Vermilion River (British Columbia)

River in British Columbia, Canada

Vermilion River

Location
Country| Canada
Province| British Columbia
District| Kootenay Land District
Physical characteristics
Source| Vermilion Pass
• location| Kootenay National Park, British Columbia, Canada
Mouth| Kootenay River

• location

| British Columbia

• coordinates

| 50°49′31″N 116°00′20″W﻿ / ﻿50.82528°N 116.00556°W﻿ / 50.82528; -116.00556[1]

The Vermilion River, in Kootenay National Park, is headwatered at Vermilion Pass and flows through Vermilion Valley in British Columbia, Canada. Its tributaries include the Simpson River, Tokumm Creek, and Verendrye Creek. It is a major tributary of the Kootenay River.

First visited (by a non-Aboriginal) by Sir George Simpson in 1841.

Numa Falls on the river is directly accessible from Highway 93 in Kootenay National Park.

Vermilion River at the Simpson trailhead

## See also[edit]

* List of rivers of British Columbia

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Vermilion River". BC Geographical Names.

* Historic Milestones of Kootenay National Park
* Kootenay NP

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