The Little River, also known as the Little Shuswap River, is a 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) river in the Shuswap Country

Shuswap Country

The Shuswap Country, or simply "the Shuswap" is a term used in the Canadian province of British Columbia to refer to the environs of Shuswap Lake. The upper reaches of the Shuswap basin, southeast of Shuswap Lake and northeast of the Okanagan, are generally considered to be part of Okanagan or of...

 region of 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

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It drains Shuswap Lake

Shuswap Lake

Shuswap Lake is a lake located in south-central British Columbia, Canada that drains via the Little River into Little Shuswap Lake. Little Shuswap Lake is the source of the South Thompson River, a branch of the Thompson River, a tributary of the Fraser River...

 just below the mouth of the Adams River

Adams River (British Columbia)

The Adams River is a tributary of the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. Beginning in the Monashee Mountains to the north, the Upper Adams River flows mainly southward and eventually reaches Adams Lake. The Lower Adams River begins at the southern end of the lake and flows into the extreme...

 and feeds Little Shuswap Lake

Little Shuswap Lake

Little Shuswap Lake is a small lake in the Thompson River basin of the southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, which sits at the transition between the Thompson Country to the west and the Shuswap Country to the east...

, which is the head of the South Thompson River. The Little River is essentially the same stream as the South Thompson, as there are no other major streams feeding Little Shuswap Lake. The river is the location of the Sorrento Bridge  which connects the Trans-Canada Highway

Trans-Canada Highway

The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins the ten provinces of Canada. It is, along with the Trans-Siberian Highway and Australia's Highway 1, one of the world's longest national highways, with the main route spanning 8,030 km...

 to the communities around Adams Lake

Adams Lake

Adams Lake is a large, deep, coldwater lake. The southern end of the lake is approximately north of the town of Chase in the Shuswap Country region of British Columbia, Canada. The lake's upper reaches lie in the northern Monashee Mountains, while its lower end penetrates the Shuswap...

 and the north shore of Shuswap Lake.

The Little River has one named tributary, Chum Creek, which enters it about 0.4 km above its mouth.

See also

• Little River, British Columbia
  Little River, British Columbia
  Little River is a community in the Comox Valley region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.Its namesake, Little River, is a short stream of the same name which enters Little River Bay, just to the west of which there is an officially named Little River Beach just east of the BC Ferries...
  
  , a community in the Comox Valley region of British Columbia
• Little River (Vancouver Island)
  Little River (Vancouver Island)
  The Little River is a tributary of Little River Bay in the Comox Valley region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada and the namesake of the community of Little River, British Columbia...
  
  , a stream in the Comox Valley region of British Columbia
• Little River (Cariboo River), a river in the Cariboo region of British Columbia
• List of British Columbia rivers