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The Fraser River is known for the fishing of white sturgeon, all five species of Pacific salmon (chinook, coho, chum, pink, sockeye), as well as steelhead trout. The Fraser River is also the largest producer of salmon in Canada. [25] A typical white sturgeon catch can average about 500 pounds (230 kg). [26]
The Fraser River flows into the Strait of Georgia about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) downstream from the tunnel. Due to the tunnel being designed and constructed in the 1950s, very little consideration was given to seismic factors. The river bed is a 600 m (1,969 ft) thick layer of sediment on top of bedrock.
A bust of Fraser, located by the river that bears his name, in New Westminster, British Columbia. The Fraser River, named for him by the explorer David Thompson. Fraser Lake, a lake in north-central British Columbia. Fort Fraser, just east of Fraser Lake. Simon Fraser University, in Burnaby, British Columbia
Routes ran from the French River south to the Jesuit Huron missions at the southern end of Georgian Bay (1626–1640), west through the Strait of Mackinac to Lake Michigan, or west north of Manitoulin Island and up the St Marys River (26 feet difference in elevation) to Lake Superior. On Lake Superior voyageurs would normally hug the northern ...
The Fraser Valley is a geographical region in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington State.It starts just west of Hope in a narrow valley encompassing the Fraser River and ends at the Pacific Ocean stretching from the North Shore Mountains, opposite the city of Vancouver BC, to just south of Bellingham, Washington.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 17:32, 25 March 2005: 458 × 339 (14 KB) Voyager: Fraser River, British Columbia, Canada locator map This map shows the location of the Fraser River, including drainage area and major tributaries. Created by en:User:al guy on August 28, 2004 and released under the GFDL. Colours are based on ...
This is a list of bridges, tunnels, and other crossings of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It includes both functional crossings and historic crossings which no longer exist, and lists them in sequence from the South Arm of the Fraser River at the Strait of Georgia upstream to its source. Listed separately on this ...
The Chilcotin River /tʃɪlˈkoʊtɪn/ [5] located in Southern British Columbia, Canada is a 241 km (150 mi) long tributary of the Fraser River. [6] The name Chilcotin comes from Tŝilhqot’in, meaning "ochre river people," where ochre refers to the mineral used by Tŝilhqot’in Nation and other Indigenous communities as a base for paint or dye. [7]