Willow River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Cariboo Land District |
Discharge1 Location: | gage 08KD006[1] |
Discharge1 Min: | 3.2m3/s |
Discharge1 Avg: | 37m3/s[2] |
Discharge1 Max: | 572m3/s |
Source1: | Jack of Clubs Lake |
Source1 Coordinates: | 53.1025°N -121.5697°W[3] |
Mouth: | Fraser River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 54.0864°N -122.5078°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 584m (1,916feet)[4] |
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]