Wapiti River

The Alberta Highway 40 crosses the Wapiti River south of Grande Prairie

The Elk River is a river in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta in Canada.

It is a major tributary of the Smoky River, located in the southern basin of the Peace River.

The name wapiti is from the Cree word for Wapiti deer ( " waapiti ").

River

The Wapiti River entfließt the Tuck Lake east of Wapiti Pass in the Wapiti Lake Provincial Park in West Central British Columbia in the Canadian Rockies. From there it flows in a northeasterly direction, crossing the border into Alberta, where he. Across the territory of the Grande Prairie County No. 1 meanders. 30 km east of Grande Prairie, he finally ends in the Smoky River.

From west to east flows through the Wapiti River alpine scenery of the Rocky Mountains, a hilly landscape, farmland, as well as the Aspen Parkland in western Alberta. The Wapiti Lake Provincial Park, Bear River Park, O'Brien Provincial Park and the Pipestone Creek Park are protected areas along the river course.

Near its mouth the mean discharge of the Wapiti River is 100 m³ / s