Middle River, British Columbia

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Coordinates: 54°52′00″N125°07′00″W / 54.86667°N 125.11667°W / 54.86667; -125.11667 Coordinates: 54°52′00″N125°07′00″W / 54.86667°N 125.11667°W / 54.86667; -125.11667
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Area code(s) 250, 778

Middle River, formerly Middle River Village, [1] is an unincorporated settlement at the mouth of the Middle River at its mouth into Trembleur Lake [2] in Omineca Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The community includes Dzitline Lee Indian Reserve 9, which is located on the left bank of the mouth of the Middle River. [3]

The Middle River, or in the Carrier language (Dakelh) Dzitl'ainli Koh, is a river in the Omineca Country of the northwestern Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, flowing southeast from the outlet of Takla Lake into Trembleur Lake over a distance of approximately 35 kilometres (22 mi). The river is part of the route of the Stuart River-Takla Lake salmon run, which comes up the Fraser River via its tributaries the Nechako and Stuart Rivers and terminates at Takla Lake, and the route of the unfinished Dease Lake Extension of the British Columbia Railway runs along the river's left (north) bank. The community of Middle River, including the Dzitline Lee Indian Reserve 9. O K'Ay Wha Cho 26, another Indian Reserve, is located on the west bank of the river between Takla and Trembleur Lakes.

Trembleur Lake is a lake in the Omineca Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, northwest of Fort St. James between Stuart Lake and the south end of Takla Lake. It is part of a group of lakes known as the Nechako Lakes. Its name in the Dakelh language (Carrier) is Dzindlat Bun. It has also been known as Cross Lake. Trembleur Lake Provincial Park is located on its north shore, above the Middle River. The reserve settlement of Middle River is located at that river's mouth into Trembleur Lake.

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 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 and occurs in the names of such entities as electoral districts, e.g. Prince George-Omineca.

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