Peace River

American  

noun

1. a river in W Canada, flowing NE from the Rocky Mountains in E British Columbia through Alberta to the Slave River. 1,050 miles (1,690 km) long.

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Peace River British  

noun

1. a river in W Canada, rising in British Columbia as the Finlay River and flowing northeast into the Slave River. Length: 1715 km (1065 miles)

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Example Sentences

Behind the Peace River plant, sprawled out across a massive lawn, and behind a chain-link fence, were the ruins of a processing infrastructure.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

The experts agreed that the Peace River sequence was likely induced, but the study results suggest that the data to definitively distinguish induced from natural earthquakes were not always conclusive or available for the experts.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

Investigators are heading to the site of the crash, which took place south-east of the town of Manning in the Peace River area.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023

In northeastern British Columbia, the chairman of the Peace River Regional District, Leonard Hiebert, said in a statement that the two big fires in that area had been “aggressive” in spreading since their discovery Friday.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2023

We were compelled to carry from the lake to the Peace River, the passage, from the falling of the water, being wholly obstructed by drift wood.

From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. II by Mackenzie, Alexander