Marron River
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| Marron River | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Aeneas Lake |
| • location | Northwest of Marron Valley |
| • coordinates | 49°23′46″N 119°41′46″W / 49.39611°N 119.69611°W |
| • elevation | 2,116 ft (645 m)[1] |
| Mouth | An unnamed lake |
• location | West of Skaha Lake |
• coordinates | 49°21′49″N 119°36′06″W / 49.36361°N 119.60167°W |
• elevation | 1,421 ft (433 m)[2] |
The Marron River is a very small and short river in southern British Columbia, located just west of Skaha Lake at a length of 7.8 km. [3]
The Marron River originates in small Aeneas Lake,[4] which is located about 7.8 km west of Skaha Lake, at the head of the Marron Valley (Marron Valley is also the name of the local community).[5] The river flows southeast for about 2 kilometers until it enters the second lake along its course, Marron Lake.[6] Marama Creek, the river’s only officially named tributary, enters the lake’s south shore. The river, after exiting Marron Lake, flows northeast for about 3.1 km as it continues its way down Marron Valley toward Skaha Lake. The river than turns southeast & flows that way for another 3.1 km until it reaches a small, unnamed lake just west of Skaha Lake.
Mouth
The Marron River’s mouth is somewhat different than the mouths of many other British Columbia rivers in the sense that it ends in a lake with no outlet. The river enters an unnamed lake that is located about 0.4 km west of Skaha that has no above-ground outlet. There is likely an underground outlet that carries the outflow from the lake somewhere else (possibly Skaha Lake).