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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.
Hells Gate is an abrupt narrowing of British Columbia's Fraser River, located immediately downstream of Boston Bar in the southern Fraser Canyon. The towering rock walls of the Fraser River plunge toward each other forcing the waters through a passage only 35 metres (115 ft) wide. It is also the name of the rural locality at the same location.
The list of provincial parks of the Lower Mainland contains the provincial parks located within this geographic region of the province of British Columbia.It includes parks from the two regional districts of Fraser Valley and Metro Vancouver.
2008 (as amalgamation of former Port of Vancouver, North Fraser Port Authority and Fraser River Port Authority) Operated by: Vancouver Fraser Port Authority: Owned by: Government of Canada: Size of harbour: 16,000 hectares: Land area: 1,000 hectares: Size: 350 kilometres: No. of berths: 57 [2] Draft depth: 18.4 m. [2] Chair: Judy Rogers ...
The official but comparatively diminutive Grand Canyon of the Fraser is in the river's upper stretch through the Rocky Mountain Trench, about 115 km (71 mi) upstream from Prince George and about 20 km (12 mi) upstream from the Fraser's confluence with the Bowron River. Despite its name, the Grand Canyon of the Fraser is only one treacherous ...
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.
Fraser River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It is 4,899 ha. in size and is located along the Fraser River. [1] References