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39-758: The Omineca Country , also called the Omineca District or the Omineca , is a historical geographic region of the Northern Interior of British Columbia , roughly defined by the basin of the Omineca River but including areas to the south which allowed access to the region during the Omineca Gold Rush of the 1860s. The term Omineca District also refers to the Omineca Mining District which referred to

78-450: A few cases that is also a phrase referring to the land district of the same name, which is a system of legal survey blocks rather than descriptive of the actual geocultural landscape which evolved on top of them. In most cases, the "Country" and "District" are often dropped, and these regions are referred to as, for example, "the Kootenay" or "the Omineca". In some cases, notably the Kootenay,

117-406: A gold-rush town is also reflected, as there are over 30 heritage sites around the city. Quesnel is home to the world's largest gold pan, measured at 5.5 m (18 ft) in diameter and weighing 1,400 kg (3,100 lb), although this is disputed by Nome, Alaska . As of 2020 the gold pan resides in its new location, one deemed controversial, near the local Visitor Centre and Museum. Quesnel

156-483: A little over 10,000 people living within the city, with roughly 13,000 people living outside the city limits but within the metro area. According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Quesnel included: Quesnel is a city known for its forestry, particularly the production of pulp and lumber. Forestry is the single biggest employer in Quesnel. Quesnel is home to a Bleached Chemi-ThermoMechanical Pulp (BCTMP) mill that

195-472: A population density of 279.7/km (724.5/sq mi) in 2021. According to the same census, Quesnel had a census agglomeration population of 23,113, which represented a decrease from 23,146 in the 2016 census. The median household income in 2015 for Quesnel was $ 60,651, which is slightly below the British Columbia provincial average of $ 69,995. As of 2018, the population of Quesnel is estimated to be

234-556: A short freeway. Then it continues 496 km (308 mi) east through Salmon Arm , Revelstoke , Rogers Pass , Golden , and Kicking Horse Pass (the highest point on the highway, at 1,627 metres), to Banff , Alberta. Quesnel, British Columbia Quesnel ( / k w ɪ ˈ n ɛ l / ; Kee-nel in French) is a city located in the Cariboo Regional District of British Columbia , Canada. Located nearly evenly between

273-753: Is also the closest city to Barkerville , the largest historic site western North America, and epicentre of the Cariboo Gold Rush . Troll Ski Resort , or simply Troll, is located 44 km (27 mi) east of the city. Quesnel is also home to Hallis Lake Cross Country Skiing Facility , a 75 km (47 mi) network of trails maintained by the Cariboo Ski Touring Club for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing. In addition, Ten Mile Lake Provincial Park , Pinnacles Provincial Park , and Dragon Mountain Provincial Park are also located just outside

312-622: Is associated in regional terms usually with the South and Central Coast and Vancouver Island. The northern reaches of the Northern Interior beyond the Omineca and Skeena-Bulkley regions is usually just referred to as "the North", although it also is considered part of the Northern Interior . "The North" may also refer to Prince George, one of the largest cities in the Interior and also the only major city in

351-758: Is home to the Central Interior Hockey League's Quesnel Kangaroos Senior AA hockey team. The team plays at the West Fraser Centre in Quesnel. The city was formerly home to the Quesnel Millionaires , a British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) team, before they relocated to Chilliwack as the Chilliwack Chiefs in 2011. Quesnel also has soccer , airsoft and paintball , minor baseball , softball , lacrosse , ringette , roller derby , and football leagues. A Mountain biking skills park

390-578: Is incorrect. The Southern Interior roughly falls south of the Thompson River and Shuswap Country (corresponding mostly to the post- Oregon Treaty remainder of the old, original, Hudson's Bay Company Columbia District ). When used directly, it generally means the Okanagan and adjoining areas, particularly the Similkameen , southern Monashees and Boundary Country . Due to a new federal political riding of

429-762: Is part of School District 28 , which contains several elementary schools, as well as a junior and a senior secondary school (Quesnel Junior High School and Correlieu Senior Secondary School respectively). Also, within the school district is McNaughton Centre which is an Alternate High school. For post secondary education, Quesnel has the College of New Caledonia and University of Northern British Columbia shared campus, which offers several programs, including four year nursing and social work degrees, foundation or apprenticeship-level trades certification, health sciences, human services, academic upgrading, or industry and continuing education courses. The Quesnel CNC Campus also offers students

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468-689: The Interior Plateau as well as various mountain ranges and the valleys between them, comprises everything inland from the Coast Mountains and reaching east to the Rocky Mountains and, in the northeast, British Columbia's sector of the Prairies, the Peace River Block . "Interior" is usually and properly capitalized but turns up in lower-case in various books and magazines. The non-coastal areas of

507-511: The 14 regional districts of British Columbia defined as being in the Interior region: The Northern Interior begins somewhere between the Cariboo and the city of Prince George , which lies just south of the big bend in the upper Fraser. The city of Quesnel may be considered to be part of the Northern Interior, but it is usually conceived of as primarily being in the Cariboo, which is normally termed

