Place · river
Fraser River
The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, flowing from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific near Vancouver. The discovery of gold on its lower course in 1858 drew some 30,000 miners, mostly from California, turning Victoria into a boom town and prompting Britain to create the Colony of British Columbia that year to keep control of the mainland.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Fraser River. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fraser-river
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- “Fraser River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fraser-river. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Fraser River.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fraser-river.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Fraser River’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/fraser-river (Accessed: ).
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