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Quesnel River

The Quesnel River is a major tributary of the in the Cariboo District of central . It begins at the outflow of , at the town of and flows for about 100 kilometres northwest to its confluence with the at the city of .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Quesnel station.

Railway station
in , is a railway station which is used by the Rocky Mountaineer train service. The station is used on the Rainforest to Gold Rush route that links Whistler to Quesnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quesnel.

Photo: Trougnouf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a city of about 12,000 people in the Cariboo region of on the bank of the Fraser River. The town got its start via its location on the Cariboo Wagon Road which transported thousands of prospectors seeking their fortunes during the Cariboo Gold Rush.

Quesnel River

Latitude
52.98483° or 52° 59′ 5″ north
Longitude
-122.48789° or 122° 29′ 16″ west
Elevation
472 metres (1,549 feet)
Open location code
944VXGM6+WR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 204958559
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
6115196
Wiki­data ID
Q270109
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Satellite Map

Discover Quesnel River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Quesnel River” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Ríu Quesnel”
  • Catalan: “Quesnel River”
  • Cebuano: “Quesnel River”
  • Chinese: “克內爾河”
  • Dutch: “Quesnel River”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كويسنيل”
  • French: “Quesnel River”
  • German: “Quesnel River”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Quesnel”
  • Japanese: “クィネル川”
  • Japanese: “クイネル川”
  • Japanese: “クエスネル川”
  • Japanese: “ケスネル川”
  • Korean: “퀘스넬강”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قوسنل چایی”
  • Spanish: “Quesnel”
  • Spanish: “Río Quesnel”
  • Swedish: “Quesnel River”
  • Urdu: “کوینسل دریا”
  • Venetian: “Fiume Quesnel”
  • Western Panjabi: “دریاۓ کویسنل”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Fraser River Park and North Quesnel Community Garden.

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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 “Quesnel River”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.