546-590: The 1950s, and is now the largest manufacturer of wood products in North America, with operations also in Europe. Quesnel's city government consists of a seven-member council, that is one mayor and six councillors. The current city council, elected in 2022 for a four-year term, is composed of mayor Ron Paul and councillors Scott Elliott, Tony Goulet, Debora McKelvie, Laurey-Anne Roodenburg, Martin Runge, and Mitch Vik. Quesnel

585-574: The 2000 BC Winter Games , a biennial provincial amateur sports competition. To the east of Quesnel is Wells , Barkerville , and Bowron Lake Provincial Park , a popular canoeing destination in the Cariboo Mountains . Long before the arrival of prospectors during the Cariboo Gold Rush of 1862, the First Nations peoples, the Dakelh or Southern Carrier, lived off the land around Quesnel, occupying

624-572: The British Columbia Interior's 14 regional districts contain many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, provincial , and national parks connected by the province's highway and railway network. The region is known for the complexity of its landforms, the result of millions of years of tectonic plate movements. The ecology of the region is dominated by temperate coniferous forest with patches of alpine tundra found atop its numerous mountain ranges. The region, which includes

663-689: The Central Interior, or North-Central Interior. The Northern Interior includes Robson Valley (the upper reaches of the Fraser basin) to the southeast of Prince George as well as the Omineca District and the Bulkley and Nechako basins. The communities of the upper Skeena are sometimes referred to as being in the Northern Interior, though in cultural terms and usual usage they are part of the North Coast , which

702-915: The Chilcotin and the Cariboo, they can be are often referred to as simply Kootenay, Chilcotin and Cariboo.. Some are referred to only without the "Country" or "District" attached, such as "the Tulameen" and "the Similkameen", and in other cases this is more common than the longer form though both occur ("the Stikine" is more common than "the Stikine Country". Combination forms are common, such as Cariboo-Chilcotin, and Thompson-Okanagan, and these often turn up in names of governmental administrative districts, electoral districts and private or public organizations. All often correspond to linguistic and cultural-political divisions of

741-467: The First Nations as aboriginal history was also shaped by the landscape's isolating and defining characteristics as settler culture. The main historical subregions, with their own subregions an irrespective of very common overlaps between some areas, and in their most common forms, are as follows: As of 2016 the population is 961,155. The British Columbia Interior's society and culture is affected by

780-706: The Fraser Canyon, or until the summits of the Coquihalla and Allison Passes . The boundary between "the Coast" and "the Interior" along the Highway 99 corridor is nominally between Whistler and Pemberton , as Pemberton is often described as being in the Interior, but from the inland perspective it is often seen as part of the Coast because of its wetter climate and close ties to the Lower Mainland. There are many subregions within

819-557: The Interior, some regions in their own right, and although there are no precise definitions, it is often broken up informally as the Northern Interior, the Central Interior, the Southern Interior, the Northeast Interior and Southeast Interior, and these names often appear in non-governmental organizations and company names as well as in government administrative districts and ministerial regions, and in weather reports. Below are

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858-674: The Lillooet Country is historically considered to be part of the Cariboo, though distinct in its own right. The Bridge River Country has also been referred to as the West Cariboo, but is not considered to be in the Cariboo by its residents. Many urban residents are under the impression that the Bridge River Country is part of the Chilcotin because of the "South Chilcotin" name for the Spruce Lake Protected Area , but this

897-501: The Northern Interior (although that term can also apply to Prince George), which bears the sobriquet "Queen City of the North". The Northern Interior Plain is a continuation of the interior plain that takes in nearly all of Alberta and southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. It extends from Monkman Provincial Park and Tumbler Ridge in the south, to Hudson's Hope and the Williston Lake in the west, to Fort St. John and Charlie Lake in

936-615: The Okanagan cities south of the Shuswap as being in the Central Interior, but these are usually referred to as being in the Southern Interior or South-Central Interior. The Nicola, Fraser Canyon, Thompson and Bridge River -Lillooet Country are sometimes also referred to as being in the Southern Interior, with the Bridge River-Lillooet Country sometimes referred to, along with the Chilcotin, as the West-Central Interior, and

975-665: The area from the Bowron Lakes in the east to the upper Blackwater River and Dean River in the west. The Southern Carrier Nation were known among themselves as ‘Uda Ukelh’, meaning ‘people who travel by boat on water early in the morning’. The name "Quesnel" is derived from Jules-Maurice Quesnel , who accompanied Simon Fraser on his journey to the Pacific Ocean . Quesnel came to be called 'Quesnelle Mouth' to distinguish it from Quesnel Forks , 97 km (60 mi) up river. In 1870, it had been shortened to Quesnelle and by 1900, it

1014-464: The chance to start arts or sciences degrees and then, transfer to university. Quesnel is served by the Quesnel Airport , with several commercial flights daily to and from Vancouver . The city has a local transit system provided by BC Transit . Quesnel is served by GR Baker Memorial Hospital. A new emergency section was added to the hospital on 14 April 2023. This increased the overall size of

