Cheslatta River
| Cheslatta River | |
|---|---|
| Etymology | Dakelh word meaning either "top of small mountain" or "small rock mountain at east side". |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Skins Lake |
| • coordinates | 53°46′43″N 125°57′28″W / 53.77861°N 125.95778°W |
| • elevation | 830 m (2,720 ft) |
| Mouth | Nechako River |
• coordinates | 53°38′43″N 124°56′13″W / 53.64528°N 124.93694°W |
• elevation | 717 m (2,352 ft) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | below Cheslatta Falls |
| • average | 72.2 m3/s (2,550 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 26.6 m3/s (940 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 465 m3/s (16,400 cu ft/s) |
The Cheslatta River is a tributary of the Nechako River, one of the main tributaries of the Fraser River, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It flows through the Nechako Plateau. Before the construction of Kenney Dam in the early 1950s the Cheslatta was a minor tributary of the Nechako. Today the Nechako River is dry above the Cheslatta, which provides all its source water.
The name "Cheslatta" comes from a Dakelh word meaning either "top of small mountain" or "small rock mountain at east side".