Skeena

[ skee-nuh ]

noun

1. a river in W British Columbia, Canada, flowing S and SW to the Pacific Ocean. 360 miles (579 km) long.

Example Sentences

On the second day they crossed the Skeena, a risky and tedious piece of business, for the river ran deep and strong.

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"Prince Rupert—new town on a peninsula north of the mouth of the Skeena," said the surveyor.

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The flood went as far north as the Skeena River, and people drifted even from up there.

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The creek which Thor was following was a tributary of the Babine, and he was headed pretty nearly straight for the Skeena.

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About 1100 on upper Skeena river in central British Columbia.

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