The Mitchell River is a
tributary of the
Quesnel River, approximately long, near the eastern boundary of
British Columbia, Canada. It originates in glaciers in the northern
Columbia Mountains and flows generally southwest through
Mitchell Lake into
Quesnel Lake, and its water eventually travels down the
Fraser River
The Fraser River is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of Vancouver. The river's annual d ...
to the
Pacific Ocean. Almost half of its course is flooded in natural lakes. Mitchell Lake, about long, is near the middle of the Mitchell River's course, and the river's lower are flooded by Quesnel Lake, although both bodies of water are natural.
References
Rivers of British Columbia
Kootenay Land District
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