Sombrio River | |
Pushpin Map: | CAN BC Capital#Canada British Columbia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Sombrio River |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Maps with a red dot at the mouth of the Sombrio River |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
Subdivision Type3: | Regional District |
Subdivision Name3: | Capital Regional District |
Subdivision Type4: | Land District |
Subdivision Name4: | Renfrew Land District |
Source1: | unnamed confluence |
Source1 Coordinates: | 48.5411°N -124.2514°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 530m (1,740feet)[1] |
Mouth: | Strait of Juan de Fuca |
Mouth Coordinates: | 48.5003°N -124.3014°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
The Sombrio River is a river in the Capital Regional District of British Columbia, Canada. Located on southern Vancouver Island, it flows to the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Pacific Ocean at Sombrio Beach.[2]
The lower reaches of the river, below British Columbia Highway 14, fall within Juan de Fuca Provincial Park.
The Sombrio River begins at an unnamed confluence at an elevation of . It flows southwest, passes under British Columbia Highway 14, flows under a suspension bridge carrying the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail, and ends at the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the Pacific Ocean at Sombrio Beach, north of Sombrio Point and south east of the settlement of Port Renfrew.