Fraser River
| Fraser River Staulo, Lhtako, Tacoutche Tesse, ʔElhdaqox, Sto:lo | |
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The Fraser River, from the grounds of Westminster Abbey, above Hatzic in Mission, British Columbia, looking upstream (E) | |
Fraser River watershed | |
The Fraser River and its source | |
| Etymology | Fur trader and explorer Simon Fraser |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Fraser Pass |
| • location | Mount Robson Provincial Park, Rocky Mountains, British Columbia, Canada |
| • coordinates | 52°37′41″N 118°25′50″W / 52.62806°N 118.43056°W |
| • elevation | 2,145 m (7,037 ft) |
| Mouth | Fraser River Delta |
• location | Strait of Georgia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
• coordinates | 49°10′40″N 123°12′45″W / 49.17778°N 123.21250°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 1,375 km (854 mi) |
| Basin size | 220,000 km2 (85,000 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth (average and min); max at Hope |
| • average | 3,475 m3/s (122,700 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 575 m3/s (20,300 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 17,000 m3/s (600,000 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Bowron River, Willow River, Quesnel River, Thompson River, Coquihalla River, Chilliwack River, Sumas River, Salmon River (lower mainland) |
| • right | Morkill River, McGregor River, Salmon River (interior), Nechako River, West Road (Blackwater) River, Chilcotin River, Bridge River, Harrison River, Stave River, Pitt River, Coquitlam River |
| Protection status | |
| Official name | Fraser River Delta |
| Designated | 24 May 1982 |
| Reference no. | 243 |
The Fraser River (/ˈfreɪzər/) is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres (854 mi), into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual discharge at its mouth is 112 cubic kilometres (27 mi3) or 3,550 cubic metres per second (125,000 cu ft/s), and each year, it discharges about 20 million tons of sediment into the ocean.