Hackett River
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| pushpin_map_caption = Mouth of Hackett River
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| subdivision_name3 = Cassiar Land District
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| length = {{convert|33|km|abbr=on}}
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| source1 = Kennicott Lake{{cite cgndb|id=JAJIF|title=Hackett River|access-date= 2021-08-19}}
| source1_location = Nahlin Plateau
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| mouth = Sheslay River
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The Hackett River is a tributary of the Sheslay River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.{{BCGNIS|5171|Hackett River}} It flows generally northwest about {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}},Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and [http://www.topoquest.com/ TopoQuest] through two lakes, a wetland, and a gorge, to join the Sheslay River, which in turn is a tributary of the Inklin River, the main southeast fork of the Taku River.
The Hackett River's watershed covers {{convert|528|km2|abbr=on}}, and its estimated mean annual discharge is {{convert|7.28|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url= https://nwwt.bcwatertool.ca |title= Northwest Water Tool |work= BC Water Tool |publisher= GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia |accessdate= 12 August 2021}} The mouth of the Hackett River is located about {{convert|55|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about {{convert|150|km|abbr=on}} east of Juneau, Alaska, and about {{convert|330|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon. The Hackett River's watershed's land cover is classified as 35.2% conifer forest, 30.5% shrubland, 11.8% mixed forest, 11.6% barren, 5.4% herbaceous, and small amounts of other cover.
The Hackett River is in the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.{{cite web |url= https://tahltan.ca/nation/territory |title= Dah Ki Mi — "Our House" |publisher= Tahltan Band Council |accessdate= 17 August 2021}}
Geography
The Hackett River originates with several small streams flowing into Kennicott Lake, on the south side of Level Mountain on the Nahlin Plateau. From its source, near Hyland Ranch,{{BCGNIS|19421|Hyland Ranch}} the river flows northwest through the Tahltan Highland for about {{convert|33|km|mi|abbr=on}}. It first flows to Hatchau Lake,{{BCGNIS|8578|Hatchau Lake}} then through the Salmon Creek 3 Indian reserve,{{BCGNIS|64819|Salmon Creek 3}} of the Tahltan First Nation, part of the Tahltan people.{{cite web |url= https://labrc.com/first-nation/tahltan |title= Tahltan Indian Band |publisher= First Nations Land Management Resource Centre |accessdate= 17 August 2021}}
Continuing northwest between Level Mountain and Kaketsa Mountain,{{BCGNIS|2975|Kaketsa Mountain}} the Hackett River flows through a wetland then through a gorge. Along the way it is joined by Stone Creek,{{BCGNIS|53137|Stone Creek}} Copper Creek,{{BCGNIS|13008}} Pyrrhotite Creek,{{BCGNIS|22204}} and Egnell Creek,{{BCGNIS|2275|Egnell Creek}} before joining the Sheslay River. The Egnell telegraph station was located at the mouth of Egnell Creek, not far from the mouth of the Hackett River.{{BCGNIS|50039|Egnell}} The locality of Sheslay is located at its confluence with the river of that name.{{BCGNIS|16284|Sheslay (locality)}}{{cite book |last1= Mussio |first1= Russell |last2= Mussio |first2= Wesley |title= Northern BC Backroad Mapbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBAFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |accessdate= 13 August 2021 |date= 2018 |publisher= Mussio Ventures |isbn= 978-1-926806-87-7 |page= 96}}
History
The historic Yukon Telegraph Trail follows the Hackett River, running northwest from Saloon{{BCGNIS|13646|Saloon (locality)}} on the upper Little Tahltan River{{BCGNIS|10147|Little Tahltan River}} to Hyland Ranch on the upper Hackett, and on to Egnell and Sheslay near the mouth of the Hackett River.{{cite web |url= https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=17944 |title= Yukon Telegraph Trail |publisher= Canada's Historic Places |accessdate= 13 August 2021}}
See also
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External links
- {{cite web |url= https://www.roundriver.org/wp-content/uploads/pubs/taku/maps/TRTFN_Sensitive_Wildlife_Areas_9june08.pdf |title= Atlin-Taku Planning Area: Sensitive Wildlife Areas |publisher= Taku River Tlingit First Nation}}