The Stoddart Group is a stratigraphical unit of Mississippian to Early Pennsylvanian age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin .
4-521: It takes the name from the Stoddart Creek, a creek that flows into Charlie Lake north of Fort St. John , and was first described in well Pacific Fort St. John #23 (at depths from 2000 to 2600m) by A.T.C. Rutgers in 1958. The Formation is composed of both carbonate and clastic facies. The Stoddart Group reaches a maximum thickness of 660 metres (2,170 ft) in the sub-surface north of Fort St. John in north-eastern British Columbia . It
8-761: Is present in the sub-surface from the foothills of the Northern Rockies and eastwards into the Peace River Country in north-western Alberta . The Stoddart Group is composed of the following formations , from top to bottom: The Stoddart Group is overlain by the Ishbel Group in the foothills and the Prophet Formation in the northern plains; it conformably overlays the Debolt Formation . It can be correlated with
12-889: The Tunnel Mountain Formation , the Kananaskis Formation , the Mattson Formation and the Mount Head Formation of the southern Canadian Rockies , and with the Amsden Formation in Montana . Charlie Lake (British Columbia) Charlie Lake is a lake in north-eastern British Columbia , Canada , situated 8 km (5.0 mi) west from Fort St. John , along the Alaska Highway . The lake provides
16-610: The water supply for the city of Fort St. John. The Charlie Lake Formation , a stratigraphical unit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin is named for the lake. The lake is situated at an elevation of 700 m (2,300 ft). It is formed along the Stoddart Creek, a right tributary of the Beatton River , itself a major tributary of the Peace River . Two parks are established on
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