Dean River | |
Pushpin Map: | British Columbia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Coast Mountains, Kitimat Ranges |
Subdivision Type4: | District |
Subdivision Name4: | Range 3 Coast Land District |
Length: | 253km (157miles) |
Discharge1 Location: | Near mouth |
Discharge1 Avg: | 136m3/s |
Source1: | Aktaklin Lake |
Source1 Location: | Chilcotin Plateau, Canada |
Source1 Coordinates: | 52.22°N -124.9464°W |
Mouth: | Dean Channel |
Mouth Location: | Kimsquit, Canada |
Mouth Coordinates: | 52.805°N -126.9683°W |
Basin Size: | 8752km2[1] |
The Dean River is one of the major rivers of the Kitimat Ranges subrange of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia. It begins at Aktaklin Lake on the Chilcotin Plateau and winds north around the Rainbow Range to enter Dean Channel at the now-uninhabited, remote community of Kimsquit. It is one of the few rivers to fully penetrate the wall of the Coast Mountains between the Fraser's mouth (near Vancouver) and the mouth of the Skeena River (near Prince Rupert).
The Dean River is known as one of the best fisheries for steelhead in the world.