The Ahta River is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in the
Central Coast of British Columbia
, settlement_type = Region of British Columbia
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, nickname = "The Coast"
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Canada
, subdivision_type1 = Province
, subdivision_name1 = British ...
, flowing into
Bond Sound Bond Sound is a sound located on the northeast side of Tribune Channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia. Bond Sound, with the head of Kingcome Inlet to its north, frames the Wishart Peninsula The Wishart Peninsula is a peninsula on ...
to the south via the short Ahta Valley, which connects to the head of
Kingcome Inlet Kingcome Inlet is one of the lesser principal fjords of the British Columbia Coast, north and east of Broughton Island. It is sixth in sequence of the major saltwater fjords north from the 49th parallel near Vancouver and similar in width, on av ...
to the north.
Ahta Indian Reserve No. 3, which is the site of a former Kwakwaka'wakw village named Hata or Hada or Ahta, is located at the mouth of the Ahta River.
BC Names/GeoBC entry "Ahta 3 (Indian reserve)"
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See also
*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
(See Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers ). Also included are lakes th ...
References
Rivers of the Central Coast of British Columbia
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