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Aerial view of central Port Alberni and the mouth of the Somass River
Aerial view of central Port Alberni showing the Somass entering the Alberni Inlet.

Somass River is a river on Vancouver Island, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its drainage basin is 1,412 square kilometres (545 sq mi) in size.

The river's name comes from a Nuu-chah-nulth word meaning "washing".

Course

The Stamp River and Sproat River join to form the Somass River, which flows generally southeast and south into Alberni Inlet and the harbour of Port Alberni. The river crosses Highway 4 outside of Port Alberni in Tseshaht First Nation territory. Several kilometres of the lower course of the river are tidal.

Gallery

  • Clutesi Haven Marina on the Somass River in Port Alberni BC

    Clutesi Haven Marina in the tidal area of the Somass River

  • Snow and mist on the Somass

    A snowy morning along the Somass

  • Wild Black Bear (9376973789)

    A black bear at low tide

  • Aerial View of Port Alberni harbour

    The mouth of the Somass is in the middle-right of this aerial view of Port Alberni harbour

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