Head-of-salmon-river-toe-of-salmon-glacier

The Salmon River is a braided stream that flows through

Hyder Hyder can refer to: Places *Hyder, Alaska, U.S. **Hyder Seaplane Base *Hyder, Arizona, U.S. ** Hyder Valley * Hyder Creek, is a river in New York, U.S. Other uses * Hyder (defunct company), a former Welsh utility company ** Hyder Consulting, a su ...

, Alaska, and empties into the Portland Canal. It is fed by

meltwater Meltwater is water released by the melting of snow or ice, including glacial ice, tabular icebergs and ice shelves over oceans. Meltwater is often found in the ablation zone of glaciers, where the rate of snow cover is reducing. Meltwater can be ...

from the

Salmon Glacier The Salmon Glacier is a glacier located ~ north of Stewart, British Columbia, and Hyder, Alaska, just on the Canadian side of the border. The glacier, one of hundreds in the Boundary Ranges, is notable for its major potential as a natural ha ...

, which is located within British Columbia approximately 13 miles north of its confluence into the Canal and is road-accessible from the town of

Stewart, British Columbia Stewart is a district municipality at the head of the Portland Canal in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, near the Alaskan panhandle. In 2011, its population was about 494. History The Nisga'a, who live around the Nass River, called the h ...

. The river crosses the

Canada–United States border The border between Canada and the United States is the longest international border in the world. The terrestrial boundary (including boundaries in the Great Lakes, Atlantic, and Pacific coasts) is long. The land border has two sections: Can ...

at .

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Rivers of the North Coast of British Columbia Rivers of Prince of Wales–Hyder Census Area, Alaska Rivers of Alaska International rivers of North America Rivers of the Boundary Ranges Stewart Country Rivers of Unorganized Borough, Alaska Cassiar Land District {{BritishColumbiaCoast-river-stub

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