Spillimacheen River

Spillimacheen River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Kootenay Land District
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Near Glacier National Park
Mouth	Columbia River
• location	Spillimacheen
• coordinates	50°55′N 116°24′W / 50.917°N 116.400°W / 50.917; -116.400[3]
• elevation	784 m (2,572 ft)[4]
Length	118 km (73 mi)[1]
Basin size	1,430 km2 (550 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• average	35 m3/s (1,200 cu ft/s)[2]
• minimum	2 m3/s (71 cu ft/s)
• maximum	311 m3/s (11,000 cu ft/s)

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

The Spillimacheen River originates just east of Glacier National Park.^[2] Flowing southeast, it collects the waters of several tributaries, including Baird Branch, McMurda Creek, and its main tributary, Bobbie Burns Creek, before emptying into the Columbia River near the community of Spillimacheen. The river descends over 1,800 metres (5,900 ft) over 80 kilometres (50 mi).^[2]

Spillimacheen Dam is a run-of-river dam on the Spillimacheen River, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) above the river's confluence with the Columbia.^[2] The dam was built in 1955.^[1]

• List of rivers of British Columbia
• Tributaries of the Columbia River

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