Willow River (British Columbia)

Willow River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Cariboo Land District
Physical characteristics
Source	Jack of Clubs Lake[2]
• coordinates	53°6′9″N 121°34′11″W[3]
Mouth	Fraser River
• coordinates	54°5′11″N 122°30′28″W[2]
• elevation	584 m (1,916 ft)[4]
Discharge
• location	gage 08KD006[1]
• average	37.0 m^3/s (1,310 cu ft/s)[1]
• minimum	3.20 m^3/s (113 cu ft/s)
• maximum	572 m^3/s (20,200 cu ft/s)

The Willow River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the north-central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It enters the Fraser near the community of Willow River, just upstream from the city of Prince George, near the confluence of the Salmon River. Its source is in the Cariboo goldfields at Jack of Clubs Lake in the mining and arts community of Wells, British Columbia, near Barkerville. In 1974, the canyon of the Willow River, east of Prince George, was the scene of a tragic accident involving eight teenagers who died when their three canoes and kayak were broken in the raging waters and boulders of a narrow gorge.[5]

See also

• List of rivers of British Columbia

References

1. "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Retrieved 4 August 2013. Search for Station 08KD006 Willow River above Hay Creek
2. "Willow River". BC Geographical Names.
3. "Jack of Clubs Creek". Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
4. Mouth elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS source coordinates.
5. "Forty Years after river tragedy". Prince George Citizen. May 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2020.