 |
Principal rivers and their tributaries
| Drainage basin
and river |
Drainage
area |
Length |
| |
km2 |
km |
| Flowing into
the Pacific Ocean |
| Yukon (mouth to head of Nisutlin) |
.. |
3,185 |
| (International boundary to
head of Nisutlin) |
323,800 |
1,149 |
| Porcupine |
61,400 |
721 |
| Stewart |
51,000 |
644 |
| Pelly |
51,000 |
608 |
| Teslin |
35,500 |
393 |
| White |
38,000 |
265 |
| Columbia (mouth to head of Columbia Lake) |
.. |
2,000 |
| (International boundary to
head of Columbia Lake) |
102,800 |
801 |
| Kootenay |
37,700 |
780 |
| Kettle (to head of Holmes
Lake) |
4,700 |
336 |
| Okanagan (to head of
Okanagan Lake) |
21,600 |
314 |
| Fraser |
232,300 |
1,370 |
| Thompson (to head of North
Thompson) |
55,400 |
489 |
| North Thompson |
20,700 |
338 |
| South Thompson (to head of
Shuswap) |
17,800 |
332 |
| Nechako (to head of Eutsuk
Lake) |
47,100 |
462 |
| Stuart (to head of
Driftwood) |
16,200 |
415 |
| Skeena |
54,400 |
579 |
| Stikine |
49,800 |
539 |
| Nass |
21,100 |
380 |
| Flowing into
the Arctic Ocean |
| Mackenzie (to head of Finlay) |
1,805,200 |
4,241 |
| Peace (to head of Finlay) |
302,500 |
1,923 |
| Smoky |
51,300 |
492 |
| Athabasca |
95,300 |
1,231 |
| Pembina |
12,900 |
547 |
| Liard |
277,100 |
1,115 |
| South Nahanni |
36,300 |
563 |
| Fort Nelson (to head of
Sikanni Chief) |
55,900 |
517 |
| Petitot |
.. |
404 |
| Hay |
48,200 |
702 |
| Peel (mouth of west Channel
to head of Ogilvie) |
73,600 |
684 |
| Arctic Red |
.. |
499 |
| Slave (from Peace River to
Great Slave Lake) |
616,400 |
415 |
| Fond du Lac (to outlet of
Wollaston Lake) |
66,800 |
277 |
| Back (to outlet of Muskox Lake) |
106,500 |
974 |
| Coppermine |
.. |
845 |
| Anderson |
.. |
692 |
| Horton |
.. |
618 |
| Flowing into
Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait |
| Nelson (to head of Bow) |
892,300 |
2,575 |
| (to outlet of Lake
Winnipeg) |
802,900 |
644 |
| Saskatchewan (to head of
Bow) |
334,100 |
1,939 |
| South Saskatchewan (to head
of Bow) |
144,300 |
1,392 |
| Red Deer |
45,100 |
724 |
| Bow |
26,200 |
587 |
| Oldman |
26,700 |
362 |
| North Saskatchewan |
12,800 |
1,287 |
| Battle (to head of Pigeon
Lake) |
30,300 |
570 |
| Red (to head of Sheyenne) |
138,600 |
877 |
| Assiniboine |
160,600 |
1,070 |
| Winnipeg (to head of
Firesteel) |
106,500 |
813 |
| English |
52,300 |
615 |
| Fairford (to head of
Manitoba Red Deer) |
80,300 |
684 |
| Churchill (to head of Churchill Lake) |
281,300 |
1,609 |
| Beaver (to outlet of Beaver
Lake) |
.. |
491 |
| Severn (to head of Black Birch) |
102,800 |
982 |
| Albany (to head of Cat) |
135,200 |
982 |
| Thelon |
142,400 |
904 |
| Dubawnt |
57,500 |
842 |
| La Grande-Rivière (Fort George River) |
97,600 |
893 |
| Koksoak (to head of Caniapiscau) |
133,400 |
874 |
| Nottaway (via Bell to head of Mégiscane) |
65,800 |
776 |
| Rupert (to head of Témiscamie) |
43,400 |
763 |
| Eastmain |
46,400 |
756 |
| Attawapiskat (to head of Bow Lake) |
50,500 |
748 |
| Kazan (to head of Ennadai Lake) |
71,500 |
732 |
| Grande rivière de la Baleine |
42,700 |
724 |
| George |
41,700 |
565 |
| Moose (to head of Mattagami) |
108,500 |
547 |
| Abitibi (to head of Louis
Lake) |
29,500 |
547 |
| Mattagami (to head of
Minisinakwa Lake) |
37,000 |
443 |
| Missinaibi |
23,500 |
426 |
| Harricana/Harricanaw |
29,300 |
533 |
| Hayes |
108,000 |
483 |
| aux Feuilles |
42,500 |
480 |
| Winisk |
67,300 |
475 |
| Broadback |
20,800 |
450 |
| à la Baleine |
31,900 |
428 |
| de Povungnituk |
28,500 |
389 |
| Innuksuac |
11,400 |
385 |
| Petite rivière de la Baleine |
15,900 |
380 |
| Arnaud |
49,500 |
377 |
| Nastapoca |
13,400 |
360 |
| Kogaluc |
11,600 |
304 |
| Flowing into
the Atlantic Ocean |
| St. Lawrence River |
839,200 |
3,058 |
| Nipigon (to head of
Ombabika) |
25,400 |
209 |
| Spanish |
14,000 |
338 |
| Trent (to head of Irondale) |
12,400 |
402 |
| Ottawa River |
146,300 |
1,271 |
| Gatineau |
23,700 |
386 |
| du Lièvre |
.. |
330 |
| Saguenay (to head of Péribonca) |
88,000 |
698 |
| Péribonca |
28,200 |
451 |
| Mistassini |
21,900 |
298 |
| Chamouchouane |
.. |
266 |
| Saint-Maurice |
43,300 |
563 |
| Manicouagan (to head of Mouchalagane) |
45,800 |
560 |
| aux Outardes |
19,000 |
499 |
| Romaine |
14,350 |
496 |
| Betsiamites (to head of Manouanis) |
18,700 |
444 |
| Moisie |
19,200 |
410 |
| St-Augustin |
9,900 |
233 |
| Richelieu (to mouth of Lake Champlain) |
3,800 |
171 |
| Churchill (to head of Ashuanipi) |
79,800 |
856 |
| Saint John |
35,500 |
673 |
| Little Mecatina |
19,600 |
547 |
| Natashquan |
16,100 |
410 |
| .. figures not
available |
| Source:
Natural Resources Canada, GeoAccess Division.
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