Guichon Creek (Nicola River)
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Guichon Creek is a large creek
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 in the Nicola Country
Nicola Country
The Nicola Country, also known as the Nicola Valley and often referred to simply as The Nicola, and originally Nicolas' Country or Nicholas' Country, adapted to Nicola's Country and simplified since, is a region in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada...

 of southern interior British Columbia. It flows south from near Mount Fehr (south of Walhachin) past Logan Lake through Mamit Lake, entering the Nicola River
Nicola River
The Nicola River, originally French Rivière de Nicholas or Rivière de Nicolas, adapted to Nicolas River, Nicola's River in English, , is one of the major tributaries of the Thompson River in the Canadian province of British Columbia, entering the latter at the town of Spences Bridge...

 at Lower Nicola west of Merritt
Merritt
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The creek provides irrigation water for nearby cattle ranches, and a tributary, Witches Brook, drains part of the area of the Highland Valley Copper Mine. Highway 97C runs parallel to the creek between Logan Lake and and its junction with Highway 8.
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