Parsnip River

The Parsnip River is a 240 km long river in central British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally north-westward from the Parsnip Glacier in the Hart Ranges to Williston Lake, formed by the impounding of the waters of the Peace River by the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in 1968. Prior to that, the Parsnip joined with the Finlay River to form the Peace, with both sharing an alignment along the Rocky Mountain Trench.

The Parsnip is of historical significance as forming part of the route Alexander MacKenzie took in his epic journey to the Pacific Ocean in 1793.

Tributaries

• Hominka River
• Anzac River
• McLeod Lake
• Missinka River
  • Crooked River
  • Carp Lake

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