Elk River (British Columbia)
| Elk River | |
 Elk River near Fernie, British Columbia
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| Country | Canada |
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| Province | British Columbia |
| Source | Upper Elk Lake |
| - location | Rocky Mountains |
| - coordinates | 50°33′N 115°07′W / 50.550°N 115.117°W |
| Mouth | Kootenay River |
| - location | Lake Koocanusa |
| - coordinates | 49°10′N 115°13′W / 49.167°N 115.217°WCoordinates: 49°10′N 115°13′W / 49.167°N 115.217°W |
| Length | 220 km (137 mi) |
| Basin | 4,450 km2 (1,718 sq mi) |
| Discharge | for At Phillips Bridge |
| - average | 75.6 m3/s (2,670 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 1,020 m3/s (36,021 cu ft/s) |
| - min | 5.66 m3/s (200 cu ft/s) |
The Elk River is a 220-kilometre (140 mi) long river, in the southeastern Kootenay district of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its drainage basin is 4,450 square kilometres (1,720 sq mi) in area. Its mean discharge is approximately 60 cubic metres per second (2,100 cu ft/s), with a maximum recorded discharge of 818 cubic metres per second (28,900 cu ft/s).
The Elk River originates from the Elk Lakes near the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. It flows through the Elk Valley in a southwesterly direction, joining the Kootenay River in Lake Koocanusa, just north of the British Columbia-Montana border.
The Elk River runs through the communities of Elkford, Sparwood, Hosmer, Fernie, and Elko.
David Thompson traveled along the Elk River in 1811, and called it the Stag River. James Sinclair's second settlement expedition to the Pacific Northwest from the Red River Colony made a difficult crossing from the Kananaskis River valley into the Columbia–Kootenays via the Elk in 1854. The river was labeled Elk River on John Palliser's 1857–58 map and "Stag or Elk River" on Arrowsmith's 1862 map.
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