Mansfield_Creek
Mansfield Creek
River in British Columbia, Canada
Mansfield Creek is a tributary of the Little Tuya River, which in turn is a tributary of the Tuya River, part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[4][7] It flows generally south and east for roughly 35 km (22 mi)[5] to join the Little Tuya River about 4.5 km (2.8 mi) west-northwest of the Little Tuya's confluence with the Tuya River. Mansfield Creek's watershed covers 143 km2 (55 sq mi),[6] and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 1.46 m3/s (52 cu ft/s).[6] The mouth of Mansfield Creek is located about 45 km (28 mi) northeast of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 50 km (31 mi) west-southwest of Dease Lake, British Columbia, and about 210 km (130 mi) east of Juneau, Alaska. Mansfield Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 40.5% shrubland, 35.3% conifer forest, 17.6% mixed forest, and small amounts of other cover.[6]
Mansfield Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people.[8][9]