Dease River

Dease River in winter

The Dease River is a right tributary of the Liard River, which flows through the northwestern part of the province of British Columbia in Canada.

The river rises in Dease Lake, but form numerous leading into this lake rivers and streams the actual source of the river. The longest of these inflows is the Little Dease Creek, which is close to the Snow Peak 50 km west of the lake rises.

The river flows through the Cassiar Mountains and then forms the western boundary of the southern Yukon Plateau. After about 265 miles, where the river mainly runs in a northwesterly direction, it flows at Lower Post in the Liard River.

Since the Dease River runs over long distances parallel or near the British Columbia Highway 37 ( Cassiar Highway) and access is therefore relatively simple, it is very much appreciated by water sports enthusiasts.

The river played a large role as a trade and food source for the settled along its banks Tahtlan and Kaska. The first white visitors was John McLeod, a fur trader of the Hudson's Bay Company, which reached the river in the summer of 1831 and after the charge of the Mackenzie River District officer of the Company - Peter Warren Dease - named.