List of British Columbia rivers

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The following is a partial list of rivers in British Columbia, organized by watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance. ( For an Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers )

1 East of the Continental Divide
- 1.1 Liard River
- 1.2 Peace River
  - 1.2.1 Williston Lake (South of the Peace)
  - 1.2.2 Williston Lake (North of the Peace)
2 West of the Continental Divide
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] East of the Continental Divide

(Arctic Ocean watershed; Liard tributaries on Yukon side of border omitted)

[edit] Liard River

- Petitot River
- Fort Nelson River
  - Sahtaneh River
    - Snake River
  - Muskwa River
    - Prophet River
      - Minaker River
      - Besa River
    - Tetsa River
    - Chischa River
    - Tuchodi River
  - Sikanni Chief River
  - Fontas River
- Dunedin River
- Beaver River
- Toad River
  - West Toad River
  - Racing River
  - Schipa River
- Grayling River
- Trout River
  - Muncho Lake
- Vents River
- Smith River
- Coal River
- Rabbit River
  - Gundahoo River
- Kechika River
  - Red River
  - Turnagain River
    - Major Hart River
    - Dall River
  - Gataga River
  - Frog River
- Dease River
  - Blue River
  - Rapid River
- Little Rancheria River

[edit] Peace River

- Redwillow River (Smoky River, Alberta drainage)
- Wapiti River (Smoky River, Alberta drainage)
  - Narraway River
- Pouce Coupe River
- Alces River
- Kiskatinaw River
  - West Kiskatinaw River
- Beatton River
  - Doig River
    - Osborn River
  - Blueberry River
- Pine River
  - Murray River
    - Wolverine River
  - Sukunwa River
- Moberly River
  - Moberly Lake
- Halfway River
  - Cameron River
  - Graham River
  - Chowade River
- Nabesche River
- Wicked River

[edit] Williston Lake (South of the Peace)

- - Manson River
  - Nation River
  - Pack River
    - McLeod River
      - Carp Lake
    - McLeod Lake
      - Crooked River
        
        Summit Lake
  - Parsnip River

[edit] Williston Lake (North of the Peace)

- - Omineca River
    - Mesilinka River
    - Osilinka River
  - Ospika River
  - Ingenika River
    - Swannell River
- Finlay River
  - Akie River
  - Kwadacha River
    - Warneford River
    - North Kwadacha River
  - Fox River)
    - McCook River
  - Obo River
  - Toodoggone River
  - Firesteel River
    - Sturdee River
  - Thutade Lake - Source of the Peace River

[edit] West of the Continental Divide

(Pacific Ocean watershed; Columbia tributaries on US side of border omitted)

[edit] Columbia River watershed

- Columbia River
  - Spillimacheen River
  - Kicking Horse River
  - Canoe River
  - Kootenay River
    - Bull River
    - Elk River
    - Moyie River
    - Yahk River
    - Duncan River
  - Pend Oreille River
    - Flathead River (via the Clark Fork)
    - Salmo River
  - Kettle River
    - Granby River
    - West Kettle River
  - Okanagan River
    - Similkameen River
      - Pasayten River
      - Tulameen River

[edit] Strait of Georgia watershed

Howe Sound
- Squamish River
Bute Inlet
- - Homathko River
    - Tatlayoko Lake
  - Southgate River
    - Bishop River
Toba Inlet
- - Toba River
Powell River
- - Powell Lake
Fraser River
- - Robson River
  - McLennan River
  - Raush River
  - Castle Creek
  - Dore River
  - Goat River
    - Milk River
  - Torpy River
  - Bowron River
  - McGregor River
    - Herrick Creek
  - Willow River
  - Nechako River
    - Stuart River
    - Nautley River
      - Stellako River
        
        Endako River, Burns Lake
        
        Trout Creek?
      - Tchesnikut Lake
      - François Lake
    - Tetachuck Lake
      - Allin Bay
  - Cheslatta River
    - - François Lake
      - Bryan Arm
      - Chelaslie Arm
    - Natalkuz Lake
    - Chedakuz, Arm,
      - Knewstubb Lake
        
