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The Salmon River is a

braided stream A braided river, or braided channel, consists of a network of river channels separated by small, often temporary, islands called braid bars or, in English usage, '' aits'' or ''eyots''. Braided streams tend to occur in rivers with high sediment ...

that flows through Hyder,

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, and empties into the

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. It is fed by meltwater 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

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approximately 13 miles north of its confluence into the Canal and is road-accessible from the town of Stewart, British Columbia. The river crosses the Canada–United States border 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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