The following is a partial list of rivers of British Columbia, organized by watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance (See Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers ). Also included are lakes that are "in-line" connecting upper tributaries of listed rivers, or at their heads.

Arctic drainage

Arctic Ocean via Mackenzie River drainage

Liard River watershed

Peace River

Williston Lake (Parsnip Reach)

Williston Lake (Omineca Reach)

Williston Lake (Finlay Reach)

Pacific drainage ("Pacific Slope")

(Pacific Ocean watershed; Columbia tributaries on US side of border omitted)

Columbia River watershed

Strait of Georgia

Howe Sound

Jervis Inlet

Sechelt Inlet

Malaspina Strait

Desolation Sound watershed

Theodosia Inlet

Toba Inlet

Bute Inlet

Knight Inlet

North Bentinck Arm/Dean Channel

South Bentinck Arm

Douglas Channel/Gardner Canal

Fraser River - Source to the Willow River

Nechako River

Fraser River - Nechako to Thompson Rivers

Thompson River

Fraser River below Thompson River

Rivers of North Vancouver

Skagit Bay/Puget Sound (U.S.)

Boundary Bay

English Bay

Burrard Inlet

Indian Arm

Watersheds East of the Alaska Panhandle

(south and east of the Chilkoot Pass)

Watersheds North of the Alaska Panhandle

(west of the Chilkoot Pass)

Marcus Passage watershed

Queen Charlotte Sound watershed

Douglas Channel watershed

Dean Channel watershed

Queen Charlotte Strait watershed

Islands of the British Columbia Coast watersheds

Rivers of Vancouver Island

Broughton Strait–Queen Charlotte Strait watersheds

Discovery Passage–Johnstone Strait watersheds

Strait of Georgia watersheds

West Coast of Vancouver Island watersheds

Alberni Inlet-Barkley Sound

Clayoquot Sound

Nootka Sound

Strait of Juan de Fuca watersheds

Haida Gwaii watersheds

Bering Sea (Yukon River) watershed

Note that only tributaries of the Yukon River in British Columbia are given; those in Yukon or Alaska are omitted.