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McLennan River
Country Canada
Province British Columbia
Physical characteristics
Main source McLennan Glacier
Premier Range
2,175 m (7,136 ft)
52°49′20″N 119°33′27″W / 52.82222°N 119.55750°W / 52.82222; -119.55750
River mouth Fraser River
Tête Jaune Cache, Robson Valley
727 m (2,385 ft)
52°57′58″N 119°27′43″W / 52.96611°N 119.46194°W / 52.96611; -119.46194
Basin features
Basin size 534 km2 (206 sq mi)

The McLennan River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Robson Valley region of British Columbia. The river was named after an engineer on one of the Canadian Pacific Railway surveys in the 1870s.

Course

Mclennan River headwall
Headwall below McLennan Glacier and upper McLennan River flats

The McLennan River originates in the Premier Range, flowing from McLennan Glacier between Mount Stanley Baldwin and Mount Arthur Meighen. The river flows east out of the mountains into the Rocky Mountain Trench near Valemount. Then it turns northwest, flowing through the Rocky Mountain Trench, picking up tributary streams flowing from the Selwyn Range to the east and the Premier Range to the west. It joins the Fraser River at Tête Jaune Cache.

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