Squamish River

The Squamish River is a short but very large river in the Canadian province of . Its drainage basin is 3,328 square kilometres in size. The total length of the Squamish River is approximately 80 kilometres.
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  • Type: Stream
  • Description: watercourse in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Fleuve Squamish” and “スクアミッシュ川”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Howe Sound Secondary School.

School
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Howe Sound Secondary is a public Secondary school… is situated 3 km northeast of Squamish River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Squamish and Woodfibre.

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is a town of about 20,000 people in the…

Locality
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, originally Britannia West, was a pulp mill… is situated 6 km west of Squamish River.

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Stretching along the eastern shore of Howe Sound…

Squamish River

Latitude
49.68297° or 49° 40′ 59″ north
Longitude
-123.16937° or 123° 10′ 10″ west
Open location code
84XRMRMJ+57
Geo­Names ID
6154641
Wiki­data ID
Q1138870
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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: “Squamish”
  • German: “Squamish River”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Squamish”
  • Italian: “Squamish”
  • Japanese: “スコーミッシュ川”
  • Korean: “스쿼미시강”
  • Latin: “Flumen Squamicum”
  • Portuguese: “Rio Squamish”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اسقوا‌میش چایی”
  • Spanish: “Río Squamish”
  • Spanish: “Squamish”
  • Swedish: “Squamish River”
  • Welsh: “Afon Squamish”
  • “Squamish”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Squamish Dock Station and Darrell Bay.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mamquam Blind Channel and Stawamus River.

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