Mission Creek (British Columbia)
| Mission Creek Rivière de l'Anse-au-Sable | |
|---|---|
Mouth of Mission Creek | |
| Native name | N'wha-kwi-sen |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| State | British Columbia |
| District | Central Okanagan |
| City | Kelowna |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | British Columbia, Canada |
| Mouth | |
• location | British Columbia, Canada |
• coordinates | 49°50′33″N 119°29′37″W / 49.84250°N 119.49361°W |
| Length | 75 km (47 mi) |
| Basin size | 860 km2 (330 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lake Okanagan |
| • average | 6.81 m3/s (240 cu ft/s) |
Mission Creek is a large creek in the Okanagan Region of British Columbia. Originally called N'wha-kwi-sen (smoothing stones), it was later mapped as Rivière de l’Anse-au-Sable (Sandy Bay River), the name Mission Creek was adopted in 1860 in honour of the Catholic Oblate Mission established by Father Pandosy and other settlers. The Creek rises in the Greystoke Mountain Range and runs west about 43 kilometres (27 mi) before emptying into Okanagan Lake south of Kelowna. Its watershed covers about 200,000 square kilometres (49,000,000 acres). Mission Creek was designated a BC Heritage River by the province in 1996.