Birkenhead River
The Birkenhead River, formerly known as the Portage River, the Pole River and the Mosquito River, is a major tributary of the Lillooet River, which via Harrison Lake and the Harrison River is one of the major tributaries of the lower Fraser River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Juraj Tatár, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mount Currie.
Mount Currie
Village
Mount Currie is a settlement in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road about 160 kilometres north of Vancouver, 39 kilometres northeast of Whistler, and 92 kilometres southwest of Lillooet. Mount Currie is situated 8 km west of Birkenhead River.
Birkenhead River
- Type: River
- Description: watercourse in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.30937° or 50° 18′ 34″ northLongitude
-122.61001° or 122° 36′ 36″ westElevation
753 metres (2,470 feet)Open location code
942V895Q+PXOpenStreetMap ID
way 372930338OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
5901851Wikidata ID
Q269605
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Birkenhead River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Birkenhead”
- Cebuano: “Birkenhead River”
- German: “Birkenhead River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Birkenhead”
- Sindhi: “برڪنھيڊ درياھ”
- Spanish: “Birkenhead”
- Swedish: “Birkenhead River”
- Urdu: “برکنہیڈ دریا”
- Venetian: “Fiume Birkenhead”
- Welsh: “Afon Birkenhead”
- “Birkenhead”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Birkenhead River”. Photo: Juraj Tatár, CC BY-SA 3.0.