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This is a list of natural features on the Fraser River, including canyons, rapids, bars, named rocks and eddies and similar features. Important side canyons which figure on the river's landscape are also included (e.g.
Churn Creek Churn Creek is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Course Churn Creek flows generally north before turning northeast on its final leg through grasslands, joining the Fraser River just south of the headquar ...
). Important confluences and manmade landmarks are included for reference. *
Grand Canyon of the Fraser The Grand Canyon of the Fraser is a short gorge on the upper Fraser River in the Robson Valley region of east central British Columbia. The location, about south-southwest of Hutton, became part of the Sugarbowl-Grizzly Den Provincial Park an ...
(Robson Valley) *''confluence of
Nechako River The Nechako River arises on the Nechako Plateau east of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, and flows north toward Fort Fraser, then east to Prince George where it enters the Fraser River. "Nechako" is an angli ...
& City of Prince George'' *
Fort George Canyon A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...
* Cottonwood Canyon *''Confluence of the
Quesnel River The Quesnel River is a major tributary of the Fraser River in the Cariboo District of central British Columbia. It begins at the outflow of Quesnel Lake, at the town of Likely and flows for about northwest to its confluence with the Fraser at ...
& City of Quesnel'' * Rich Bar *
Red Bluff Red Bluff(s) may refer to several places in North America: Places Canada *Red Bluff, British Columbia, a community near Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada ** Red Bluff First Nation, a First Nations band government headquartered near Quesnel, ...
* Chimney Creek Canyon *
Soda Creek Canyon Soda or SODA may refer to: Chemistry * Some chemical compounds containing sodium ** Sodium carbonate, washing soda or soda ash ** Sodium bicarbonate, baking soda ** Sodium hydroxide, caustic soda ** Sodium oxide, an alkali metal oxide * Sod ...
*''confluence of the
Chilcotin River The Chilcotin River /tʃɪlˈkoʊtɪn/ located in Southern British Columbia, Canada is a long tributary of the Fraser River. The name Chilcotin comes from Tŝilhqot’in, meaning "ochre river people," where ochre refers to the mineral used by ...
'' * Churn Creek Canyon * Big Bar * Chisolm Canyon *
French Bar Canyon French Bar Canyon is a canyon on the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, near Big Bar, British Columbia, Big Bar and Jesmond, British Columbia, Jesmond, and approximately 60 km upstream from Lillooet, British Columbia, Lillooet. The can ...
* Watson Bar *
High Bar Canyon High may refer to: Science and technology * Height * High (atmospheric), a high-pressure area * High (computability), a quality of a Turing degree, in computability theory * High (tectonics), in geology an area where relative tectonic uplift to ...
* Moran Canyon (British Columbia) * Pavilion Canyon (also refers to the adjacent canyon of lower Pavilion Creek) * Glen Fraser Canyon * Fountain Rapids (aka Upper Fountain Rapids, "the Upper Fountain") * Fountain Canyon * Mormon Bar/ French Bar *
Bridge River Rapids The Bridge River Rapids, also known as the Six Mile Rapids, the Lower Fountain, the Bridge River Fishing Grounds, and in the St'at'imcets language as Sat' or Setl, is a set of rapids on the Fraser River, located in the central Fraser Canyon at the ...
(aka Lower Fountain Rapids, Six Mile Rapids, or "the Lower Fountain" * Lillooet Canyon * Canada Bar/ Canada Flat * Horsebeef Bar *various named flats at
Lillooet Lillooet () is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road abou ...
*''confluence of
Cayoosh Creek Cayoosh Creek is a northeast-flowing tributary of the Seton River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The name Cayoosh Creek remains on the bridge-sign crossing the stream on BC Highway 99 and continues in use locally to refer to the ...
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Seton River The Seton River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The name is relatively new, and encompasses what had formerly been the Seton Portage River or Portage Creek (aka Portage River) and Seton Creek (whic ...
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Seton Powerhouse The Seton Powerhouse is a hydroelectric generating station on the Fraser River just below the confluence of the Seton River at the town of Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada. The powerhouse is fed by the Seton Canal, a 5 km diversion of th ...
'' * Texas Bar * Texas Flat *the Big Slide * Cameron Bar * Foster Bar * Spintlum's Flat *''confluence of
Thompson River The Thompson River is the largest tributary of the Fraser River, flowing through the south-central portion of British Columbia, Canada. The Thompson River has two main branches, the South Thompson River and the North Thompson River. The river ...
/Village of Lytton'' * Cantilever Bar * Van Winkle Bar *
Kanaka Bar Kanaka Bar is an unincorporated community and locality in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada, located near the town of Lytton. Named for a gold-bearing bar on the Fraser River below, which was mined by Hawaiians (called "Kana ...
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Boston Bar Boston Bar is an unincorporated community in the Fraser Canyon of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Name The name dates from the time of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush (1858–1861). A "bar" is a gold-bearing sandbar or sandy riverbank, and ...
* Yankee Flat (North Bend) * China Bar * Hells Gate (and fishladders, suspension bridge) * Dutchman Bar *''
Alexandra Suspension Bridge Alexandra Bridge Provincial Park is a provincial park located in the Fraser Canyon of British Columbia, Canada. It was established on March 26, 1984 to preserve a historically significant suspension bridge spanning the Fraser River. The extant ...
/ Kequaloose'' *''
Alexandra Bridge The Royal Alexandra Interprovincial Bridge, also known as the Alexandra Bridge or Interprovincial Bridge, is a steel truss cantilever bridge spanning the Ottawa River between Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec. In addition to carrying vehicl ...
'' * Chapmans Bar *''
Spuzzum Spuzzum is an unincorporated settlement in British Columbia, Canada. Because it is on the Trans-Canada Highway, approximately north of the community of Hope, it is often referred to as being "beyond Hope". Environment Spuzzum lies in a constrict ...
'' * Wellington Bar * Saddle Rock * Sailor Bar (officially Sailors Bar but known in the singular because of Sailor Bar Tunnel) *
Lady Franklin Rock The word ''lady'' is a term for a girl or woman, with various connotations. Once used to describe only women of a high social class or status, the equivalent of lord, now it may refer to any adult woman, as gentleman can be used for men. Inform ...
, just above
Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wor ...
* Yale Bar *
Hills Bar Hill's Bar is a long-abandoned ghost town located in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada. The site of the former boomtown is situated near the right bank of the Fraser River, between Yale and the mouth of Emory Creek. The eponym ...
* Emory Bar * Texas Bar * Union Bar * Cornish Bar *''
Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge The Agassiz–Rosedale Bridge is a cantilever truss bridge across the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley region of southwestern British Columbia. Linking Agassiz with the south shore, the two-lane bridge carrying BC Highway 9 is by road about we ...
'' * Maria Bar * Sapperton Bar * Steveston Bar, South Arm


See also

* List of islands of the Fraser River *
List of crossings of the Fraser River This is a list of bridges, tunnels, and other crossings of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It includes both functional crossings and historic crossings which no longer exist, and lists them in sequence from the South ...
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List of tributaries of the Fraser River This is a partial listing of tributaries of the Fraser River. Tributaries and sub-tributaries are hierarchically listed in upstream order from the mouth of the Fraser River. The list may also include streams known as creeks and sloughs. Lakes are ...
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