McLennan River

For the river in Saskatchewan, see MacLennan River.

The McLennan River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia. The river was named after an engineer on one of the Canadian Pacific Railway surveys in the 1870s.^[3]

McLennan River
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Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Cariboo Land District
Physical characteristics
Source	McLennan Glacier
• location	Premier Range
• coordinates	52°49′20″N 119°33′27″W[1]
• elevation	2,175 m (7,136 ft)[2]
Mouth	Fraser River
• location	Tête Jaune Cache, Robson Valley
• coordinates	52°57′58″N 119°27′43″W[3]
• elevation	727 m (2,385 ft)[2]
Basin size	534 km2 (206 sq mi)[4]

Course

Headwall below McLennan Glacier and upper McLennan River flats

The McLennan River originates in the Premier Range, flowing from McLennan Glacier between Mount Stanley Baldwin and Mount Arthur Meighen. The river flows east out of the mountains into the Rocky Mountain Trench near Valemount. Then it turns northwest, flowing through the Rocky Mountain Trench, picking up tributary streams flowing from the Selwyn Range to the east and the Premier Range to the west. It joins the Fraser River at Tête Jaune Cache.

See also

• List of rivers of British Columbia