Raush River

{{short description|River in Canada}}

File:Raush River, BC.jpg

The Raush River is a tributary of the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. It drains a watershed of approximately {{convert|100,000|ha}} on the eastern flanks of the Cariboo Mountains, a sub-range of the Columbia Mountains.{{cite web|title=Raush River watershed|url=http://www.fraserheadwaters.org/raush.html|publisher=Fraser Headwaters Alliance|accessdate=1 June 2013}}

The river joins the Fraser near the community of Dunster in the Robson Valley.

The river's name is the result of a transcription error; it was originally called the Rivière au Shuswap, this was recorded on some maps as R.auSh., which then became Raush on official maps.{{cite book|last=Akrigg|first=GPV|title=British Columbia place names|year=1998|publisher=UBC Press|location=Vancouver, B.C.|isbn=9780774806367|page=[https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9/page/224 224] |url=https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9|url-access=registration|author2=Helen B. Akrigg }}

Its source is the Raush Glacier, and major tributary creeks include Black Martin and Quanstrom.

Two areas of the river are protected: the Lower Raush Protected Area protects {{convert|1279|ha}} near the river's mouth, while the Upper Raush Protected Area covers {{convert|5582|ha}} of its upper reaches.{{cite web|title=Upper Raush Protected Area|url=http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/up_raush/|publisher=BC Parks - Province of British Columbia|accessdate=1 June 2013}} More than 50 kilometers of the river are navigable, and are used by kayakers, canoeists, and jetboaters.{{cite book|last=Nash|first=Mike|title=Exploring Prince George : a guide to North Central B.C. outdoors|year=2004|publisher=Rocky Mountain Books|location=Surrey, B.C.|isbn=9781894765497|pages=155–156|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d4ta9FmYgZsC&pg=PA155}}