Seton River
The Seton River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The name is relatively new, and encompasses what had formerly been the Seton Portage River or Portage Creek and Seton Creek.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lillooet railway station and Miyazaki House.
Lillooet railway station
Railway station
Photo: Klockarnils, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lillooet is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth.
Miyazaki House
Museum
Photo: Yurivict, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Miyazaki House in Lillooet, British Columbia is an elegant house built by Caspar Phair in the 1880s. It was partially modelled after Mrs. Phair's previous home, Eyrecourt Castle, in County Galway, Ireland.
Seton Powerhouse
Industrial building
The Seton Powerhouse is a hydroelectric generating station on the Fraser River just below the confluence of the Seton River at the town of Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lillooet and Fountain Valley.
Lillooet
Photo: LongitudeLatitude, CC BY 2.0.
Lillooet is the main town in the Fraser Canyon and Bridge River Country region of British Columbia. It was the first native town in the British Columbia Interior, and was briefly the largest town of the Fraser River Gold Rush in 1858-1860.
Fountain Valley
Hamlet
Photo: The Interior, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fountain Valley, officially named Three Lake Valley and also known as the Fountain Lakes Valley, is a valley and rural community located on the east flank of Fountain Ridge, east of the town of Lillooet, British Columbia, Canada and immediately south of the Indian reserve community of Fountain. Fountain Valley is situated 9 km northeast of Seton River.
Fountain
Locality
Fountain is an unincorporated rural area and Indian reserve community in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada, located at the ten-mile mark from the town of Lillooet on BC Highway 99, which in that area is also on the route of the Old Cariboo Road and is located at the junction of that route with the old gold rush-era trail via Fountain Valley and the Fountain Lakes. Fountain is situated 10 km northeast of Seton River.
Seton River
- Type: River
- Description: watercourse in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.67469° or 50° 40′ 29″ northLongitude
-121.95286° or 121° 57′ 10″ westElevation
242 metres (794 feet)Open location code
942WM2FW+VVOpenStreetMap ID
way 119710536OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=riverGeoNames ID
6144449Wikidata ID
Q7456812
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Welsh—“Seton River” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Seton River”
- Cebuano: “Seton River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سيتون”
- French: “Seton River”
- German: “Seton River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Seton”
- Swedish: “Seton River”
- Welsh: “Afon Seton”
- “Seton”
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Localities in the Area
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