Fraser Canyon

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Fraser Canyon is a dramatic, steep-walled river gorge in British Columbia, Canada, historically significant as a major corridor for transportation, settlement, and resource extraction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canyon
river gorge
containsInfrastructure fishways at Hell's Gate
containsRapids China Bar rapids
Fisher Creek rapids
Hell's Gate rapids
Hells Gate fishways area rapids
Sailor Bar rapids
country Canada
economicActivity hydroelectric potential sites
logging transport corridor
mineral exploration access
geologicalFeature deeply incised river valley
hasClimate interior canyon climate
hasSection Alexandria Canyon
Fountain Canyon
surface form: Big Bar Canyon

Boston Bar Canyon
Chimney Creek Canyon
Fountain Canyon
Hell's Gate
High Bar Canyon
Fraser Canyon self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lillooet Canyon

Soda Creek Canyon
Yale Canyon
hasVegetation dry interior forests
grasslands on canyon slopes
historicallyUsedFor fur trade transportation route
gold rush access route
highway corridor
railway corridor
importantFor salmon migration route
knownFor dramatic river scenery
historical significance
steep rock walls
transportation corridor
whitewater rapids
lengthApproximate 170 miles
270 kilometres
locatedIn British Columbia
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
locatedOnRiver Fraser River
nearbySettlement Boston Bar, British Columbia
Lillooet region
surface form: Lillooet, British Columbia

Lytton, British Columbia
Spences Bridge, British Columbia
Williams Lake, British Columbia
Yale, British Columbia
northEndNear Prince George
partOf Interior Plateau of British Columbia
surface form: Interior of British Columbia
passesThrough Coast Mountains
Interior Plateau
significantEvent Fraser Canyon Gold Rush
Fraser Canyon War
southEndNear Hope, British Columbia
tourismAttraction Fraser Canyon scenic drives
Hell's Gate Airtram
railway sightseeing
whitewater rafting
traditionalTerritoryOf Nlaka'pamux people
Secwepemc people
Stó:lō people
Tsilhqot'in people
traversedBy Trans-Canada Highway
surface form: British Columbia Highway 1

British Columbia Highway 12 (in part)
Canadian National Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
Trans-Canada Highway

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Spuzzum First Nation locatedIn Fraser Canyon
Spuzzum First Nation isIndigenousTo Fraser Canyon
this entity surface form: Fraser Canyon region