1053-542: The cities of Prince George and Williams Lake , it is on the main route to northern British Columbia and the Yukon . Quesnel is located at the confluence of the Fraser River and Quesnel River . As of 2021, Quesnel's metropolitan area ( census agglomeration ) had a population of 23,113 making it one of the largest urban centres between Prince George and Kamloops . Quesnel is a sister city to Shiraoi, Japan . Quesnel hosted

1092-423: The city. Quesnel Museum is home to numerous artifacts, including Mandy, a " haunted doll " made in the early 20th century that is claimed to have paranormal abilities and eyes that follow visitors around. Mandy appeared on The Montel Williams Show . There are twenty-three decorated fire hydrants in the streets of Quesnel. This work was sponsored by the local businesses in the vicinity of the hydrants. Quesnel

1131-498: The hospital as well as making it easier for patients to move from building to building. Quesnel's tourism industry is largely based on the city's access to nature, with hunting and guiding outfitters, fishing, hiking, canoeing. The Rocky Mountaineer , a rail-tour train also travels through and stops overnight at Quesnel at the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Station , owned by BC Rail . Quesnel's history as

1170-696: The north. The term is used to mean the whole of the Northeastern Interior east of the Rockies, including Fort Nelson and other parts of the Liard drainage , and before W.A.C. Bennett Dam included the upper Peace River through its canyon between Finlay Forks and Hudson's Hope. The Central Interior is composed, roughly, of the Chilcotin , Cariboo, Bridge River - Lillooet , Fraser Canyon, Nicola , Thompson and Kamloops - Shuswap Countries . Some usages may refer to

1209-656: The populations of First Nations Canadians and French-Canadians people and residents living close to the US - Canada border. The Trans-Canada Highway (TCH) is the major roadway through the region. The TCH enters the region from the south after 186 km (116 mi) through the Fraser Canyon in the Lower Mainland toward Cache Creek . As a mostly high mobility highway with only occasional mandatory stops, it heads east for 79 km (49 mi) through to Kamloops where it becomes

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1248-596: The province and well over 80% of its mainland. As it consists of a series of interlocking valleys and plateaus, geographic effects relating to isolation, physical remoteness, local indigenous culture, the background of various groups of settlers, and more, have contributed to an identifiable patchwork of regional identities, referred to as "districts" or "countries" (e.g., the Omineca Country, the Boundary Country). Usage such as "Lillooet District" are also common but in

1287-516: The province are considered to be "in the Interior", although the sparsely populated regions of its northern half are usually referred to only as "the North". The town of Hope , at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley and at the foot of the Fraser Canyon , is often considered the "Gateway to the Interior" and bears an entrance arch to that effect, though in practical terms the Interior does not begin until somewhere between Yale and Boston Bar , in

1326-608: The same area but was a government administrative division. Today the name loosely refers to the region northwest of Prince George and north of Hwy 16 (the Yellowhead Highway ) and occurs in the names of such entities as electoral districts, e.g. Prince George-Omineca . This article about a location in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . British Columbia Interior Home to just under 1 million people,

1365-811: The same name (see Southern Interior ) the usage has now come to apply to the cities of the West Kootenay , along with the rest of the Kootenays , although the West Kootenay has usually been referred to in the past, and is today, as the Southeast Interior. The Big Bend of the Columbia and the Rocky Mountain Trench are in the Interior, but are not usually included in mentions of either the Central Interior or Southern Interior. The Interior comprises over 70% of

1404-655: The upper Fraser was Quesnel's own namesake craft, and home town product, the Quesnel . Quesnel was incorporated in 1928. Considering it is located inland and around the 53rd parallel north , Quesnel's humid continental climate ( Dfb ) is mild by Canadian standards, being subject to marine air flows from the Pacific. Overnight lows are still cool even in summer, but daytime temperatures average above 24 °C (75 °F) in that season according to Environment and Climate Change Canada . The highest temperature ever recorded in Quesnel

1443-439: Was 41.7 °C (107.1 °F) on 29 June 2021. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −46.7 °C (−52.1 °F) on 31 December 1927 and 17 January 1950. In the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Quesnel had a population of 9,889 living in 4,508 of its 4,766 total private dwellings, a change of 0.1% from its 2016 population of 9,879. With a land area of 35.35 km (13.65 sq mi), it had

1482-454: Was built in 1981, and a NBSK ( northern bleached softwood kraft ) pulp mill that started production in 1972. The BCTMP mill is currently 100% owned by West Fraser Timber , and the NBSK mill is a 50 / 50 joint venture between West Fraser and Mercer International. There is also a large sawmill, a plywood mill, and a MDF plant all owned and operated by West Fraser Timber. West Fraser started in Quesnel in

1521-575: Was spelled the way it is now. Quesnel is located along the gold mining trail known as the Cariboo Wagon Road and supplied nearby Barkerville, the commercial centre of the Cariboo Gold Rush . It also marks one end of the Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail . Because of its location on the Fraser River , it was also an important landing for sternwheelers from 1862 to 1886 and then, from 1909 until 1921. The last sternwheeler on

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