Jennings River

TheJennings Riveris ariverin far northernBritish Columbia,Canada.It is approximately 150 kilometres (93 mi) long. The river was named for William T. Jennings (1846-1906), a civil engineer who, in 1897, assessed various road and railroad routes from the Pacific Ocean to the Yukon.

Path

The Jennings River rises in the northern reaches of theStikine Rangesof theCassiar Mountains,at first running southwest, then turning northeast near theTuya Rangeto enterTeslin Lakeat its southern end, just to the east of the estuary of theTeslin River;also joining the lake in the same area is theHayes River.The lower reaches of the Jennings form the boundary of theNisutlin Plateau,which extends north into the Yukon along the eastern flank of Teslin Lake and to the west of the northernmost reaches of the Stikine Ranges;Simpson Peakis one of the few named summits in that region of the Stikines, and stands above the lower Jennings to the east of its estuary. To the south of the Jennings, west of the Tuya Range, is theKawdy Plateau,which includes the small but ruggedAtsutla Range,and southwest of which is the course of the Teslin River, which traverses the Kawdy, a subset of theStikine Plateau,from south to north.

Ecology

Black Spruceis a major tree in the Jennings River watershed; here the species is near the western limit of its range.

See also

• Toozaza Peak
• List of rivers of British Columbia
• List of rivers of British Columbia ( Alpha betical)

References

• Geological Survey of Canada. 1989.Economic geology report no. 23
• C. Michael Hogan. 2008.Black Spruce: Picea mariana,GlobalTwitcher, ed. Nicklas Stromberg, November, 2008
• "Jennings River".BC Geographical Names.