The Stawamus River is a small, creek

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

-like river in British Columbia

British Columbia

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. It enters the Howe Sound

Howe Sound

Howe Sound is a roughly triangular sound, actually a network of fjords situated immediately northwest of Vancouver.-Geography:Howe Sound's mouth at the Strait of Georgia is situated between West Vancouver and the Sunshine Coast. The sound is triangular shaped, open on its southeast towards the...

 east of the mouth of the Squamish River

Squamish River

The Squamish River is a short but very large river in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its drainage basin is in size. The total length of the Squamish River is approximately .-Course:...

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Course

The Stawamus River begins at the outlet of Stawamus Lake. It flows north for about 5.3 km before turning northwest for about 6.7 km until it enters the city

City

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 of Squamish

Squamish, British Columbia

Squamish is a community and a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway...

. After emerging from the mountains and entering Squamish, it turns west for about 4 km until it reaches its mouth in the Squamish River

Squamish River

The Squamish River is a short but very large river in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its drainage basin is in size. The total length of the Squamish River is approximately .-Course:...

. The Stawamus has no major tributaries.