forrest Kerr Creek](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forrest_Kerr_Creek&action=edit&redlink=1). In its lower section this tributary becomes highly braided. Its confluence with More Creek occurs in a large maze of braided channels.[14]

For the rest of its course, More Creek flows generally east, at first braided, then gathered into a single channel, then braided again for several kilometers. Then its waters form a single channel and cascade down some rapids close to its mouth on the [Iskut River](/source/Iskut_River). Just north of More Creek's mouth is [Iskut River Hot Springs Provincial Park](/source/Iskut_River_Hot_Springs_Provincial_Park).[20][14][2][21]

## 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) [***c***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_1-2) ["More Creek"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/7186.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)"](https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html). *[Atlas of Canada](/source/Atlas_of_Canada)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 4 October 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 10 October 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Our Territory"](https://tahltan.org/our-territory). Tahltan Central Government. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Dah Ki Mi — "Our House""](https://tahltan.ca/nation/territory). Tahltan Band Council. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Vandenberg, Daryl (2017). ["Tahltan Nation opposed to proposed hydroelectric dam on Iskut River system"](https://www.mybulkleylakesnow.com/15104/tahltan-nation-opposed-proposed-hydroelectric-dam-iskut-river-system). My Bulkley Lakes Now. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["More Creek Hydroelectric Project"](https://iaac-aeic.gc.ca/050/evaluations/proj/80131). Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Yeda Peak"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/25234.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Arctic Lake Plateau"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/12608.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Nahta Cone"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/9012.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Wetalth Ridge"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/21024.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-topo104G_14-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-topo104G_14-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-topo104G_14-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-topo104G_14-3) "A 502" (Topographic map). [*Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia*](https://web.archive.org/web/20210502071600/https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg) (3 ed.). 1:250,000. 104 G (in English and French). [Department of Energy, Mines and Resources](/source/Department_of_Energy%2C_Mines_and_Resources). 1989. Archived from [the original](https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg) on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BCGNIS|6644|Hankin_Peak_15-0)** ["Hankin Peak"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/6644.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-BCGNIS|38604|Matthew_Glacier_16-0)** ["Matthew Glacier"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38604.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Alexander Glacier"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38559.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["Natavas Glacier"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38607.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-19)** ["Yuri Glacier"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38624.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-20)** ["Iskut River Hot Springs Park"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/54999.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mapbook_21-0)** Mussio, Russell; Mussio, Wesley (2018). [*Northern BC Backroad Mapbook*](https://books.google.com/books?id=pBAFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99). Mussio Ventures. pp. 99–100. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-926806-87-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-926806-87-7). Retrieved 10 October 2023.

## External links

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

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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