Squamish River
The Squamish River is a short but very large river in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its drainage basin is 3,328 square kilometres in size. The total length of the Squamish River is approximately 80 kilometres.Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Howe Sound Secondary School.
Howe Sound Secondary School
School
Photo: Wasuphon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howe Sound Secondary is a public Secondary school in Squamish, British Columbia part of School District 48 Howe Sound. It is the largest school in the district, and is one of 2 schools in Squamish to offer grades 10–12. Howe Sound Secondary School is situated 3 km northeast of Squamish River.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Squamish and Woodfibre.
Squamish
Squamish is a town of about 20,000 people in the Sea to Sky region of British Columbia half-way between Vancouver and Whistler. Squamish calls itself "the Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada" due to the abundant rock climbing, hiking, mountain biking, golf, fishing, kayaking, bouldering, white-water rafting, horseback riding, scuba diving and other activities readily available in the area.
Woodfibre
Locality
Woodfibre, originally Britannia West, was a pulp mill and at one time a small company town, on the west side of upper Howe Sound near Squamish, British Columbia. The mill closed in March 2006. Woodfibre is situated 6 km west of Squamish River.
Lions Bay-Britannia Beach
Photo: Shaundd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Stretching along the eastern shore of Howe Sound, Lions Bay to Britannia Beach is a series of small communities and parks offering some gorgeous views, outdoor recreation and 30 km of some of the most spectacular driving in Canada.
Squamish River
- Type: Stream
- Description: watercourse in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: British Columbia, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Squamish River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر سكواميش”
- Asturian: “Ríu Squamish”
- Cebuano: “Squamish River”
- Chinese: “斯阔米什河”
- Czech: “Squamish”
- Dutch: “Squamish River”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر سكواميش”
- Esperanto: “Rivero Squamish”
- French: “Fleuve Squamish”
- French: “Squamish”
- German: “Squamish River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Squamish”
- Italian: “Squamish”
- Japanese: “スクアミッシュ川”
- Japanese: “スコーミッシュ川”
- Korean: “스쿼미시강”
- Portuguese: “Rio Squamish”
- South Azerbaijani: “اسقوامیش چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Squamish”
- Spanish: “Squamish”
- Swedish: “Squamish River”
- Welsh: “Afon Squamish”
- “Squamish”
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