Fraser River

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river

The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, flowing from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean and serving as a major waterway for ecology, fisheries, and regional commerce in the Pacific Northwest.

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Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river →
associatedWithEvent	Fraser River Gold Rush →
basinCountry	Canada →
basinSize	approximately 230000 square kilometres →
country	Canada →
crossedBy	Alex Fraser Bridge → George Massey Tunnel → Pattullo Bridge → Port Mann Bridge → Queensborough Bridge →
discoveredByEuropeans	Simon Fraser →
drainageBasin	Fraser River Basin →
economicImportance	agricultural irrigation → commercial fisheries → log transport → recreational fisheries → transportation corridor →
emptiesInto	Strait of Georgia →
environmentalIssue	flood risk in Fraser Valley → habitat degradation in lower reaches → salmon population decline →
estuaryLocatedNear	Vancouver →
flowsDirection	generally northwest to south then southwest →
flowsThrough	Abbotsford → Chilliwack → Hope → Langley → Lillooet region → New Westminster → Prince George → Quesnel → Richmond → Surrey → Vancouver region → Williams Lake region →
formsEstuaryAt	Fraser River Delta →
hasAverageDischarge	on the order of several thousand cubic metres per second →
hasEcosystemRole	major salmon habitat →
hasFeature	Fraser Canyon rapids → tidal estuary →
historicalSignificance	important to Indigenous peoples of British Columbia → major route for fur trade →
isLongestRiverIn	British Columbia →
length	approximately 1375 kilometres → approximately 854 miles →
locatedIn	British Columbia → Pacific Northwest → Western Canada →
majorTributary	Bridge River → Chilcotin River → Coquihalla River → Harrison River → Nechako River → Nicola River → Pitt River → Quesnel River → Stave River → Thompson River →
mouthLocatedIn	Pacific Ocean → Strait of Georgia →
namedAfter	Simon Fraser →
passesThroughRegion	Cariboo region → Fraser Canyon → Fraser Valley → Interior Plateau →
protectedAreaAlong	Fraser River Heritage Park vicinity →
sourceLocatedIn	Fraser Pass → Rocky Mountains →
supportsSpecies	Chinook salmon → Chum salmon → Coho salmon → Pink salmon → Sockeye salmon → white sturgeon →

Referenced by (20)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cascade Range ("Fraser River basin") → Columbia Mountains ("Fraser River basin (northern parts)") →	drainage
Cascadia → Pacific Northwest →	hasRiver
Port of Vancouver → Vancouver International Airport →	near
Burrard Peninsula →	borderedBy
Metro Vancouver →	bordersBodyOfWater
Fraser Canyon Gold Rush →	centeredOn
British Columbia →	contains
Fraser River ("Fraser River Basin") →	drainageBasin
Coast Mountains →	drainageTo
British Columbia →	hasMajorRiver
Burnaby ("Fraser River (southern boundary)") →	hasWaterBody
Burrard Peninsula →	locatedBetween
Vancouver →	locatedBy
Fraser Canyon →	locatedOnRiver
Oregon Country →	majorRiver
Kamloops ("Fraser River watershed") →	nearRiver
Burrard Peninsula →	waterBodyOnSouth