| Spatsizi River | |
| Pushpin Map: | British Columbia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Spatsizi River in BC |
| Length: | 132km (82miles)[1] |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 60.8m3/s[2] |
| Source1: | Mount Gunanoot |
| Source1 Location: | Near Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1900m (6,200feet) |
| Mouth: | Stikine River |
| Mouth Location: | Hyland Post |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 57.7075°N 128.1031°W[3] |
| Basin Size: | 3516km2 |
The Spatsizi River is a tributary of the Stikine River, rising near Mount Gunanoot in the southeastern Spatsizi Plateau, British Columbia.
"Spatsizi" is a phrase from the Sekani language meaning "red goat", a reference to the habit of mountain goats in the region of rolling in the red dust of a particular mountain, making their coat-hair red.
The Spatsizi River emerges near the foot of Mount Gunanoot in the Skeena Mountains of north-central British Columbia. It then flows downslope and enters Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park from the south. The river continues north, leaving the park to enter a broad valley in the heart of the Spatsizi Plateau. The flat-bottomed topography of the valley allows the river to meander considerably along much of its northwestward flow until it reaches the Stikine River in Stikine River Provincial Park.[4]