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During 1866–1868, the HBC operated the Ackwilgate fur trading post [10] immediately south across the Bulkley at Mission Point. [11] The abandoned telegraph trail provided access for prospectors. [12] During the Omineca Gold Rush of 1870–1871, the Hazelton settlement became strategic. [13] As many as 4,000 miners made it a base.
Bulkley Junction Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of the Skeena River opposite Hazelton. It was established in 1997 and expanded in 2004 from 133 ha. to its current size of 169 ha.
The 20-foot right-of-way improved access to the Bulkley Valley from both eastward points and the sternwheeler terminal at Hazelton to the west. [8] Charles Barrett (1866–1946), [ 9 ] and Edward Charleson, who worked on the telegraph construction, settled six miles (9.7 km) west of Houston at what became Barrett.
The Regional District of Bulkley–Nechako (RDBN) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia, Canada. As of the 2021 census, the population was 37,737. The area is 73,419.01 square kilometres.
The Nechako Region is the second-largest economic development region in British Columbia and covers an area of 200,023 km 2, from the Nechako plateau, in central British Columbia, northward to the border with Yukon Territory.
The Bulkley Ranges are a mountain range in northern British Columbia, Canada, located between the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers south of Hazelton, north of the Morice River and Zymoetz River. It has an area of 7851 km 2 and is a subrange of the Hazelton Mountains which in turn form part of the Interior Mountains .
The Bulkley is 257 kilometres (160 mi) long with a drainage basin covering 12,400 square kilometres (4,800 sq mi). [1] Much of the Bulkey is paralleled by Highway 16. It flows west from Bulkley Lake past Perow and is joined near Houston by the Morice River, its major tributary. The Bulkley continues north past Quick, Telkwa and Smithers.
The Bulkley Valley District Hospital is a 25-bed acute care facility. [60] A 40-person volunteer fire department, and three-ambulance base exist. [61] The Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment serves Smithers, Telkwa, Fort Babine Reserve, and the Moricetown First Nations Reserve. [62] Smithers and area now has a BC Emergency Support Services ...