Illecillewaet River

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The Illecillewaet River is a glacier-fed waterway in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, known for flowing through the rugged mountain landscapes of Glacier National Park and contributing to the Columbia River system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
drainageBasin Columbia River Basin ⓘ
environmentType rugged mountain landscape ⓘ
flowsDirection generally westward ⓘ
flowsInto Columbia River ⓘ
flowsNear Canadian Pacific Railway main line ⓘ
Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ
Trans-Canada Highway ⓘ
flowsThrough Columbia-Shuswap Regional District ⓘ
Glacier National Park (Canada) ⓘ
Rogers Pass area ⓘ
hasEcosystemType cold, glacier-fed mountain river ⓘ
hasFeature steep gradient sections ⓘ
whitewater rapids ⓘ
hasNameOrigin from a First Nations word or phrase ⓘ
hasRecreationSite Illecillewaet Campground area ⓘ
hasSource Illecillewaet Glacier region ⓘ
hasTributary Asulkan Brook ⓘ
Battle Brook ⓘ
Cougar Brook ⓘ
Flat Creek ⓘ
Greeley Creek ⓘ
Grizzly Creek ⓘ
Loop Brook ⓘ
Mountain Creek ⓘ
NRC Creek ⓘ
hasWatershed Illecillewaet River watershed ⓘ
isFedBy glaciers ⓘ
isGlacierFed true ⓘ
isPartOf Canadian Cordillera hydrological system ⓘ
isSubjectOf hydrological studies on glacier-fed rivers in British Columbia ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
southeastern British Columbia ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Glacier National Park (Canada) ⓘ
mouthLocation near Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ
mouthOf Columbia River ⓘ
nearbyCity Revelstoke ⓘ
partOf Columbia River system ⓘ
passesThrough Illecillewaet Valley ⓘ
province British Columbia ⓘ
region Columbia Mountains ⓘ
sourceRegion Selkirk Mountains ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
rafting ⓘ
whitewater kayaking ⓘ

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Glacier National Park (Canada) → contains → Illecillewaet River ⓘ
Asulkan Brook → tributaryOf → Illecillewaet River ⓘ
Trans-Canada Highway near Revelstoke → crosses → Illecillewaet River (nearby sections) ⓘ
linked to: Illecillewaet River
Illecillewaet Glacier → drainsInto → Illecillewaet River ⓘ
Illecillewaet Glacier → hasNameOrigin → Illecillewaet River ⓘ