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Stikine River, B.C. (1/39)


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Subjects: Animals, Canadian Geography, Canadian History

Grade Level: JrH-Adult
Producer: Good Earth Rivers
Closed Captioned: No
Running Time: 23 mins
Country of Origin: Canada
Study Guide: No

Copyright Date: 2001
Available in French: Yes

The Stikine River traverses the spectacular wilderness of northwestern British Columbia. Its headwaters are in the vast Spatsizi Plateau, known for its concentrations of wildlife, including the regionally-unique Osborne caribou herd. The River then travels through the infamous “Grand Canyon of the Stikine” and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Wrangell, Alaska. The Stikine watershed has remained wild, in spite of flashes of human activity. It was part of a secondary route to the Klondike, hosting as many as 10,000 prospectors in one year. The tiny community of Telegraph Creek was so named because of an early, abandoned effort to build a trans-continental telegraph line.