Nechako River
| Nechako River | |
 The Nechako River and Highway 16 bridge, near Fort Fraser
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| Name origin: Dakelh term meaning "big river" | |
| Country | Canada |
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| Province | British Columbia |
| City | Prince George |
| Source | Nechako Plateau |
| Mouth | Fraser River |
| - location | Prince George |
| - elevation | 559 m (1,834 ft) |
| - coordinates | 53°55′2″N 122°42′53″W / 53.91722°N 122.71472°WCoordinates: 53°55′2″N 122°42′53″W / 53.91722°N 122.71472°W |
| Length | 516 km (321 mi) |
| Discharge | for gage at Isle Pierre |
| - average | 277 m3/s (9,782 cu ft/s) |
| - max | 1,180 m3/s (41,671 cu ft/s) |
| - min | 40.8 m3/s (1,441 cu ft/s) |
The Nechako River /nəˈtʃækoʊ/ arises on the Nechako Plateau east of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, and flows north toward Fort Fraser, then east to Prince George where it enters the Fraser River. "Nechako" is an anglicization of netʃa koh, its name in the indigenous Carrier language which means "big river".
The Nechako River's main tributaries are the Stuart River, which enters about 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of Vanderhoof, the Endako River, the Chilako River, which enters about 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Prince George, and the Nautley River, a short stream from Fraser Lake. Other tributaries include the Cheslatta River, which drains Cheslatta Lake and enters the Nechako at the foot of the Nechako Canyon via Cheslatta Falls, near Kenney Dam and the Nechako Reservoir.
The expedition of Alexander MacKenzie went past the mouth of the Nechako in 1793, curiously without observing it. The first European to ascend the Nechako was James McDougall, a member of Simon Fraser's expedition, in 1806.
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