Crater Creek
Crater Creek is a tributary of Ksi Sii Aks and part of the Nass River watershed in northern part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.
It flows generally south and west for roughly to join Ksi Aii Aks, which flows into Nass River near the community of Gitlaxt'aamiks. Crater Creek's watershed covers, and is mostly within the Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Protected Area and Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park. The creek's mean annual discharge is estimated at.
The mouth of Crater Creek is located about northeast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, about northwest of Prince George, British Columbia, about east of Ketchikan, Alaska; about north of Vancouver, British Columbia, and about southeast of Juneau, Alaska. Crater Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 45.5% conifer forest, 25.5% barren, 14.0% shrubland, and small amounts of other cover.
Crater Creek lies within the traditional territory of the Nisga'a First Nation. Most of the creek's drainage is in Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park, which was included in the Nisga'a Treaty in 2000. It was the first provincial park in British Columbia to be jointly managed by the government and a First Nation.
Geography
Crater Creek originates in glaciers on the north slope of Mount Philippa. It flows north through an icy and barren land for about before turning west and entering shrublands and coniferous forests. After flowing west for about Crater Creek turns south, flowing through a valley between Mount Philippa on the east and other highlands of the Hazelton Mountains on the west.The creek flows south for about before entering Melita Lake, after which the creek turns west. The volcanic vent Tseax Cone is just south of Melita Lake. After passing Tseax Cone the creek flows generally west through lava beds for about. It passes just north of Lava Lake before passing under the Nisga'a Highway and joining Ksi Sii Aks, a tributary of the Nass River.