This article is on a creek in British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

. For an article on a creek of the same name in the US state of Montana

Montana

Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...

, see Swiftcurrent Creek (Montana).

Swiftcurrent Creek is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in Mount Robson Provincial Park

Mount Robson Provincial Park

Mount Robson Provincial Park is a large provincial park in the Canadian Rockies with an area of 2,249 km². The park is located entirely within British Columbia, bordering Jasper National Park in Alberta. The B.C. legislature created the park in 1913, the same year as the first ascent of Mount...

 of British Columbia. It is a tributary of the Fraser River

Fraser River

The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia at the city of Vancouver. It is the tenth longest river in Canada...

, entering the Fraser about 1.7 km below the mouth of the Robson River

Robson River

The Robson River is a short but swift, rapid and waterfall-infested river in Mount Robson Provincial Park of British Columbia. It is a tributary of the Upper Fraser River and it originates near Robson Pass, which divides the Robson River & the headwaters of the Smoky River drainage...

.

Course

Swiftcurrent Creek originates at the toe of the Swiftcurrent Glacier & flows about 3 km southwest. During that time it flows through 2 small glacier lakes. At the outlet of the second lake the creek, quite large already, plunges down a headwall into the valley below, forming unofficially-named Swiftcurrent Falls

Swiftcurrent Falls (British Columbia)

For the waterfall in Montana with the same name, see Swiftcurrent Falls .Swiftcurrent Falls is a major waterfall located on Swiftcurrent Creek near its source...

, one of the higher waterfalls in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. The creek continues southwest for another 3.7 km. The creek then turns southeast for about 10 km until its confluence with the Fraser. There is about a 6 km long stretch located just after the creek turns southeast where the creek bed is very wide & the creek runs through the middle. Bordering the creek on both sides are some swamp

Swamp

A swamp is a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a large number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp...

-like sections that some of the flow from the creek enters before re-entering the mainstream further downstream.

The Yellowhead Highway

Yellowhead Highway

The Yellowhead Highway is a major east-west highway connecting the four western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Although part of the Trans-Canada Highway system, the highway should not be confused with the more southerly, originally-designated...

crosses the creek about 0.5 above its mouth. The creek actually isn't entirely within Mount Robson Park; shorty above the bridge over the creek on the Yellowhead Highway the creek leaves the boundaries of the park.