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and choose "Open image in New Window". Location: 49N 123W (Canada); length: 1400 kilometres (850 miles); drainage basin: 218,000 square kilometres (84,000 square miles). The Fraser River flows down the western flanks of the Rocky Mountains in the Province of British Columbia in Canada. It is one of North America's largest rivers.
The Fraser River in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia.The Fraser river makes a very tortuous path as it tries to escape from the Rocky mountains. First flowing north west, it cuts a deep gorge to cut westward through the Rockies and then flows south to reach the Pacific Ocean at Vancouver. Because it cuts through the Rockies, the Fraser River was used to gain access to British Columbia from the sea by gold miners, fur traders and loggers. Nevertheless, the Fraser River is almost unique among large rivers of North America in that there are no large cities along its banks. It is also one of the few fast-flowing rivers that has not been developed for Hydroelectric Power. Partly this is because the river flows in one of the world's most beautiful landscapes, and in part to protect the valuable salmon spawning grounds. 
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