The Gregg River is a short
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
in west-central
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, t ...
, Canada. The river is named after John James Gregg (1840–1941), a
prospector
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Space exploration
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Trains
* Prospector (train), a passenger train operated by the Denver & Rio Grande Western ra ...
and
trapper prominent in the area.
[Karamitsanis, Aphrodite (1991). ''Place Names of Alberta, Volume 1''. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, pg. 103]
Course
The Gregg River forms at the confluence of a number of minor creeks near the Cardinal River Coal Mine, at the base of Mount Sir Harold Mitchell. The river then flows northwest, taking on a number of tributary creeks before joining the
McLeod River, which in turn flows into the
Athabasca River
The Athabasca River (French: ''Rivière Athabasca'') in Alberta, Canada, originates at the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park and flows more than before emptying into Lake Athabasca. Much of the land along its banks is protected in nationa ...
. The Gregg is bridged by
Alberta Highway 40
Highway 40 is a south–north highway in western Alberta, Canada. It is also named Bighorn Highway and Kananaskis Trail in Kananaskis Country. Its segmented sections extend from Coleman, Alberta, Coleman in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Municipa ...
.
Tributaries
*Berry's Creek
*Sphinx Creek
*Drinnan Creek
*Warden Creek
*Teepee Creek
*Wigwam Creek
See also
*
List of Alberta rivers
References
Rivers of Alberta
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