Peace River

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Peace River is a major river in western Canada that flows through northern British Columbia and Alberta before joining the Slave River system.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Peace River canonical 9
Peace River, Alberta 2
Peace River Valley 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
river
basinSize approximately 306000 square kilometres
continent North America
country Canada
crossesBorderBetween British Columbia
surface form: British Columbia and Alberta
dischargesInto Slave River
flowsDirection generally eastward
flowsThrough Alberta
British Columbia
hasDam Peace Canyon Dam
W. A. C. Bennett Dam
hasFeature Peace River Canyon
hasReservoir Dinosaur Lake
Williston Lake
hasTributary Beatton River
Clear River
Heart River
Little Smoky River
Moberly River
Notikewin River
Pine River
Smoky River
Wabasca River
hasValley Peace River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peace River Valley
historicallyUsedBy Indigenous peoples of the region
length approximately 1923 km
locatedIn Western Canada
majorSettlementOn Fort St. John
Fort Vermilion
Hudson's Hope
Peace River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peace River, Alberta
mouth Slave River
namedAfter peace treaty between Cree and Dane-zaa peoples
partOf Arctic drainage basin
surface form: Arctic Ocean drainage basin

Mackenzie River Basin
surface form: Mackenzie River basin
passesNear Fort St. John
Hudson's Hope
Peace River self-linksurface differs
surface form: Peace River, Alberta
province Alberta
British Columbia
riverSystem Slave River system
sourceLocation Rocky Mountains
sourceRegion Northern British Columbia
usedFor hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
recreation
transportation

Referenced by (14)

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Alberta hasRiver Peace River
Mackenzie River hasMajorTributary Peace River
Alexander Mackenzie explored Peace River
Peace River passesNear Peace River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Peace River, Alberta
Peace River majorSettlementOn Peace River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Peace River, Alberta
Peace River hasValley Peace River self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Peace River Valley
Rocky Mountain Trench contains Peace River
this entity surface form: Peace River headwaters
Highway 2 connectsCity Peace River
subject surface form: Highway 2 (Alberta)
northern Alberta contains Peace River
subject surface form: Northern Alberta
Northern British Columbia contains Peace River
Mackenzie, British Columbia hasNearbyRiver Peace River
this entity surface form: Peace River watershed