The McGregor River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
| McGregor River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Cariboo Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Wishaw Lake |
| Mouth | Fraser River |
• coordinates | 54°10′47″N 122°2′2″W[1] |
• elevation | 588 m (1,929 ft)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | gage 08KB003[3] |
| • average | 214 m3/s (7,600 cu ft/s)[3] |
| • minimum | 17.1 m3/s (600 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 1,940 m3/s (69,000 cu ft/s) |
The McGregor River was named for the Provincial Land Surveyor Captain James Herrick McGregor, who fought and died in 1915 at the Second Battle of Ypres, in Belgian Flanders.[1] It was formerly known as the Big Salmon River.[4] It commemorates Captain McGregor who was the first president of the BC Land Surveyors, president of Victoria's Union Club, and a poet.[5]: 168
The McGregor River originates in Wishaw Lake, a remote lake located in Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area and flows generally west and northwest to join the Fraser River northeast of Prince George.
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