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18-503: The Moyie River originates in southeast British Columbia. It flows northeast and east, collecting many headwater streams, before turning south and entering Moyie Lake . The river exits Moyie Lake to the south, flowing south and west by the village of Yahk, British Columbia , and Yahk Provincial Park before entering Idaho at Kingsgate, British Columbia , and Eastport, Idaho . In Idaho, the Moyie River flows nearly due south, emptying into

36-411: A kettle hole , kettlehole , or pothole ) is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters . The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating glaciers, which become surrounded by sediment deposited by meltwater streams as there is increased friction. The ice becomes buried in the sediment and when the ice melts,

54-499: A depression is left called a kettle hole, creating a dimpled appearance on the outwash plain. Lakes often fill these kettles; these are called kettle hole lakes. Another source is the sudden drainage of an ice-dammed lake and when the block melts, the hole it leaves behind is a kettle. As the ice melts, ramparts can form around the edge of the kettle hole. The lakes that fill these holes are seldom more than 10 m (33 ft) deep and eventually fill with sediment. In acidic conditions,

72-431: A kettle bog may form but in alkaline conditions, it will be kettle peatland . Kettles are fluvioglacial landforms occurring as the result of blocks of ice calving from the front of a receding glacier and becoming partially to wholly buried by glacial outwash. Glacial outwash is generated when streams of meltwater flow away from the glacier and deposit sediment to form broad outwash plains called sandurs . When

90-844: A water quality monitoring station on the Moyie River near Kingsgate just north of the Canadian border stated that the river's water quality was "generally good", but with some metal levels exceeding provincial limits during freshets (high water events on a river resulting from snow and river ice melting or from heavy rain). E.coli and fecal coliform measurements indicated that the river's water could not be used for drinking water without filtration and disinfection. Other reports about water quality at that location have also been published.<ref> "Water quality assessment of Moyie Creek at Kingsgate (1980-2004)" (PDF) . Victoria, B.C.: [Water, Air and Climate Change Branch], Ministry of Environment. 2005. OCLC   858656570 . Moyie Lake Moyie Lake

108-571: Is a small, narrow kettle lake in southern British Columbia , located along the Moyie River . While building the Crowsnest Pass Railroad, this was the hardest part to build the tracks. The walls of the land around it are very steep and short. It is a lot like Swan Lake to the south in Montana . The lake is located between Cranbrook and Creston . The small town of Moyie is located at

126-410: Is less than ten meters. In most cases, kettle holes eventually fill with water, sediment, or vegetation. If the kettle is fed by surface or underground rivers or streams, it becomes a kettle lake . If the kettle receives its water from precipitation , the groundwater table, or a combination of the two, it is termed a kettle pond or kettle wetland , if vegetated. Kettle ponds that are not affected by

144-702: The Canadian Pacific in British Columbia. In Idaho, the Moyie River and its tributaries lie almost entirely within Kaniksu National Forest . Moyie Falls, near the mouth of the river, effectively blocks the migration of fish. In addition, various dams on the Kootenay River block fish migration. There are resident Kokanee salmon in the upper Moyie River and in Moyie Lake. These were introduced during

162-549: The 1940s and since then naturalized. According to British Columbia's Geographical Names Information System, the word "Moyie" is a corruption of the French "mouiller" or "mouillé", a name given by fur trappers referring to the wet conditions, also described by David Thompson in 1808. Thompson called the river "McDonald's River". Governor Simpson called it "Grand Quête River". Captain Palliser called it "Choe-coos River". The name "Moyie"

180-514: The Kootenai River near Moyie Springs, Idaho , several miles east of Bonners Ferry, Idaho . Near its mouth, the Moyie River tumbles over Moyie Falls . Near the falls is Moyie Dam , constructed in 1949. The river has several oddly named pairs of tributaries. South of Moyie Lake the river collects the tributaries of Sunrise Creek and then Sundown Creek. Farther south, it collects Irishman Creek and then Englishman Creek. At Yahk, Hawkins Creek joins

198-513: The Moyie River include: Methow, Mojie, Mooyie, and Moyea. The Moyie River has multiple recreation opportunities including camping, hunting, fishing, hiking, gold panning , canoeing, kayaking and white water rafting. At this time, recreational boaters do not need a permit to float the Moyie River. Information about current water flows is available through the United States Geological Survey. An analysis of 11 years of results from

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216-629: The Moyie River. Hawkins Creek has two tributaries that begin in the United States and flow north into Canada: Canuck Creek and America Creek. Another odd name occurring along the river is the town of Good Grief, Idaho . The river is paralleled by the Crowsnest Highway in British Columbia, and, briefly, U.S. Route 95 in Idaho. The river is also paralleled by railroads: the Union Pacific in Idaho and

234-595: The groundwater table will usually become dry during the warm summer months, in which case they are deemed ephemeral . If water in a kettle becomes acidic due to decomposing organic plant matter, it becomes a kettle bog ; or, if underlying soils are lime -based and neutralize the acidic conditions somewhat, it becomes a kettle peatland . Kettle bogs are closed ecosystems because they have no water source other than precipitation. Acidic kettle bogs and fresh water kettles are important ecological niches for some symbiotic species of flora and fauna. The Kettle Moraine ,

252-499: The ice blocks melt, kettle holes are left in the sandur. When the development of numerous kettle holes disrupt sandur surfaces, a jumbled array of ridges and mounds form, resembling kame and kettle topography. Kettle holes can also occur in ridge shaped deposits of loose rock fragments called till . Kettle holes can form as the result of floods caused by the sudden drainage of an ice-dammed lake. These floods, called jökulhlaups , often rapidly deposit large quantities of sediment onto

270-538: The melted ice block and on how deeply the block was buried by sediment. Most kettle holes are less than two kilometres in diameter, although some in the U.S. Midwest exceed ten kilometres. Puslinch Lake in Ontario, Canada, is the largest kettle lake in Canada spanning 160 hectares (400 acres). Fish Lake in the north-central Cascade Mountains of the U.S. state of Washington is 200 hectares (490 acres). The depth of most kettles

288-427: The sandur surface. The kettle holes are formed by the melting blocks of sediment-rich ice that were transported and consequently buried by the jökulhlaups. It was found in field observations and laboratory simulations done by Maizels in 1992 that ramparts form around the edge of kettle holes generated by jökulhlaups. The development of distinct types of ramparts depends on the concentration of rock fragments contained in

306-503: The south end of the lake. Located 20 kilometres south of Cranbrook off Highway 3, Moyie Lake Provincial Park day-use area, boat launch, and 111 site campground provides the only public access to the deep blue mountain waters of Moyie Lake. This article about a location in the Regional District of East Kootenay , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kettle (landform) A kettle (also known as

324-611: Was originally pronounced "moo-YAY", indicating its French origin, but today is commonly pronounced "mo-YAY". In 1923 the Eileen dam (previously known as the Moyie dam) was constructed where Skin Creek enters the river about five miles upstream of Moyie Falls. It was anchored to a weak rock structure which washed away in 1925 due to flooding. The arch still remains intact. According to the USGS, variant names for

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