The Northern Rocky Mountains , usually referred to as the Northern Rockies , are a subdivision of the Canadian Rockies comprising the northern half of the Canadian segment of the Rocky Mountains . While their northward limit is easily defined as the Liard River , which is the northward terminus of the whole Rockies, the southward limit is debatable, although the area of Mount Ovington and Monkman Pass is mentioned in some sources, as south from there are the Continental Ranges , which are the main spine of the Rockies forming the boundary between British Columbia and Alberta . Some use the term to mean only the area north of the Peace Arm of the Williston Reservoir , and in reference to Northern Rocky Mountains Provincial Park , while others consider the term to extend all the way south, beyond the limit of the Hart Ranges at Mount Ovington, to include the McBride area, the Sir Alexander Group and Mount Robson .
6-687: The area south of the Williston Reservoir , the Hart Ranges, is much more accessible and better known, while north of Lake Williston the Northern Rockies are extremely remote and rarely visited or photographed. The Hart Ranges are traversed by B.C. Highway 97 (the John Hart Highway) and the Peace River extension of the former BC Rail line (now part of Canadian National Railways ), which use
12-652: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Williston Lake Williston Lake is a reservoir created by the W. A. C. Bennett Dam which is located in the Northern Interior of British Columbia , Canada. The lake fills the basin of the upper Peace River , backing into the Rocky Mountain Trench which is where the Parsnip and Finlay met at Finlay Forks to form the Peace. The lake includes three reaches ,
18-724: Is not comprehensive): Williston Lake was created in 1968 by the building of the W. A. C. Bennett Dam on the Peace River , which flooded the aboriginal-territorial home of the Tsay Keh Dene First Nation . The reservoir was named after the Honourable Ray Gillis Williston , at the time the Minister of Lands, Forests and Water Resources. This article about a location in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada
24-562: The Pine Pass , and also by the Tumbler Ridge spur line to the Sukunka River coalmines. The Alaska Highway traverses the northernmost part of the range via Stone Mountain and Muncho Lake Provincial Parks. In addition to Northern Rocky Mountains Provincial Park, other parks in the Northern Rockies are: This article about a location in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada is
30-752: The Peace Reach (formerly the Peace Canyon), and the Parsnip and Finlay Reaches, which are the lowermost basins of those rivers, and covers a total area of 1,761 km (680 sq mi), being the largest lake in British Columbia and the seventh largest reservoir (by volume) in the world. The reservoir is fed by the Finlay , Omineca , Ingenika , Ospika , Parsnip , Manson , Nation and Nabesche Rivers and by Clearwater Creek, Carbon Creek, and other smaller creeks. Several provincial parks are maintained on
36-471: The shore of the lake, including Muscovite Lakes Provincial Park , Butler Ridge Provincial Park , Heather-Dina Lakes Provincial Park and Ed Bird-Estella Provincial Park . The following rivers empty into the Williston Reservoir, in clockwise order from the Peace River outlet: Additionally, the following creeks empty into Williston Reservoir, in clockwise order from the Peace River outlet (this list
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