Capel River
| Capel River | |
|---|---|
 Bridge over the Capel River at Capel | |
| Origin | Junction of Capel River North and Capel River South |
| Mouth | Geographe Bay |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Length | 32 kilometres (20 mi) [1] |
| Source elevation | 76 metres (249 ft)[2] |
| Mouth elevation | sea level |
| Basin area | 653 square kilometres (252 sq mi)[3] |
The Capel River is a river in the South West of Western Australia.
The Capel River is the largest in the Geographe catchment and begins at the junction of Capel River North and Capel River South. It rises at the edge of the Darling Scarp near Goodwood and flows in a north-westerly direction parallel with Goodwood across the northern part of the Blackwood plateau and the Swan Coastal plain.
The river crosses the Bussell Highway near Capel.
An artificial river mouth was cut through the sand dunes adjacent to the Stirling Wetlands in 1880 to allow it to flow directly into Geographe Bay.[4]
The Capel river has 6 tributaries; Capel River North, Capel River South, Gynudup Brook, Camp Gully, Layman Gully and Maidenhair Gully.
The inaugural 2009 Ranger Outdoors Capel Descent [5] was held in June 2009 which consisted of a 15 kilometres (9 mi) part down river, part open ocean paddle along the Capel River and Geographe Bay.
The river was named after Capel Carter Brockman (1839–1924),[6] daughter of John Bussell (1803–1875),[7] who was named after a Miss Capel Carter, a cousin of the Bussells in England with whom the Bussell family members corresponded.
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- ↑ Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of river names". Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ↑ "Bonzle Digital Atlas - Map of Capel River, WA". 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2008.
- ↑ "Capel River Action Plan". 2007. Archived from the original on 31 August 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
- ↑ "Regional Saltwatch Snapshot pages". 2007. Archived from the original on 29 August 2007. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
- ↑ "Capel Descent". 2009. Retrieved 23 June 2009.
- ↑ 'Brockman, Capel Carter (1839–1924)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 7 April 2013.
- ↑ Freda Vines Carmody (1966) 'Bussell, John Garrett (1803–1875)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, (MUP)
Coordinates: 33°34′37″S 115°35′31″E / 33.57694°S 115.59194°E