Nechako Range

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The Nechako Range, 1795 km2, [1] is a ridge-like hill-range on the Interior Plateau of the Central Interior of British Columbia, located southwest of the city of Prince George and to the east of the similar Fawnie Range. [2] Formerly known as Nechako Mountain, the range lies between the West Road River to its south and the Euchiniko River to the north, and Knewstubb Lake to its northwest (part of the Ootsa Lake reservoir).

Interior Plateau

The Interior Plateau comprises a large region of the Interior of British Columbia, and lies between the Cariboo and Monashee Mountains on the east, and the Hazelton Mountains, Coast Mountains and Cascade Range on the west. The continuation of the plateau into the United States is known there as the Columbia Plateau.

The British Columbia Interior, BC Interior or Interior of British Columbia, usually referred to only as the Interior, is one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the other two being the Lower Mainland, which comprises the overlapping areas of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, and the Coast, which includes Vancouver Island and also including the Lower Mainland.

Prince George, British Columbia City in British Columbia, Canada

Prince George, with a population of 74,003, is the largest city in northern British Columbia, Canada, and is the "Northern Capital" of BC. It is situated at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako Rivers, and at the crossroads of Highway 16 and Highway 97.

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Coordinates: 53°25′00″N124°38′00″W / 53.41667°N 124.63333°W / 53.41667; -124.63333

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