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The Fraser River (/ ˈ f r eɪ z ər /) is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1,375 kilometres (854 mi), into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver.
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 ...
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 the di
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.
2.7 Fraser River - Source to the Willow River. 2.7.1 Nechako River. ... Vancouver River; Deserted River; Loquilts Creek; Skwawka River. Alfred Creek; Brittain River ...
The Fraser River Port Authority was created in 1913 to manage ports along the Fraser River. It was the second largest port in Vancouver and extended along the main arm of the river eastward to the Fraser Valley at Kanaka Creek, and north along the Pitt River to Pitt Lake.
The bridge crosses the Fraser River at about 24 kilometres (15 mi) upstream of the location where the river empties into the Strait of Georgia. [32] It is situated 61 metres (200 ft) upstream of the original Pattullo Bridge road crossing, [ 12 ] but will be about 50 metres (160 ft) downstream of the new Pattullo Bridge, [ 33 ] [ 34 ] which is ...
The highway is named for the Fraser River and the Fraser Valley, which are in turn named for the explorer Simon Fraser. The road was one of the first motor highways in British Columbia, being formed from portions of the Old Yale wagon road in the 1920s, and was known as the Inter-Provincial Highway [ 2 ] but its importance as an east-west ...