Vancouver River
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The Vancouver River is located in the Sunshine Coast region of the South Coast of British Columbia
, Canada
, emptying into Prince of Wales Reach
of lower Jervis Inlet
at the former cannery town of Vancouver Bay
and the bay of the same name. The river is approximately 21 km in length.
British Columbia Coast
The British Columbia Coast or BC Coast is Canada's western continental coastline on the Pacific Ocean. The usage is synonymous with the term West Coast of Canada....
, 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...
, emptying into Prince of Wales Reach
Prince of Wales Reach
Prince of Wales Reach is the first arm of the Jervis Inlet and is located within the Coast Mountain Range of British Columbia Canada. This arm was named during the 1860 survey by the HMS Plumber who charted all the of the area and was named after Albert Edward - the Prince Of Wales, later Edward...
of lower Jervis Inlet
Jervis Inlet
Jervis Inlet is a principal inlet of the British Columbia Coast, about northwest of Vancouver.-Geography:It stretches from its head at the mouth of the short Skwakwa River to its opening into the Strait of Georgia near Texada Island...
at the former cannery town of Vancouver Bay
Vancouver Bay, British Columbia
Vancouver Bay was a cannery town on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada, located northwest of Stuart Island on the west side of Prince of Wales Reach of lower Jervis Inlet, at the bay of the same name, which is the mouth of the Vancouver River....
and the bay of the same name. The river is approximately 21 km in length.