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Vanderhoof is known for its bird sanctuary along the Nechako River. Many Canada geese, swans, and other migratory birds pass through Vanderhoof during their annual migrations. The Nechako is home to a number of fish species, including salmon and the endangered Nechako white sturgeon. Many hunters come to Vanderhoof in search of bear, moose ...
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. [1] "Nechako" is an anglicization of netʃa koh, a Carrier word that means "big river."
Dakelh territories called Keyoh, include the area along Fraser River (Lhtakoh – "rivers within one another" [2]) from north of Prince George (Lheidli – "confluence") to south of Quesnel and including the Barkerville-Wells area, the Nechako Country, the areas around Stuart Lake (Nak'albun – "Mount Pope lake"), Trembleur Lake (Dzinghubun – "day after lake"), Takla Lake (Khelhghubun ...
The following is a partial list of First Nations band governments in Canada: [1] [2] [3] Alberta ... Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation; ... White River First Nation; Ontario
Nov. 11—KETTLE FALLS, Wash. — Standing at one end of a folding table, Derick Largin handled a small white sturgeon carefully, checking its back for a tag. Then he measured it, from snout to tail.
The Nechako Country, also referred to as the Nechako District or simply "the Nechako" is one of the historical geographic regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located southwest of the city of Prince George and south of Hwy 16 on the inland side of the Hazelton Mountains (an inland subrange of the Coast Mountains), and comprising the basin of the Nechako River and its tributaries.
The CSTC had claimed that, "[i]n the 1950s, the government of British Columbia authorized the building of a dam and reservoir which altered the amount and timing of water flows in the Nechako River. The First Nations claim the Nechako Valley as their ancestral homeland, and the right to fish in the Nechako River, but, pursuant to the practice ...
The Nechako is in turn one the more important tributaries of the Fraser River. The Stuart River flows 187 kilometres (116 mi) from Stuart Lake to its junction with the Nechako River. [ 1 ] The river drains a portion of the Nechako Plateau —a gently rolling region characterized by small lakes and tributaries.