        Murray Lake
      - Euchu Reach (? River)
        
        Entiako River
        
        Entiako Lake
        
        Chief Louis Arm
    - Ootsa Lake
      - Tahtsa Reach, Tahtsa Lake
      - Whitesail Lake
        
        Zinc Bay
        
        Little Whitesail Lake
      - Troitsa Lake
  - Cottonwood River
    - Swift River
  - Quesnel River
    - Cariboo River
      - Matthew River
      - Lanezi Lake
      - Isaac Lake
        
        Wolverine River
    - Quesnel Lake
      - Roaring River
      - Mitchell River
        
        Mitchel Lake
      - Niagara Creek
      - Horsefly River
        
        Horsefly Lake
  - West Road or Blackwater River
  - San Jose River
  - Chilcotin River
    - Chilko River
      - Taseko River
        
        Taseko Lake
        
        Lord River
        
        Tchaikazan River
      - Chilko Lake
        
        Edmond River
      - Chilanko River
  - Churn Creek
  - Bridge River
    - Yalakom River
    - Tyaughton Creek
      - Relay Creek
      - Noaxe Creek
    - Gun Creek
      - Leckie Creek
      - Slim Creek
    - Hurley River
      - Cadwallader Creek
  - Seton Creek
    - Cayoosh Creek
      - Duffey Lake
    - Seton Lake
      - Seton Portage River
        
        Anderson Lake
        
        Gates River
  - Stein River
  - Thompson River
    - Kamloops Lake
      - North Thompson River
        
        Clearwater River
        
        Mahood River
        
        Murtle River
        
        Azure River
      - South Thompson River
        
        Little Shuswap Lake
        
        Little Shuswap River
        
        Shuswap Lake
        
        Sicamous Narrows
        
        Mara Lake
        
        Shuswap River
        
        Mabel Lake
        
        Wap Creek
        
        Sugar Lake
        
        Eagle River
        
        Perry River
        
        Seymour River
        
        Adams River
        
        Adams Lake
    - Deadman's River
    - Bonaparte River
      - Green Lake
    - Nicola River
      - Nicola Lake
      - Coldwater River (from Coquihalla Pass)
  - Nahatlatch River
  - Anderson River
  - Coquihalla River
  - Vedder River (aka Chilliwack River)
  - Harrison River
    - Harrison Lake
      - Lillooet River
        
        Lillooet Lake
        
        Birkenhead River
        
        Birkenhead Lake
        
        Green River
        
        Rutherford Creek
        
        Soo River
        
        Green Lake
        
        River of Golden Dreams
        
        Alta Lake
        
        Fitzsimmons Creek
        
        Ryan River
        
        Meager Creek
    - Chehalis River
      - Chehalis Lake
  - Stave River
    - Hayward Lake
      - Stave Lake
  - Pitt River
  - Alouette River
    - Pitt Lake
  - Coquitlam River
    - Coquitlam Lake
- Nicomekl River
- Skagit River

[edit] Marcus Passage Watershed

- Alice Arm
- Skeena River
  - McNeil River
  - Ayton Creek
  - Ecstall River
  - Gitnadoix River
  - Exchamsiks River
  - Lakelse River
  - Zymoetz River
    - Clore River
    - Kitnayakwa River
  - Kispiox River
  - Shegunia River
  - Sicintine River
  - Squinguila River
  - Sustut River
    - Bear River
    - Asitka River
  - Mosque River
  - Duti River
  - Kluatantan River
  - Gossen Creek
  - Kasiks River
    - Kitsumkalum River, Kitsumkalum Lake
  - Kleanza Creek
  - Kwinitsa Creek
  - Bulkley River
    - Telkwa River
    - Morice River
      - Morice Lake, Atna Bay
    - Lakelse Lake, Furlong Bay
      - Toboggan Creek
  - Maxan Lake
  - Decker Lake
Oriflamme Passage
- Portland Inlet
  - Nass Hrbr., Nass Bay, Mill Bay
    - Nass River
  - Meziadin River, Meziadin Lake
  - Bowser Lake, Bowser River
- Bear River

