Coal River (Canada)

The Coal River is a left tributary of the Liard River in the southeast of the Yukon Territory and the adjacent British Columbia in Canada.

It rises in the south of the Selwyn Mountains, Yukon. It flows in direction southsouthwest into the mountains. The West Coal River joins from the right on the river. The river flows around the located southwest of Mount Gilliland 16 km ² Coal River Springs Territorial Park ( ⊙ 60.115685-127.416058 ) and turns to the east. The Coal River turns to the mouth of the Rock River south again, the border happened to British Columbia and finally ends at the place Coal River in the Liard River. Here, cross the British Columbia Highway 97 (Alaska Highway) the Coal River.

The Coal River is a popular whitewater waters for canoeists. The river is considered with its rapids of levels III -IV as a very demanding canoe river. 10 - day tours starting at the Lucky Lake on a small tributary at the headwaters run the river down to its mouth.