Willow River (British Columbia)
The Willow River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the north-central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It enters the Fraser near the community of Willow River, just upstream from the city of Prince George, near the confluence of the Salmon River. Its source is in the Cariboo goldfields at Jack of Clubs Lake in the mining and arts community of Wells, British Columbia, near Barkerville. In 1974, the canyon of the Willow River, east of Prince George, was the scene of a tragic accident involving eight teenagers who died when their three canoes and kayak were broken in the raging waters and boulders of a narrow gorge.[4]
| Willow River | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Fraser River |
• coordinates | 54°5′11″N 122°30′28″W[1] |
• elevation | 584 m (1,916 ft)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | gage 08KD006[3] |
| • average | 37.0 m3/s (1,310 cu ft/s)[3] |
| • minimum | 3.20 m3/s (113 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 572 m3/s (20,200 cu ft/s) |
See also
- List of British Columbia rivers
References
- "Willow River". BC Geographical Names.
- Mouth elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS source coordinates.
- "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Search for Station 08KD006 Willow River above Hay Creek
- "Forty Years after river tragedy". Prince George Citizen. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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