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Parsnip River
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<p>The Parsnip River is a 240-kilometre (150 mi) long river in central <a href="/facts/British_Columbia/Ty3e3g1Q">British Columbia</a>, <a href="/facts/Canada/cWWFM8oc">Canada</a>. It flows generally north-westward from the Parsnip Glacier in the <a href="/facts/Hart_Ranges/fxh8dNFz">Hart Ranges</a> to the Parsnip Reach of <a href="/facts/Williston_Lake/mjHVdg9Y">Williston Lake</a>, formed by the impounding of the waters of the <a href="/facts/Peace_River_(Canada)/8GESuS8g">Peace River</a> by the <a href="/facts/W.A.C._Bennett_Dam/CQRJ8XtR">W.A.C. Bennett Dam</a> in 1968. Prior to that, the Parsnip joined with the <a href="/facts/Finlay_River/j3FX22B7">Finlay River</a> to form the Peace at <a href="/facts/Finlay_Forks/FbLlJRsU">Finlay Forks</a>, with both sharing an alignment along the <a href="/facts/Rocky_Mountain_Trench/dN9jM8MJ">Rocky Mountain Trench</a>. </p>