Keele River

river, Canada

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The Keele River is a river located in northern Yukon and northwestern Mackenzie District of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is a tributary of the Mackenzie River. The Keele River flows generally northeastward for approximately 425 miles (684 km). Its upper course is characterized by canyons up to 1,000 feet (300 m) deep, while its lower valley is wide with braided channels, gravel bars, and small wooded islands. The river was named after Sir Robert Peel, a 19th-century British prime minister. The Keele River enters the Mackenzie River near Fort McPherson.1

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Mackenzie River
The lower course
…at Wrigley, the Redstone and Keele rivers enter from the west; they have deep canyons where they break out of the Mackenzie Mountains but flow across the lowland as shallow, braided streams. These rivers and the others that drain from the Mackenzie Mountains have their peak flows in June after…
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…at Wrigley, the Redstone and Keele rivers enter from the west; they have deep canyons where they break out of the Mackenzie Mountains but flow across the lowland as shallow, braided streams. These rivers and the others that drain from the Mackenzie Mountains have their peak flows in June after…
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