Albreda River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Land District | Kamloops Division Yale |
Region | British Columbia Interior |
Regional Districts | Thompson-Nicola & Fraser-Fort George |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed confluence |
• location | Regional District of Fraser-Fort George |
• coordinates | 52°28′43″N 119°07′51″W / 52.47861°N 119.13083°W[2] |
• elevation | 878 m (2,881 ft)[3] |
Mouth | North Thompson River |
• location | Thompson-Nicola Regional District |
• coordinates | 52°28′43″N 119°07′51″W / 52.47861°N 119.13083°W[1] |
• elevation | 733 m (2,405 ft)[3] |
Basin features | |
River system | Pacific Ocean drainage basin |
The Albreda River is a river in Thompson-Nicola Regional District and the Regional District of Fraser-Fort George in the Interior region of British Columbia, Canada.[2][1] It is in the Pacific Ocean drainage basin and is a left tributary of the North Thompson River. The nearest communities to the mouth of the creek on British Columbia Highway 5 are Blue River 42 kilometres (26 mi) south and Valemount 48 kilometres (30 mi) north; the mouth of the river is at a point where the North Thompson River, arriving downstream from its source, turns 90° right and heads south.[2][1]