Swiftcurrent Creek (British Columbia)
{{Short description|River in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{For|the river in Saskatchewan|Swift Current Creek}}
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| subdivision_name2 = British Columbia
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| subdivision_name3 = Cariboo Land District
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| source1 = Swiftcurrent Glacier
| source1_location = Mount Robson Provincial Park
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| mouth = Fraser River
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Swiftcurrent Creek is a river in Mount Robson Provincial Park in British Columbia.{{cite bcgnis|16664|Swiftcurrent Creek}} It is a tributary of the Fraser River, entering the Fraser about {{convert|1.7|km|mi}} below the mouth of the Robson River.
Course
Swiftcurrent Creek originates at the toe of the Swiftcurrent Glacier and flows about {{convert|3|km|mi|0}} southwest. During that time it flows through two small glacier lakes. At the outlet of the second lake the creek, quite large already, plunges down a headwall into the valley below, forming unofficially-named Swiftcurrent Falls, one of the higher waterfalls in Canada. The creek continues southwest for another {{convert|3.7|km|mi}}. The creek then turns southeast for about {{convert|10|km|mi|0}} until its confluence with the Fraser. There is about a {{convert|6|km|mi|0|adj=on}} long stretch just after the creek turns southeast where the creek bed is wide and the creek runs through the middle. Bordering the creek on both sides are some swamp-like sections that some of the flow from the creek enters before re-entering the mainstream further downstream.
The Yellowhead Highway crosses the creek about {{convert|0.5|km|mi|1}} above its mouth. The creek is not entirely within Mount Robson Park; shortly above the bridge over the creek on the Yellowhead Highway the creek leaves the boundaries of the park.
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Category:Rivers of British Columbia