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{{Short description|Short river in British Columbia, Canada}}
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The '''Gates River''' is a short [[river]] in the [[Lillooet Country]] of the [[British Columbia Interior|Southern Interior]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].  Approximately 14.5&nbsp;km in length, it flows generally northeast from the outlet of [[Birken Lake]] (aka Gates Lake or Summit Lake) to its mouth at the head of [[Anderson Lake (British Columbia)|Anderson Lake]].  Its main tributaries are [[Haylmore Creek]], from the southeast, and Blackwater Creek, from the northwest, which originates near the head of [[Birkenhead Lake]].  Augmented by the waters of [[McGillivray Creek]], [[Lost Valley Creek]] and others, its flow becomes the [[Seton River]] from the foot of Anderson Lake onwards.

The communities of the river's valley are known collectively as the [[Gates Valley]] and include [[Birken, British Columbia|Birken]], [[Gates, British Columbia|Gates]], [[Devine, British Columbia|Devine]] and [[D'Arcy, British Columbia|D'Arcy]] (also known by its [[St'at'imcets language]] name [[Nequatque]]).  The valley was part of the route of the [[Douglas Road]] and is the eastern half of the section of that route known as the Long Portage or [[Pemberton Pass]].

==See also==
*[[List of rivers of British Columbia]]

==References==
*{{BCGNIS|5367|Gates River}}

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[[Category:Rivers of the Pacific Ranges]]
[[Category:Lillooet Country]]


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