| Mission Creek Rivière de l'Anse-au-Sable | |
|---|---|
Mouth of Mission Creek | |
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| Native name | N'wha-kwi-sen |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| State | British Columbia |
| District | Central Okanagan |
| City | Kelowna |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Mouth | |
• location | British Columbia, Canada |
• coordinates | 49°50′33″N 119°29′37″W / 49.84250°N 119.49361°W |
| Length | 75 km (47 mi) |
| Basin size | 860 km2 (330 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lake Okanagan |
| • average | 6.81 m3/s (240 cu ft/s) |
Mission Creek is a large creek in the Okanagan Region of British Columbia. Originally called N'wha-kwi-sen (smoothing stones), it was later mapped as Rivière de l’Anse-au-Sable (Sandy Bay River), the name Mission Creek was adopted in 1860 in honour of the Catholic Oblate Mission established by Father Pandosy and other settlers.[1] The Creek rises in the Greystoke Mountain Range and runs west about 43 kilometres (27 mi) before emptying into Okanagan Lake south of Kelowna.[2] Its watershed covers about 200,000 square kilometres (49,000,000 acres).[2] Mission Creek was designated a BC Heritage River by the province in 1996.[3]
- ^ "Mission Creek". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ a b "Mission Creek". British Columbia, Ministry of Environment. Retrieved 2015-02-10.
- ^ "About Mission Creek". Mission Creek Restoration Initiative. Retrieved 2015-02-10.