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EtymologyBernhard "Ben" Wrede
CountryCanada
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Wrede Creek
Wrede Creek is located in British Columbia
Wrede Creek
Wrede Creek
Location of the mouth of Wrede Creek at the Ingenika River
EtymologyBernhard "Ben" Wrede
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictCassiar District
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
  location
Ingenika River
  coordinates
56°47′19″N 125°42′01″W
Basin features
ProgressionIngenika RiverWilliston LakePeace RiverSlave RiverGreat Slave LakeMackenzie RiverBeaufort Sea
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Wrede Creek is a tributary of the Ingenika River in the Cassiar District of northern British Columbia, Canada. It flows through the Omineca Mountains and is part of the Arctic Ocean drainage basin.

History and Etymology

The creek is named for Bernhard "Ben" Wrede, a German born trapper. In 1896, Wrede set out on an expedition and had disappeared. In the next year, Wrede's remains and camp were found at the creek.[1]

The name was officially recorded between 1912 and 1914 by Frank Swannell, a British Columbia Land Surveyor (BCLS), during his surveys of the Cassiar Land District. [1]

Geology

The Wrede Creek ultramafic complex is a zoned body situated within the Upper Triassic Takla Group volcanic rocks. K-Ar dating of hornblende pegmatite within the dunite core had ages of 219 ± 10 Ma to 225 ± 6 Ma. Secondary biotite from similar hornblende dated to 175 ± 6 Ma. These ages correlate to Middle-High Jurassic plutonism.[2]

Geography

Wrede Creek originates in the Omineca Mountains and flows generally eastward. It joins the Ingenika River. Its waters eventually reach the Beaufort Sea via the Peace and Mackenzie river systems.[1]

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