6-770: The Granby River is a tributary of the Kettle River in British Columbia, Canada , joining the Kettle just north of the Canada–United States border at the town of Grand Forks . The river is approximately 105 kilometres (65 mi) in length and has its origin in the Monashee Mountains to the west of Fauquier on the Arrow Lakes . Formerly known as the north fork of the Kettle River ,
12-609: Is a 281-kilometre (175 mi) tributary of the Columbia River , encompassing a 10,877-square-kilometre (4,200 sq mi) drainage basin , of which 8,228 square kilometres (3,177 sq mi) are in southern British Columbia , Canada and 2,649 square kilometres (1,023 sq mi) in northeastern Washington , US. The indigenous name of the river in the Okanagan language is nxʷyaʔłpítkʷ (Ne-hoi-al-pit-kwu. ) Although British officials used this name, Kettle River
18-690: The Granby River is named for the Granby Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company, which from 1898 to 1919 operated the Phoenix Mines and a smelter on the east side of the river. The new name was officially adopted in 1915. This article related to a river in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kettle River (Columbia River) The Kettle River
24-682: The United States again. It then flows south, forming part of the Ferry- Stevens County line, before joining the Columbia River near Kettle Falls, Washington . The Columbia River at this point is a large reservoir impounded behind Grand Coulee Dam , called Lake Roosevelt . The Kettle enters the lake at the Columbia's river mile 706. The Kettle River is undammed, making it one of the few rivers with constant flow in
30-624: The way it is joined by many tributaries, most notably the West Kettle River . Below Midway, the river loops south, crossing the Canada–US border into the United States, through Ferry County, Washington , before flowing north back into Canada, passing by Grand Forks, British Columbia , where the Granby River joins. After flowing east for about 10 miles (16 km), the river turns south again, just south of Christina Lake , entering
36-572: Was in popular use by 1860. The most likely name origin is from the Kettle Falls , which early explorers called "La Chaudiére" ("The Boiler"), because of the effervescent water. A possible alternative is the round holes, shaped like cauldrons, which water had hollowed out in the rocks. From its source at the outlet of Holmes Lake in the Monashee Mountains of British Columbia, the Kettle River flows south to Midway, British Columbia . Along
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