Canada's Longest Rivers #6 COLUMBIA RIVER Traditional Cache

This series of 13 caches honours the longest rivers in Canada, whether their flow is entirely within the country or is shared with the USA.

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. It flows northwest and then south into the US state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state of Oregon before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. The river is  2,000 km long, and its largest tributary is the Snake River. Its drainage basin is roughly the size of France and extends into seven U.S. states and British Columbia.