Salmon River (Fraser River tributary)

This article is about the river near Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. For other uses, see Salmon River (disambiguation).
Salmon River
Map
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictCariboo Land District
Physical characteristics
MouthFraser River
 • coordinates
54°4′1″N 122°33′35″W / 54.06694°N 122.55972°W / 54.06694; -122.55972[2]
 • elevation
568 m (1,864 ft)[3]
Discharge 
 • locationnear Prince George[1]
 • average28.8 m3/s (1,020 cu ft/s)[1]
 • minimum1.4 m3/s (49 cu ft/s)
 • maximum383 m3/s (13,500 cu ft/s)

The Salmon River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, flowing southeast to meet that river to the west of Eaglet Lake,[2] to the north of the city of Prince George. The community of Salmon Valley is located in its basin.[4] It was formerly known as the Little Salmon River.[5]

The nearby McGregor River was originally named the Big Salmon River.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Search for Station 08KC001 Salmon River near Prince George
  2. ^ a b "Salmon River". BC Geographical Names.
  3. ^ Mouth elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS source coordinates.
  4. ^ "Salmon Valley (community)". BC Geographical Names.
  5. ^ Fort George Herald, 15 Apr 1911
  6. ^ "McGregor River". BC Geographical Names.