[edit] Queen Charlotte Sound watershed

[edit] Douglas Channel watershed

Gardner Canal
- - Alan Reach
    - Kiltuish Inlet
      - Kiltuish River
  - Europa Reach
    - Brim River
  - Barrie Reach
    - Kemano River
  - Whidbey Reach
    - Chief Matthews Bay
      - Kowesas River
    - Tsaytis River
    - Tezwa River
    - Kitlope River
      - Gamsby River
- Kitimat Arm
  - Kitimat River
  - Kildala Arm
    - Kildala River
  - Watt Creek

[edit] Dean Channel watershed

Kimsquit River
Dean River
Burke Channel
- Kwatna Inlet
  - Quatlena River
  - Kwatna River (via Kwatna Bay)
North Bentinck Arm
- Bella Coola River
  - Atnarko River
    - Talchako River
- Necleetsconnay River
South Bentinck Arm
- Taleomey River
- Noeick River
  - Smitley River

[edit] Queen Charlotte Strait watershed

Knight Inlet
- Klinaklini River
Koeye River
Rivers Inlet
- Wannock River
  - Owikeno Lake
    - Sheemahant River
    - Machmell River

[edit] Rivers of Vancouver Island

[edit] Broughton Strait–Queen Charlotte Strait watersheds

- Kokish River
- Nimpkish River
  - Nimpkish Lake
  - Woss Creek
    - Woss Lake
  - Davie River
- Keogh River
- Quatsie River
- Tsuiquate River
- Shushartie River
- Nahwitti River
- Stranby River

[edit] Discovery Passage–Johnstone Strait watersheds

- Campbell River
  - Quinsam River
    - Iron River
      - Chute Creek
  - John Hart Lake
  - Lower Campbell Lake
    - Greenstone Creek
  - Upper Campbell Lake
    - Elk River
      - Cervus Creek
  - Buttle Lake
    - Wolf River
    - Ralph River
      - Shepherd Creek
    - Myra Creek
    - Thelwood Creek
- Salmon River
  - White River
  - Memkay River
    - Middle Memkay River
    - North Memkay River
- Adam River
  - Eve River
- Tsitika River

[edit] Gulf of Georgia watersheds

- Goldstream River
  - Goldstream Lake
- Shawnigan River
  - Shawnigan Lake
- Koksilah River
- Cowichan River
  - Cowichan Lake
    - Robertson River
- Chemainus River
  - Chipman Creek
- Nanaimo River
  - South Nanaimo River
    - Dunsmuir Creek
  - North Nanaimo River
- Englishman River
  - South Englishman River
- Little Qualicum River
  - Cameron Lake
    - Cameron River
- Qualicum River
  - Horne Lake
- Tsable River
- Trent River
  - Bloedel Creek
- Puntledge River
  - Tsolum River
  - Browns River
  - Comox Lake
    - Cruickshank River
      - Comox Creek
- Oyster River
  - Little Oyster River
  - Piggott Creek

[edit] West Coast of Vancouver Island watersheds

[edit] Alberni Inlet-Barclay Sound

- Black River
- Pachena River
- Sarita River
  - South Sarita River
- Franklin River
  - Corrigan Creek
- China Creek
- Somass River
  - Stamp River
    - Ash River
    - Great Central Lake
      - Drinkwater Creek
  - Sproat River
    - Sproat Lake
      - Taylor River

