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Pat's Creek (Alberta)

Creek in Canada

Summary

Creek in Canada

Field	Value
name	Pat's Creek
image	Pat's Creek in Peace River.jpg
image_caption	Pat's Creek in Peace River
pushpin_map	Alberta
pushpin_map_caption	Location of mouth in Alberta
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Canada
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Alberta
source1_location	Northern Sunrise County
source1_coordinates
mouth_location	Peace River
mouth_coordinates
source1_elevation	745 m
mouth_elevation	320 m
river_system	Peace River

Pat's Creek is a tributary of the Peace River in northern Alberta, Canada, whose mouth is located within the Town of Peace River.

It is named after Patrick Wesley, a Métis man who lived in a cabin adjacent to the creek on his property. He deeded to the Anglican Church 5 acres of his land, including the creek, as tokens of his appreciation for care given to him during his final days in the battle with smallpox.

Course

Pat's Creek originates in Northern Sunrise County, Alberta at an elevation of 745 m. It is formed by two legs from two separate sets of small connected unnamed lakes east of the community of St. Isidore. Flowing westwards, it receives waters from a small unnamed creek just east of St. Isidore and then passes the community just to the north of it less than 500 m away curving deep ravines on its course. Pat's Creek then receives another slightly larger creek just west of the community before being crossed by Highway 688 while flowing northwesterly. It continues westwards then southwesterly flowing between Kaufmann and Grouard hills. It is then channeled in 3 metre culvert for the remaining 1.5 kilometre under the roads, sidewalks, and parks of the Town of Peace River, before emerging to join the Peace River at an elevation of 320 m.

Contemporary history

Flooding

While the open creek through town posed a flooding concern especially during spring break-up, several days of torrential rains on July 2, 1935 caused the Pat's Creek burst its banks sending water gushing down Main Street Peace River along with and tree debris. The rains and flood waters from the tributaries caused the Peace River to rise more than 6.1 m above its normal July levels.

Highway slumpage

Highway 2 used to follow Pat's Creek into the Town of Peace River but had to be abandoned due to massive landslides on the section between Grouard Hill and Kauffman Hill. It is currently a 3 km wilderness interpretive trail above the creek.

References

(Oct 21, 2010). "Pat's Creek saga runs through Peace River's history". Peace River Record Gazette.
Sources: Peace River Remembers, Archdiocese of Athabasca, I Remember, Record-Gazette, Northern Sunrise County Web site. (Mar 15, 2005). "Peace River benefactor lends name to creek". Peace River Record Gazette.

Wikipedia Source

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