Peace River
Sign in to saveriver in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
Key facts
- Etymology
- Peace Point, Alberta , where a treaty marking the river as the boundary between Beaver and Cree was signed in 1781
- Native name
- Unchaga ( Dane-zaa ) Rivière de la Paix ( French )
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- British Columbia , Alberta
- Cities
- Fort Saint John, British Columbia , Peace River, Alberta
- Source
- Finlay River
- Location
- Thutade Lake , British Columbia
- Coordinates
- 57°04′29″N 126°53′36″W / 57.07472°N 126.89333°W / 57.07472; -126.89333
- Elevation
- 1,140 m (3,740 ft)
- 2nd source
- Parsnip River
- Source confluence
- Williston Lake
- Mouth
- Slave River
- Length
- 1,923 km (1,195 mi)
- Basin size
- 306,000 km (118,000 sq mi)
- Average
- 2,110 m /s (75,000 cu ft/s)
- Minimum
- 344 m /s (12,100 cu ft/s)
- Maximum
- 9,790 m /s (346,000 cu ft/s)
- River system
- Mackenzie River watershed
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
The Peace River (French: rivière de la Paix) is a 1,923-kilometre-long (1,195 mi) river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in the Peace-Athabasca Delta to form the Slave River, a tributary of the Mackenzie River. The Finlay River, the main headwater of the Peace River, is regarded as the ultimate source of the Mackenzie River. The combined Finlay–Peace–Slave–Mackenzie river system is the 13th longest river system in the world.
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