Dean River

Dean River
River
Country Canada
State British Columbia
Region Coast Mountains, Kitimat Ranges
Source Aktaklin Lake
 - location Ilgachuz Range, Chilcotin Plateau, Canada
Mouth Kimsquit
 - location Dean Channel, Canada
 - coordinates  [1]
Basin 8,752 km2 (3,379 sq mi) [2]

The Dean River is one of the major rivers of the Kitimat Ranges subrange of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia. It begins in the volcanic-shield Ilgachuz Range on the Chilcotin Plateau and winds north around the Rainbow Range to enter Dean Channel at the now-uninhabited, remote community of Kimsquit, British Columbia. It is one of the few rivers to fully penetrate the wall of the Coast Mountains between the Fraser's mouth (near Vancouver) and the mouth of the Skeena River (near Prince Rupert).

References

  1. ^ "Dean River". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/8550.html. 
  2. ^ Gazetteer of Canada. British Columbia. Canadian Board on Geographic Names. 1953. p. xv. 

The Dean River is known as one of the best fisheries for steelhead (sea-run rainbow trout) in the world.