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The '''Fraser River''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|r|eɪ|z|ər}} is the longest river within [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], rising at [[Fraser Pass]] near [[Blackrock Mountain (Canada)|Blackrock Mountain]] in the [[Rocky Mountains]] and flowing for {{convert|1375|km|mi}}, into the [[Strait of Georgia]] at the city of [[Vancouver]].<ref name="chrs"/><ref>{{Cite bcgnis|id=40586 |title=Fraser River}}</ref> It is the 10th longest river in [[Canada]].<ref>Canadian Global Almanac. John Wiley and Sons. 2004</ref> The river's annual discharge at its mouth is {{convert|112|km3|mi3}} or {{convert|3550|m3/s|cuft/s}}, and it discharges 20 million tons of sediment into the ocean.<ref>Cannings, Richard and Sidney. British Columbia: A Natural History. p.41. Greystone Books. Vancouver. 1996</ref>


The river is named after [[Simon Fraser (explorer)|Simon Fraser]], who led an expedition on behalf of the [[North West Company]] from the site of present-day [[Prince George, British Columbia|Prince George]] almost to the mouth of the river.
The river's name in the [[Halqemeylem]] (Upriver Halkomelem) language is '''Sto:lo''', often seen archaically as '''Staulo''', and has been adopted by the Halkomelem-speaking peoples of the Lower Mainland as their collective name, [[Sto:lo]]. The river's name in the [[Dakelh language]] is '''Lhtakoh'''.<ref>[http://www.ydli.org/dakinfo/DakelhPlacenames.html ''Dakelh Placenames'', Yinka Dene Language Institute website]</ref> The [[Chilcotin language|''Tsilhqot'in'']] name for the river, not dissimilar to the ''Dakelh'' name, is '''ʔElhdaqox''', meaning [[Sturgeon]] ''(ʔElhdachogh)'' River ''(Yeqox)''.