Great Fish River.

Great Fish River. (1) in Cape Colony, rises in the Sneeuwberg Mountains, and, after a generally south-easterly course of 230 miles, enters the Indian Ocean in 33° 25' S. lat. and 27° E. long. The Midland Railway which connects Port Elizabeth and Port Alfred with Kimberley skirts part of the river; there is an iron bridge at Cradock, and Fish River Station is 207 miles from Port Elizabeth. (2) Great Fish River, or Back's River, in North America, enters an inlet of the Arctic Ocean in 95° W. long., after passing through Lake Pelly. Sir George Back (q.v.) traced its course to the ocean.