Egnell Creek
| Egnell Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Cassiar Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Level Mountain |
| • location | Nahlin Plateau |
| • coordinates | 58°21′5″N 131°32′48″W / 58.35139°N 131.54667°W |
| • elevation | 1,620 m (5,310 ft) |
| Mouth | Hackett River |
• coordinates | 58°15′37″N 131°48′9″W / 58.26028°N 131.80250°W |
• elevation | 529 m (1,736 ft) |
| Length | 24 km (15 mi) |
| Basin size | 121 km2 (47 sq mi), |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1.95 m3/s (69 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Topo map | NTS 104J5 Ketchum Lake |
Egnell Creek is a tributary of the Hackett River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally southwest about 24 km (15 mi) to join the Hackett River near the Hackett's confluence with the Sheslay River, which in turn is a tributary of the Inklin River, the main southeast fork of the Taku River. Mount Egnell is located near the creek's mouth, as is the historic locality known as Egnell or Sheslay, once a telegraph station on the Yukon Telegraph Line.
Egnell Creek's watershed covers 121 km2 (47 sq mi), and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 1.95 m3/s (69 cu ft/s). The mouth of Egnell Creek is located about 55 km (34 mi) northwest of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 153 km (95 mi) east of Juneau, Alaska, and about 330 km (210 mi) southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon. Egnell Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 46.1% shrubland, 32.4% barren, 24.5% conifer forest, 12.8% mixed forest, and small amounts of other cover.
Egnell Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tlingit Taku River Tlingit First Nation and the Tahltan people.