Anstey River

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| name = Anstey River

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| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Canada

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = British Columbia

| subdivision_type3 = Land District

| subdivision_name3 = Kamloops Division Yale

| source1_location = Columbia Mountains

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| mouth_location = Shuswap Lake

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|length_km=30

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| basin_size = {{convert|24000|ha|abbr=on}}

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The Anstey River is a {{convert|30|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}} river in the Interior region of British Columbia, Canada. It flows roughly north to south from the Monashee range of the Columbia Mountains, and drains into Anstey Arm on Shuswap Lake.{{Cite book|title=British Columbia Place Names: Third Edition|last=Akrigg|first=Helen|publisher=UBC Press|year=1998|isbn=9780774806367|location=Vancouver, BC|pages=[https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9/page/7 7]|url=https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9/page/7}} The Anstey River drainage covers {{convert|24000|ha|acres}} and is uninhabited.{{Cite book|title=Everything Shuswap: A Geographic Handbook, Vol. 1|last=Cooperman|first=Jim|publisher=Shuswap Press|year=2017|isbn=9780995052208|location=Salmon Arm, British Columbia|pages=21, 22}} The river was named for Francis Senior Anstey, who operated one of the first major logging operations in the area. The lower river and its delta are protected within Anstey Hunakwa Provincial Park.{{Cite web|url=http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/anstey/|title=Anstey Hunakwa Provincial Park - BC Parks|last=Environment|first=Ministry of|website=www.env.gov.bc.ca|language=en|access-date=2017-05-17}}