Beaver River (Selkirks)

:"This article is about the river in the Selkirk Mountains in the East Kootenay of British Columbia. For the tributary of the Liard River in northern British Columbia and the Yukon Territory see Beaver River (Liard). For the river in the central Yukon see Beaver River (Yukon). For other locations named Beaver River see Beaver River.The Beaver River, also known as the Beavermouth Creek or Beaver Creek, is a tributary of the Columbia River in British Columbia, Canada, joining that river in the Rocky Mountain Trench northwest of the town of Golden. It enters the Columbia via Kinbasket Lake.

The Beaver River is the eastern egress from the Rogers Pass and its valley is the route of the Trans-Canada Highway and Canadian Pacific Railway on that side of the pass, and it is located in Glacier National Park. Its lower reaches are officially named Beaver Canyon. The pass between the Beaver River and the Duncan River forms the dividing line between the Selkirks and the Purcell Mountains.

References

* [http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/sima_unique_v9?english?JAFEX?C Canadian GeoNames Database entry "Beaver River, British Columbia"]
* [http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=2827 BCGNIS listing "Beaver River"]
* [http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=2770 BCGNIS listing "Beaver Canyon"]
* [http://wlapwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=2818 BCGNIS listing "Beaver Overlook (mountain)"]

External links

* [http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/macduff_v9?59?513200?1172600?Beaver$River?British$Columbia Location map from "Canadian GeoNames Database"]