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Kiwa Creek

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Kiwa Glacier, in Premier Range, with Mount Sir Richard Bennet at right and Mount Sir Mackenzie Bowell at left.

Kiwa Creek is a tributary of the Fraser River that extends from its source at Kiwa Glacier in the Cariboo Mountains to its confluence with the Fraser near Tête Jaune Cache, British Columbia. It is named from the Secwepemc word for "crooked".^[1]

See also

List of rivers of British Columbia

References

^ W., Boles, Glen (2006). Canadian mountain place names : the Rockies and Columbia Mountains. Laurilla, Roger W., 1959-, Putnam, William Lowell., Putnam, William Lowell. Place names of the Canadian Alps. Calgary, Alta.: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN 9781459332171. OCLC 244770225.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

53°01′18″N 119°33′51″W / 53.0217°N 119.5641°W / 53.0217; -119.5641