Fraser River

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedWithEvent Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fraser River Basin
economicImportance agricultural irrigation
commercial fisheries
log transport
recreational fisheries
transportation corridor
emptiesInto Georgia Strait
surface form: 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 City
surface form: Langley

Lillooet region
New Westminster
Prince George
Quesnel
Richmond
Surrey
Lower Mainland
surface form: 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
Georgia Strait
surface form: Strait of Georgia
namedAfter Simon Fraser
passesThroughRegion Interior Plateau of British Columbia
surface form: Cariboo region

Fraser Canyon
Lower Mainland
surface form: 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

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Fraser Pass namedAfter Fraser River
Fraser Pass drainageBasin Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River basin
Quesnel locatedOnRiver Fraser River
Maple Ridge locatedOnRiver Fraser River
Lillooet region traversedBy Fraser River
Interior Plateau drainedBy Fraser River
George Massey Tunnel crosses Fraser River
George Massey Tunnel passesUnder Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River South Arm
Fraser River Delta formedBy Fraser River
Lower Mainland traversedBy Fraser River
Nechako River mouth Fraser River
Nechako River partOf Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River basin
Nechako River hasConfluenceWith Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River at Prince George
Alex Fraser Bridge crosses Fraser River
Alex Fraser Bridge crossesBranchOf Fraser River
this entity surface form: South Arm of the Fraser River
Burnaby Lake partOfWatershed Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River watershed
Langley City hasNearbyRiver Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River vicinity
Port Coquitlam locatedOnRiver Fraser River
Port Coquitlam locatedInWatershed Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River basin
Pitt Meadows locatedOnRiver Fraser River
Pitt Meadows borderedBy Fraser River
Thompson River partOf Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River basin
Thompson River mouth Fraser River
Thompson River confluenceWith Fraser River
Thompson River tributaryOf Fraser River
Chilcotin River mouthOfWaterBody Fraser River
Chilcotin River partOf Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River basin
Abbotsford locatedOnRiver Fraser River
Fraser Valley namedAfter Fraser River
Fraser Valley traversedBy Fraser River
Port Mann Bridge crosses Fraser River
New Westminster locatedOnRiver Fraser River
Chilliwack locatedOnRiver Fraser River
Pattullo Bridge crosses Fraser River
Burnaby borderedBy Fraser River
Columbia District (by the Hudson's Bay Company) majorRiver Fraser River
subject surface form: Columbia District (Hudson's Bay Company)
CYVR nearBodyOfWater Fraser River
Sea Island locatedInWaterBody Fraser River
Hell's Gate locatedIn Fraser River
Hell's Gate river Fraser River
Yale Canyon river Fraser River
Yale Canyon watercourseThrough Fraser River
Yale Canyon locatedOnWaterway Fraser River
Boston Bar Canyon watercourse Fraser River
Boston Bar Canyon riverFlowsThrough Fraser River
Alexandria Canyon formedBy Fraser River
Alexandria Canyon isSubFeatureOf Fraser River
this entity surface form: Fraser River system
Alexandria Canyon watercourse Fraser River