# Stewbomb Creek

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Tribuatary river in the country of Canada

Stewbomb Creek Mouth of Stewbomb Creek Location Country Canada Province British Columbia District Cassiar Land District Physical characteristics Source Yeda Peak • location Spectrum Range • coordinates 57°23′15″N 130°40′1″W / 57.38750°N 130.66694°W / 57.38750; -130.66694[3] • elevation 1,720 m (5,640 ft)[2] Mouth Little Iskut River • coordinates 57°24′39″N 130°29′42″W / 57.41083°N 130.49500°W / 57.41083; -130.49500[1][2] • elevation 1,110 m (3,640 ft)[4] Length 14 km (8.7 mi)[5] Basin size 88.9 km2 (34.3 sq mi),[6] Discharge • average 3.48 m3/s (123 cu ft/s)[6] Basin features Topo map NTS 104G7 Mess Lake NTS 104G8 Refuge Lake

**Stewbomb Creek** is a [tributary](/source/Tributary) of the [Little Iskut River](/source/Little_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][7] It flows generally southeast for roughly 14 km (8.7 mi)[5] to join the Little Iskut River, which flows into the [Iskut River](/source/Iskut_River), the largest tributary of the Stikine River.

Stewbomb Creek's watershed covers 88.9 km2 (34.3 sq mi), and is entirely in [Mount Edziza Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Edziza_Provincial_Park). The creek's mean annual [discharge](/source/Discharge_(hydrology)) is estimated at 3.48 m3/s (123 cu ft/s).[6]

The mouth of Stewbomb Creek is located about 68 km (42 mi) southeast of [Telegraph Creek](/source/Telegraph_Creek), British Columbia, about 120 km (75 mi) south of [Dease Lake](/source/Dease_Lake), British Columbia, and about 250 km (160 mi) southeast of [Juneau, Alaska](/source/Juneau%2C_Alaska).[5] Stewbomb Creek's watershed's [land cover](/source/Land_cover) is classified as 49.4% [barren](/source/Barren_vegetation), 13.8% [shrubland](/source/Shrubland), 13.7% [herbaceous](/source/Herbaceous_plant), 11.9% [snow](/source/Snow)/[glacier](/source/Glacier), 10.7% [conifer forest](/source/Conifer), and small amounts of other cover.[6]

Stewbomb 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.[8][9]

## Geography

Stewbomb Creek originates on the north side of [Yeda Peak](/source/Yeda_Peak) of the [Spectrum Range](/source/Spectrum_Range). The creek flows north, then east. After about 10 km (6.2 mi) it is joined by [Artifact Creek](/source/Artifact_Creek).[10] About 4 km (2.5 mi) after that Stewbomb Creek empties into the Little Iskut River at the eastern boundary of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.[2] [Obsidian Ridge](/source/Obsidian_Ridge) lies between Stewbomb and Artifact Creeks.[2][11]

## History

According to the 1992 [Geological Survey of Canada](/source/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](/source/Pressure_cooker) full of [stew](/source/Stew). The incident happened in a tent while Canadian [volcanologist](/source/Volcanologist) [Jack Souther](/source/Jack_Souther) and his team were camping on the creek during field mapping.[12]

## 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) ["Stewbomb Creek"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/7816.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. **[^](#cite_ref-geolocator_4-0)** Elevation derived from [ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model](/source/ASTER_Global_Digital_Elevation_Model), using [GeoLocator](http://tools.freeside.sk/geolocator/geolocator.html), BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-length_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-length_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-length_5-2) 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_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-watertool_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-watertool_6-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-watertool_6-3) ["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 28 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Stewbomb Creek"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=JANVK). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Our Territory"](https://tahltan.org/our-territory). Tahltan Central Government. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Dah Ki Mi — "Our House""](https://tahltan.ca/nation/territory). Tahltan Band Council. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Artifact Creek"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/9263.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mapbook_11-0)** 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.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** [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. [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).

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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