[edit] Clayoquot Sound

- Cous Creek
- Nahmint River
- Effingham River
- Toquart River
- Kennedy River
  - Kennedy Lake
    - Clayoquot River
    - Sand River
- Tofino Creek
- Bedwell River
  - Ursus Creek
- Cypress River
- Moyena River
- Atleo River
- Megin River
  - Talbot Creek
- Sydney River
- Hesquiat River
  - Hesquiat Lake
- Houston River
  - Jacklah River
- Burman River
  - Bancroft Creek

[edit] Nootka Sound

- Gold River
  - Ucana River
    - Donner Lake
  - Heber River
    - Saunders Creek
  - Upana River
  - Muchalat River
    - Muchalat Lake
      - Oktwanch River
- Tlupana River
  - Nesook River
- Conuma River
- Sucowa River
- Leiner River
- Tahsis River
- Zeballos River
  - Nomash River
- Kaouk River
- Artlish River
- Tahsish River
  - Kwois Creek
- Marble River
  - Alice Lake
    - Benson River
      - Raging River
  - Victoria Lake
    - Teihsum River
- Waukwaas River
- Goodspeed River
- MacJack River
- San Josef River
- Fisherman River

[edit] Strait of Juan de Fuca watersheds

- Darling River
- Klanawa River
  - East Klanawa River
- Nitinat River
  - Nitinat Lake
    - Caycuse River
  - Little Nitinat River
- Carmanah Creek
- Walbran Creek
- San Juan River
  - Gordon River
  - Fleet River
- Jordan River
- Sooke River
  - Leech River
  - Sooke Lake
- Colquitz Creek

[edit] Watersheds East of Alaska Boundary

(south and east of the Chilkoot Pass)

Salmon River
- Unuk River
  - Nesbitt Bay
- Stikine River
  - Chukachida River
  - Spatsizi River
    - Kluayetz Creek
    - Ross River
  - Pitman River
  - Kehlechoa River
  - McBride River
  - Klappan River
    - Little Klappan River
  - Tanzilla River
  - Klastline River
  - Tuya River
    - Little Tuya River
  - Tahltan River
    - Little Tahltan River
      - Hackett River
  - Iskut River
    - Little Iskut River
    - Ningunsaw River
    - Craig River
    - Inhini River
  - Katete River
- Whiting River
  - South Whiting River
- Taku River
  - Inklin River
    - Sheslay River
      - Tatsatua Creek
      - Samotua River
    - Nahlin River
      - Dudidontu River
    - Sutlahine River
  - Nakina River
  - Yeth Creek
    - Silver Salmon River
    - Sloko River
      - Nakonake River
- Tulsequah River
- Sittakanay River (confluence with the Taku is in Alaska)
- Zohini Creek
- Stuhini Creek

[edit] Watersheds North of Alaska Boundary watershed

(west of the Chilkoot Pass)

Alsek River
- Tatshenshini River
  - Parton River
  - Blanchard River
  - Tats Creek
  - Tkope Creek
- Range Creek
Chilcat River (sp. Chilkat in Alaska)
Flemer River
- Tahini River (NB different from Takhini River, which is in same area and runs the other way)
Kelsall River
- Kelsall Lake (Glacier Camp Pass)
Klehini River

[edit] Bering Sea watershed

(Yukon River Watershed)

- Kusawa River
- Hendon River
- Takhini River
- Primrose River
- Partridge Lake
  - Partridge River
- Bennett Lake
  - Lake Lindeman
    - Lindeman Creek (from Chilkoot Pass)
    - Homan River
- Tagish Lake
  - Taku Arm
    - Swanson River
    - Fantail River
    - Graham Inlet
    - Racine Creek
    - Tutshi River (from White Pass)
      - East Tutshi River
    - Atlin Lake
      - Surprise Creek
        
        Surprise Lake
      - Torres Channel
      - O'Donnel River
      - Pike River
- Teslin Lake
  - Jennings River
  - Teslin River
    - Kedahda River
  - Hayes River
  - Swift River
  - Gladys River

[edit] See also

Rivers by province and territory

[edit] External links

British Columbia Rivers

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