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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."
Ts'il Kaz Koh First Nation (formerly known as Burns Lake Indian Band) Wet'suwet'en First Nation (formerly known as Broman Lake Band or Broman Lake Indian Band) Not all Carrier or Sekani bands belong to CSTC. Three Blackwater Carrier bands, Ulkatcho Indian Band, Lhoosk'us Dene, and Red Bluff Indian Band, belong to Carrier-Chilcotin Tribal Council.
Nechako may refer to: Nechako River in British Columbia; Nechako Plateau; Nechako Country; Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia; Nechako Reservoir; Nechako Diversion; Nechako, British Columbia, a neighbourhood in Kitimat, British Columbia
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 dominant landform is the Nechako Plateau. Neighbouring regional districts are the Kitimat-Stikine, Central Coast, Cariboo, Fraser-Fort George, and Peace River Regional Districts; on its north the boundary with the southern edge of the remote Stikine Region is separated from the Bulkley–Nechako Regional District by the 56th parallel north.
Isle Pierre is a railway point in the Nechako Region of central British Columbia.The scattered community straddles the shores of the Nechako River. [1] The west side, off BC Highway 16, is by road about 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of Prince George and 69 kilometres (43 mi) east of Vanderhoof.
"Nechako" is an anglicization of netʃa koh, its name in the indigenous Carrier language which means "big river". [ 3 ] The Nechako River's main tributaries are the Stuart River , which enters about 45 kilometres (28 mi) east of Vanderhoof , the Endako River , the Chilako River , which enters about 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Prince George ...