The Fraser River is at the heart of British Columbia. This is the longest river within BC — stretching nearly 1,400 km from the Rockies to the Salish Sea — and one of the world's great wild salmon rivers. The Fraser Basin is BC's largest, and Canada’s fifth largest, drainage system — 240,000 square km (roughly a quarter of the province). For a sense of the scale, consider that all of Great Britain, or most of California, could fit within it.
First Nations were the first to recognize its special nature and enjoy its bounty. Indigenous people have lived beside the river since the vast glaciers started receding 10,000 years ago and the Fraser River, as we know it, was born.
