Kanaka Creek

Kanaka Creek is a tributary of the Fraser River, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It flows through Maple Ridge, a district municipality at the eastern edge of Metro Vancouver.^[3]

Kanaka Creek
South Kanaka Creek Falls, near Websters Corners, 1915
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	New Westminster Land District
Physical characteristics
Source	Coast Mountains
• coordinates	49°16′47″N 122°25′46″W[1]
• elevation	920 m (3,020 ft)[2]
Mouth	Fraser River
• location	Maple Ridge, Metro Vancouver
• coordinates	49°12′2″N 122°35′9″W[3]
• elevation	6 m (20 ft)[2]
Basin size	47.7 km2 (18.4 sq mi)[4]
Discharge
• location	Websters Corners[4]
• average	2.74 m3/s (97 cu ft/s)[4]
• minimum	0.026 m3/s (0.92 cu ft/s)
• maximum	130 m3/s (4,600 cu ft/s)

The creek's name is reflected in the name of the local community of Kanaka Creek. Creek and community both were named for a settlement of Kanakas (Hawaiian natives) in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC), known as Kanakas. The HBC trading post of Fort Langley was located just across the Fraser River from Kanaka Creek.^[5] Originally Fort Langley was a few kilometres downriver, at what is now Derby.^[6] The mouth of Kanaka Creek is between the old and new sites of Fort Langley.

Course

Kanaka Creek originates near Blue Mountain, between Alouette Lake and Stave Lake. It flows south, then west to the Fraser River, which it joins between Haney and Albion. The lower half of the creek is within Kanaka Creek Regional Park.^[7]

See also

• List of rivers of British Columbia
• List of tributaries of the Fraser River