The Wapiti Group is a stratigraphical unit of Cretaceous age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin . It has formation status in Alberta and group status in British Columbia .
5-535: It takes the name from the Wapiti River , and was first described along the banks of the lower Wapiti River and Smoky River in the Grande Prairie area by George Mercer Dawson in 1881. The Wapiti Group is composed of thin-bedded to massive sandstone with occasional conglomerate and coal beds. The Wapiti Formation occurs at surface as erosional remnants in north-eastern British Columbia along
10-537: A specific stratigraphic formation in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a specific Canadian geological feature is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Wapiti River The Wapiti River / ˈ w ɑː p ɪ d iː / is a river in eastern British Columbia and western Alberta , Canada . It is a major tributary of the Smoky River , located in
15-904: The Beaver River , Liard River , between the Kotaneelee River and Petitot River . It reaches a thickness of several hundred meters. The Wapiti Group forms the present day erosional surface in British Columbia , and is overlain by the Scollard Formation in its eastern reaches. It conformably and gradually overlays the Kotaneelee Formation in British Columbia, and the Smoky Group in north-western Alberta . This article about
20-543: The County of Grande Prairie No. 1 . It merges into the Smoky River 30 kilometres (19 mi) east of Grande Prairie . From west to east, Wapiti River flows through the alpine environment of the Rocky Mountains , the rolling foothills, then farmlands and aspen parkland in western Alberta. Wapiti Lake Provincial Park, Bear River Park, O'Brien Provincial Park and Pipestone Creek Park are protected areas along
25-668: The southern area of the Peace River Basin. Wapiti is named after the Cree word for elk ( waapiti ). Wapiti River originates as the outflow of Tuck Lake , east of Wapiti Pass , in Wapiti Lake Provincial Park , east-central British Columbia , in the Canadian Rockies . It then runs in a north-eastern direction, crosses into Alberta, where it becomes more meandered as it continues through
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