Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako Regional District
Regional District legislation was implemented in 1965 and the process was completed in 1968. The Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) was incorporated on February 1, 1966 by Letters Patent.
Mapped Location
Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
- Feature Type: Regional District
- Regional District Administrative Centre: Village of Burns Lake
- Established: Tuesday, February 1, 1966
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
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A Selected Bibliography of Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, Regional District
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
Chilkoot Pass, then and now by Archie Satterfield
Archie Satterfield’s Chilkoot Pass, then and now provides a dual historical and modern geographic portrait of the treacherous alpine corridor connecting the Alaskan coast to the interior Yukon River basin. Set against the sheer ice fields and punishing inclines of the Coast Mountains, the narrative reveals that this iconic Klondike Gold Rush route was not a newly blazed pioneer gateway, but rather an ancient, fiercely protected overland trade monopoly long established and controlled by the coastal Tlingit people. Satterfield chronicles the staggering physical and logistical realities of the 1897–1898 stampede, detailing how thousands of prospectors were forced to pack a mandatory ton of supplies over the summit's grueling "Golden Stairs." To survive the brutal subarctic conditions, avalanches, and extreme exhaustion, these stampeders relied heavily on interdependent partnerships, cooperative labor, and the specialized packing expertise of indigenous guides. Ultimately, the text documents the brief, intense industrialization of the pass through the construction of aerial tramways and boomtown tent cities, contrasting this frantic frontier engineering with the route’s modern legacy as a preserved international trail that permanently bears the physical scars of the region's defining gold rush.
vii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Non-circulating [ 1 ]
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Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako
- 12 Mile
- Barrett Lake
- Braeside
- Broman Lake
- Bulkley House
- Village of Burns Lake
- Cheslatta
- Clemretta
- Colleymount
- Danskin
- Decker Lake
- Dog Creek
- Donald Landing
- Driftwood Creek
- Endako
- