Pitt River
The Pitt River in British Columbia, Canada is a large tributary of the Fraser River, entering it a few miles upstream from New Westminster and about 25 km ESE of Downtown Vancouver.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Douglas Island and Port Coquitlam station.
Douglas Island
Island
Douglas Island is a 187-hectare island in British Columbia, Canada, located where the Fraser River and Pitt River meet. The island is uninhabited. The island was the property of Canadian Forest Products but the government bought it for $4.5 million.
Port Coquitlam station
Railway station
Port Coquitlam is a station on the West Coast Express commuter rail line connecting Vancouver to Mission, British Columbia, Canada. The station is located on the south side of the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks in Port Coquitlam, just off Kingsway Avenue. Port Coquitlam station is situated 3 km north of Pitt River.
Port Mann Bridge
Bridge
The Port Mann Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Fraser River in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia, Canada. It carries 10 lanes of Highway 1 and connects Coquitlam to Surrey. Port Mann Bridge is situated 3½ km southwest of Pitt River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Coquitlam and Fraser Heights.
Port Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam is a suburb of Vancouver. There aren't any must-see attractions for the traveller, but there are a number of nice parks for walking or relaxing.Fraser Heights
Suburb
Fraser Heights is a neighbourhood of Guildford, a town centre in the city of Surrey, British Columbia. Bounded by Highway 1 to the south, Golden Ears Connector and Golden Ears Way to the east and the Fraser River to the north, with most homes having a view of the Fraser River and Coquitlam Mountain. Fraser Heights is situated 3½ km southwest of Pitt River.
Port Mann
Suburb
Port Mann townsite was created in 1911 in the municipality of Surrey, British Columbia. The new town was to adjoin the new railway yard and roundhouse forming the terminus of the new trans-national rail-line operated by Canadian Northern Railway. Port Mann is situated 4½ km southwest of Pitt River.
Pitt River
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.23297° or 49° 13′ 59″ north
Longitude
-122.76932° or 122° 46′ 10″ west
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
84XV66MJ+57
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Pitt River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Pitt”
- Cebuano: “Pitt River”
- Chinese: “皮特河”
- Dutch: “Pitt River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر پيت”
- French: “Pitt River”
- French: “Pitt”
- German: “Pitt River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Pitt”
- Italian: “fiume Pitt”
- Italian: “Pitt”
- Japanese: “ピット川”
- Mingrelian: “პიტი (წყარმალუ)”
- Mingrelian: “პიტი”
- Polish: “Pitt”
- Slovenian: “Pitt River”
- Slovenian: “Pitt”
- Slovenian: “reka Pitt”
- South Azerbaijani: “پیت چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Pitt”
- Swedish: “Pitt River”
- Welsh: “Afon Pitt”
- Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ پٹ”
- “Pitt”
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