The Khutzeymateen 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 w ...

in the North Coast region of

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, flowing west to the head of

Khutzeymateen Inlet Khutzeymateen Inlet (also spelled K’tzim-a-Deen in the Tsimshian language of the Gits'iis people) is one of the lesser principal inlets of the British Columbia Coast. It is important in being part of the first area in Canada protected to prese ...

, which opens into

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to the northwest of the City of Prince Rupert. Within its basin is a

provincial park Ischigualasto Provincial Park A provincial park (or territorial park) is a park administered by one of the provinces of a country, as opposed to a national park. They are similar to state parks in other countries. They are typically open to t ...

, Khutzeymateen/K'tzim-a-deen Grizzly Sanctuary also known as Khutzeymateen Provincial Park. The Kateen River is a tributary of the Khutzeymateen. Khutzemateen Indian Reserve No. 49 is located at the confluence of the Kateen and Khutzeymateen. Also on the river is Carm Creek Indian Reserve No. 38, which is at the mouth of Carm Creek. Both are under the governance of the

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band government.

References

Rivers of the North Coast of British Columbia Rivers of the Kitimat Ranges {{BritishColumbiaCoast-river-stub

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