List of rivers of British Columbia


The following is a partial list of rivers of British Columbia, organized by watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance
. Also included are lakes that are "in-line" connecting upper tributaries of listed rivers, or at their heads.

Arctic drainage

Arctic Ocean via Mackenzie River drainage

Liard River watershed

Peace River">Peace River (Canada)">Peace River

Williston Lake (Parsnip Reach)">Williston Lake">Williston Lake (Parsnip Reach)

Williston Lake (Omineca Reach)">Williston Lake">Williston Lake (Omineca Reach)

Williston Lake (Finlay Reach)">Williston Lake">Williston Lake (Finlay Reach)

Pacific drainage ("Pacific Slope")

Columbia River watershed

[Strait of Georgia]

[Howe Sound]

[Jervis Inlet]

[Malaspina Strait]

[Desolation Sound] watershed

[Theodosia Inlet]

[Bute Inlet]

[Knight Inlet]

[North Bentinck Arm]/[Dean Channel]

[South Bentinck Arm]

Seaforth Channel to Princess Royal Island

  • Tankeeah River
  • Mussel River
  • Carter River
  • Khutze River
  • Aaltanhash River
  • McIsaac River
  • Klekane River
  • Goat River

[Douglas Channel]/[Gardner Canal]

[Nechako River]

Fraser River - Nechako to Thompson Rivers

Fraser River below Thompson River

Rivers of North Vancouver

[Skagit Bay]/[Puget Sound] (U.S.)

[Boundary Bay]

English Bay">English Bay (Vancouver)">English Bay

[Burrard Inlet]

Watersheds East of the Alaska Panhandle

Watersheds North of the Alaska Panhandle

[Marcus Passage] watershed

Queen Charlotte Sound">Queen Charlotte Sound (Canada)">Queen Charlotte Sound watershed

[Douglas Channel] watershed

[Dean Channel] watershed

[Queen Charlotte Strait] watershed

Islands of the British Columbia Coast">British Columbia Coast">Islands of the British Columbia Coast watersheds

Rivers of Vancouver Island

[Broughton Strait]–[Queen Charlotte Strait] watersheds
[Alberni Inlet]-[Barkley Sound]

[Haida Gwaii] watersheds

[Bering Sea] ([Yukon River]) watershed

Note that only tributaries of the Yukon River in British Columbia are given; those in Yukon or Alaska are omitted.