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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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