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.

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.Parsnip River in German means 'butt crack.' So when the germans came they asumed that metnt go and wash your butt crack in the river.. So they did. Fun for the natives. They quoted the smell was just so horible that they migrated to the Fraser river. Also known as Pee river.

Tributaries

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

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