Chilcotin River

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The Chilcotin River is a significant river in British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the Chilcotin Plateau and supporting diverse ecosystems and Indigenous communities before joining the Fraser River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Chilcotin River canonical 13
Chilcotin River watershed 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Chilcotin War of 1864 region ⓘ
confluenceLocation near Williams Lake, British Columbia ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
drainageBasin Interior Plateau ⓘ
ecoregion Fraser Plateau and Basin complex ⓘ
linked to: Fraser Plateau
flowsThrough Big Creek Provincial Park ⓘ
Chilcotin Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Chilcotin region

Churn Creek Protected Area ⓘ
hasFeature badlands-style eroded banks ⓘ
canyons ⓘ
gravel bars ⓘ
seasonal flooding ⓘ
hasMajorTributary Big Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chilanko River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Churn Creek NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hanceville River ⓘ
Taseko River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Alexis Creek, British Columbia ⓘ
Hanceville, British Columbia ⓘ
hasWatershedUse forestry ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
recreation and tourism ⓘ
importantFor Indigenous cultural practices ⓘ
traditional transportation routes ⓘ
wildlife corridors ⓘ
knownFor diverse riparian ecosystems ⓘ
salmon habitat ⓘ
steelhead trout habitat ⓘ
languageOfName Tsilhqot’in language ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Chilcotin region ⓘ
mouthOfWaterBody Fraser River ⓘ
nameSharesEtymologyWith Chilcotin District ⓘ
linked to: Chilcotin region

Chilcotin Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Chilcotin region
partOf Fraser River basin ⓘ
linked to: Fraser River
region Central Interior of British Columbia ⓘ
subjectTo seasonal flow variation ⓘ
snowmelt-driven freshet ⓘ
supportsCommunity Secwepemc (Shuswap) communities ⓘ
Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) First Nation communities ⓘ
usedFor kayaking ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
whitewater rafting ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fraser River → majorTributary → Chilcotin River ⓘ
Chilcotin Ranges → drainedBy → Chilcotin River ⓘ
Interior Plateau → drainedBy → Chilcotin River ⓘ
Tsilhqot'in people → traditionalTerritory → Chilcotin River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Chilcotin River
Fraser Plateau → hasMajorRiver → Chilcotin River ⓘ
Chilcotin region → drainedBy → Chilcotin River ⓘ
Taseko River → locatedSouthOf → Chilcotin River ⓘ
Tsilhqot’in → traditionalTerritory → Chilcotin River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Chilcotin River
Alexis Creek, British Columbia → locatedOn → Chilcotin River ⓘ
Fraser River basin → includesTributary → Chilcotin River ⓘ
Hanceville River → tributaryOf → Chilcotin River ⓘ
Hanceville River → partOf → Chilcotin River watershed ⓘ
linked to: Chilcotin River
Hanceville River → hasMouthIn → Chilcotin River ⓘ