The Kitwanga River is a tributary

Tributary

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...

 of the Skeena River

Skeena River

The Skeena River is the second longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada . The Skeena is an important transportation artery, particularly for the Tsimshian and the Gitxsan - whose names mean "inside the Skeena River" and "people of the Skeena River" respectively, and also during the...

 near Hazelton

Hazelton, British Columbia

Hazelton is a small town located at the junction of the Bulkley and Skeena Rivers in northern British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1866 and has a population of 293...

 in northwestern British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

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, joining that stream at the community of Kitwanga

Kitwanga, British Columbia

Kitwanga or Gitwangax is located where the Kitwanga River runs into the Skeena River in British Columbia. A long-standing village before Contact, the village is within Gitwangak Indian Reserve No...

 (Gitwangak), which means "people of the place of rabbits".

The river is approximately 60km long, beginning in the mountains to the northwest and curving around via, and including Kitwancool Lake (7 km in length) before heading south for 30 km to the confluence with the Skeena. Just north of Kitwancool Lake is a level pass with the upper basin of the Cranberry River

Cranberry River

Several rivers are called Cranberry River:*Cranberry River *Cranberry River *Cranberry River *Cranberry River *Cranberry River *Cranberry River *Cranberry River...

, a tributary of the Nass

Nass River

The Nass River is a river in northern British Columbia, Canada. It flows from the Coast Mountains southwest to Nass Bay, a sidewater of Portland Inlet, which connects to the North Pacific Ocean via the Dixon Entrance...

. The Kispiox Range

Kispiox Range

The Kispiox Range is a subrange of the Hazelton Mountains, located east of Kitwanga Lake and Kitwanga River in northern British Columbia, Canada.-References:* in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia...

lies west of the valley of the Kitwanga and Cranberry Rivers.