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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 km&2. {Link without Title} Much of the Bulkey is paralleled by 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 . 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 Russian American Telegraph . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK AND REFERENCE |
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