McGregor River

McGregor River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Cariboo Land District
Physical characteristics
Source	Wishaw Lake
Mouth	Fraser River
• coordinates	54°10′47″N 122°2′2″W[2]
• elevation	588 m (1,929 ft)[3]
Discharge
• location	gage 08KB003[1]
• average	214 m^3/s (7,600 cu ft/s)[1]
• minimum	17.1 m^3/s (600 cu ft/s)
• maximum	1,940 m^3/s (69,000 cu ft/s)

The McGregor River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

The McGregor River was named for the Provincial Land Surveyor Captain James Herrick McGregor, who fought and died in 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgian Flanders.[2] It was formerly known as the Big Salmon River.[4] It commemorates Captain McGregor who was the first president of the BC Land Surveyors, president of Victoria's Union Club, and a poet.[5]: 168 

Course

The McGregor River originates in Wishaw Lake, a remote lake located in Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area and flows generally west and northwest to join the Fraser River northeast of Prince George.

See also

• List of tributaries of the Fraser River
• List of rivers of British Columbia
• McGregor Plateau
• McGregor, British Columbia

References

1. "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Search for Station 08KB003 McGregor River at Lower Canyon
2. "McGregor River". BC Geographical Names.
3. Mouth elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS source coordinates.
4. "BC Geographical Names".
5. Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2