The Pitt River in British Columbia , Canada is a large tributary of the Fraser River , entering it a few miles upstream from New Westminster and about 25 km ESE of Downtown Vancouver . The river, which begins in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains , is in two sections above and below Pitt Lake and flows on a generally southernly course. Pitt Lake and the lower Pitt River are tidal in nature as the Fraser's mouth is only a few miles downstream from their confluence.
15-568: Alouette River is a tributary of the Pitt River in the Canadian province of British Columbia . The Alouette River was known as the Lillooet River until 1914, at which time its name was changed to avoid confusion with the much larger Lillooet River . The name Alouette, French for "lark", was ostensibly chosen because it sounds similar to Lillooet. The Alouette River is formed at the confluence of
30-491: A higher risk to recreational users than other lakes in BC as it is colder than many of the lakes in the surrounding areas. Harrison Lake was implicated in the deaths of three people in 2015, and five total since 2008. To the east of the Lillooet River's entrance, at the northernmost part of Harrison Lake, there is a small bay named Little Harrison Lake. The site of one of British Columbia 's oldest ghost towns , called Port Douglas ,
45-526: Is Minnekhada Regional Park , residence of former British Columbia lieutenant-governor Clarence Wallace . It was later sold to the Daon Corporation, which sold off portions. The Province then bought it, anticipating future development in the area; future provincial governments sold off even more portions. The upper Pitt's basin is short but fed by a number of ice fields , glaciers , and mountain streams, such as Garibaldi Névé and Mamquam Icefield . Thus
60-637: Is about 60 km (37 mi) in length and at its widest almost 9 km (5.6 mi) across. Its southern end, at the resort community of Harrison Hot Springs , is c. 95 km east of downtown Vancouver. East of the lake are the Lillooet Ranges while to the west are the Douglas Ranges . The lake is the last of a series of large north-south glacial valleys tributary to the Fraser along its north bank east of Vancouver , British Columbia . The others to
75-723: Is located at the north shore of Little Harrison Lake, although there's virtually nothing left of the town. On the eastern shore of Little Harrison Lake is the rancherie (village) of the Port Douglas Band of the In-SHUCK-ch Nation . Halfway down Harrison Lake on its eastern shore is the valley of the Silver River , also known as the Big Silver River, one of its tributaries being the Little Silver. Opposite Silver River on
90-766: Is one of a number of north-south river-lake valleys which join the lower Fraser along its north side. The others are the valleys of the Coquitlam River , the Alouette River , the Stave River , Suicide Creek ( Norrish Creek ), the Chehalis River and, lastly, the valley of Harrison Lake , 60 km east of the Pitt. Harrison Lake Harrison Lake is the largest lake in the southern Coast Mountains of Canada , being about 250 square kilometres (95 mi²) in area. It
105-497: The Hudson's Bay Company . The river has an alternate name, Quoitle, which is probably equivalent to Kwantlen . East of the lower Pitt River, 20 km long, is the community of Pitt Meadows , while to its west are the cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam ; opposite its mouth is Surrey . Port Coquitlam and Pitt Meadows are connected by the Highway 7 bridges and the rail trestles of
120-582: The North and South Alouette Rivers. The smaller of the two, the North Alouette flows from Jacobs Lake south to its confluence with the South Alouette. The river flows over a minor set of falls about halfway from its mouth. The South Alouette originates on the slopes of Mount Robie Reid and flows into Alouette Lake . After exiting the lake the river flows west before converging with the North Alouette. From there,
135-514: The double-tracked CPR mainline, whose vast main western yards begin on the Pitt's western shore. The plain of the lower Pitt was berry marsh and bog prior to its dyking. The farmland is on the east bank in Pitt Meadows; the poorer soil quality and scrubland on the west shore has encouraged largescale suburbanization in Port Coquitlam. On the west shore in the upper stretches of the lower Pitt
150-674: The forested canyon of the Harrison River at the lake's outflow. The Harrison enters the Fraser near the community of Chehalis . Harrison Lake was important in the early history of British Columbia as one of the water links on the Douglas Road , which accessed the goldfields of the upper Fraser during the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush of 1858-60. It was named "Harrison" by Hudson's Bay Company Governor Simpson , after Benjamin Harrison ,
165-581: The river flows west to join the Pitt River . The Pitt River flows south to join the Fraser River east of Vancouver . This article about a river in the Coast of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pitt River The river was named for William Pitt the Younger . The first mention of the name, as "Pitts River", occurs in the 1827 journal kept by James McMillan of
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#1732844580644180-541: The river gets quite large only 50 km from its source in Garibaldi Provincial Park . East of the upper Pitt is Golden Ears Provincial Park (formerly a part of Garibaldi Provincial Park ). Barge traffic from logging camps in the upper Pitt basin is a regular sight on the Pitt Lake as well as in the area of the two highway bridges and CPR mainline bridge just up from the confluence of the Fraser . The Pitt
195-458: The shores of the lake or near it, including near Port Douglas, at Clear Creek, a tributary of Silver River, and at Harrison Hot Springs . Doctors Point on the lake's northwest shore was a village and Transformer site , with a large rock painting depicting either the spirit of the winds that rule travel on the lake, or a medicine man turned to stone by the Transformer . The lake has imposed
210-600: The west are the Chehalis , Stave , Alouette , Pitt , and Coquitlam Rivers . Harrison Lake is a natural lake, not man-made. The lake is supplied primarily from the Lillooet River , which flows into the lake at the northernmost point. At the north end of the lake is a small First Nations community of the In-SHUCK-ch Nation , Port Douglas , known in the St'at'imcets language as Xa'xtsa (ha-htsa). There are three hot springs along
225-459: The west shore of Harrison Lake is Twenty-Mile Bay. Mid-lake between the Silver River and Twenty-Mile Bay is the northern end of the lake's longest and largest island, aptly named Long Island , 9.5 km long, 2.6 km wide. The other main island of any size in the lake is Echo Island , 4 km long and 2.2 km wide. It is offshore from Harrison Hot Springs , and is immediately east of
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