Fraser River (Newfoundland and Labrador)

For other uses, see Fraser River (disambiguation).

River in Canada

Fraser River

Location
Country| Canada
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador
• coordinates| 56°44′34.34″N 63°52′2″W﻿ / ﻿56.7428722°N 63.86722°W﻿ / 56.7428722; -63.86722
• elevation| 297 m (974 ft)
Mouth|

• location

| Nain Bay, Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador

• coordinates

| 56°37′13.27″N 62°15′12″W﻿ / ﻿56.6203528°N 62.25333°W﻿ / 56.6203528; -62.25333

• elevation

| 0 m (0 ft)
Length| 105 km (65 mi)

The Fraser River in northern Labrador flows west to east in geological trench.[1] The gorge is narrow and deep. The upper watershed drains to Tasisuak Lake. Eastward the rift widens to shallow, brackish ponds where flow reverses with the flush of tide. Salt marshes border the mouth and vast sandy delta littered with boulders stretches to Nain Bay[2] (about 35 km (22 mi) west of Nain).

In 1910, British explorer Hesketh Prichard ascended the river, continuing through Bear Ravine (56°41′50.78″N 63°30′27.58″W﻿ / ﻿56.6974389°N 63.5076611°W﻿ / 56.6974389; -63.5076611) to access Indian House Lake on George River.

Lower reaches of Labrador's Fraser River

## See also

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* List of rivers of Newfoundland and Labrador

## References

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1. ^ Anderson, T. C. (1985). The Rivers of Labrador (PDF). Dept. of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa. p. 316. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
2. ^ Lawrence W. Coady (2008). The Lost Canoe: A Labrador Adventure. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-55109-658-2.

## External links

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* Through Trackless Labrador, from Open Library

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

Other|

* Yale LUX

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