Dean River
Headwaters of Dean River
Dean River is located in British Columbia
Dean River
Location of mouth
Location
CountryCanada
StateBritish Columbia
RegionCoast Mountains, Kitimat Ranges
DistrictRange 3 Coast Land District
Physical characteristics
SourceAktaklin Lake
  locationChilcotin Plateau, Canada
  coordinates52°13′12″N 124°56′47″W / 52.22000°N 124.94639°W / 52.22000; -124.94639
MouthDean Channel
  location
Kimsquit, Canada
  coordinates
52°48′18″N 126°58′06″W / 52.80500°N 126.96833°W / 52.80500; -126.96833[1]
Length253 km (157 mi)
Basin size8,752 km2 (3,379 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
  locationNear mouth
  average136 m3/s (4,800 cu ft/s)

The Dean River is one of the major rivers of the Kitimat Ranges subrange of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia. It begins at Aktaklin Lake on the Chilcotin Plateau and winds north around the Rainbow Range to enter Dean Channel[1] at the now-uninhabited, remote community of Kimsquit. It is one of the few rivers to fully penetrate the wall of the Coast Mountains between the Fraser's mouth (near Vancouver) and the mouth of the Skeena River (near Prince Rupert).

The Dean River is known as one of the best fisheries for steelhead in the world.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Dean River". BC Geographical Names.
  2. Gazetteer of Canada. Vol. British Columbia. Canadian Board on Geographic Names. 1953. p. xv.


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