{{Short description|Tribuatary river in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox river | name = Stewbomb 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 Stewbomb 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|14|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=length/> | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|3.48|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name=watertool/> | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = [[Yeda Peak]] | source1_location = [[Spectrum Range]] | source1_coordinates = {{coord|57|23|15|N|130|40|1|W|display=inline}}<ref>Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and [https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html Toporama]</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|1720|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=toporama/> | mouth = [[Little Iskut River]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|57|24|39|N|130|29|42|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name=bcgnis/><ref name=toporama/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|1110|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="geolocator">Elevation derived from [[ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model]], using [http://tools.freeside.sk/geolocator/geolocator.html GeoLocator], BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.</ref> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|88.9|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|7}}<br>[[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|104|G|8}} | extra = }} '''Stewbomb Creek''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Little Iskut River]] 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|7816|Stewbomb Creek}}</ref><ref>{{cite cgndb|id=JANVK|title=Stewbomb Creek}}</ref> It flows generally southeast for roughly {{convert|14|km|mi|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 Little Iskut River, which flows into the [[Iskut River]], the largest tributary of the Stikine River.
Stewbomb Creek's watershed covers {{convert|88.9|km2|abbr=on}}, and is entirely in [[Mount Edziza Provincial Park]]. The creek's mean annual [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] is estimated at {{convert|3.48|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}.<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= 28 September 2023}}</ref>
The mouth of Stewbomb Creek is located about {{convert|68|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Telegraph Creek]], British Columbia, about {{convert|120|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Dease Lake]], British Columbia, and about {{convert|250|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Juneau, Alaska]].<ref name=length/> Stewbomb Creek's watershed's [[land cover]] is classified as 49.4% [[Barren vegetation|barren]], 13.8% [[shrubland]], 13.7% [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]], 11.9% [[snow]]/[[glacier]], 10.7% [[Conifer|conifer forest]], and small amounts of other cover.<ref name=watertool/>
Stewbomb 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>
==Geography== Stewbomb Creek originates on the north side of [[Yeda Peak]] of the [[Spectrum Range]]. The creek flows north, then east. After about {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} it is joined by [[Artifact Creek]].<ref>{{BCGNIS|9263|Artifact Creek}}</ref> About {{convert|4|km|mi|abbr=on}} after that Stewbomb Creek empties into the Little Iskut River at the eastern boundary of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.<ref name=toporama/> [[Obsidian Ridge]] lies between Stewbomb and Artifact Creeks.<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>
==History== According to the 1992 [[Geological Survey of Canada]] memoir ''The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia'', Stewbomb Creek was so-named to commemorate the explosion of a [[pressure cooker]] full of [[stew]]. The incident happened in a tent while Canadian [[volcanologist]] [[Jack Souther]] and his team were camping on the creek during field mapping.<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|isbn=0-660-14407-7|doi=10.4095/133497|doi-access=free}}</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]] [[Category:Spectrum Range]]