The Bulkley River in British Columbia is a major tributary of the Skeena River. Known for the finest steelhead fishing in Canada and among the best in the world, the Bulkley is 257 km long with a drainage basin covering 12,400 km².[1] Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages none stated in law; English is de facto Flower Pacific dogwood Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 36 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water    (% of total)  Ranked... A tributary (or affluent or confluent) is a contributory stream, a river that does not reach the sea, but joins another major river (a parent river), to which it contributes its waters, swelling its discharge. ... The Skeena River is on the north coast of British Columbia, passing through Terrace. ...

Much of the Bulkey is paralleled by provincial Highway 16. It flows west from Bulkley Lake past Perow and is joined near Houston by the Morice River, its major tributary. The Bulkley continues north past Quick, Telkwa and Smithers. It then meets the Skeena River near Hazelton. British Columbia provincial highway 16 is the B.C. section of the Yellowhead Highway. ... Houston (, )is a forestry, mining and tourism town in the north of British Columbia, Canada. ... The village of Telkwa is located along Highway 16, nearly 15 km southeast from the town of Smithers and 350 km west of the city of Prince George, in northwest British Columbia. ... Smithers is a town located in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, approximately halfway between Prince George and Prince Rupert. ... Hazelton is a small village on the Skeena River in northern British Columbia. ...

The river was originally called Wet'sinkwha by the original native inhabitants of the Bulkley Valley. The name Bulkley was given for Colonel Charles Bulkley, the Engineer-in-charge of the survey team who, in 1866 explored the area in preparation for the failed Collins Overland Telegraph. Wetsuweten (also known as Hwotsotenne, Witsuwiten, Wetsuweten, Wetsuweten) are an Athabascan-speaking people, on Bulkley River and around Francois Lake, Babine Lake, and Takla Lake, in Northwestern British Columbia. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Telegraphy (from the Greek words tele = far away and grapho = write) is the long distance transmission of written messages without physical transport of letters, originally over wire. ...

External link and reference

• Water Quality Objectives for the Bulkley River Basin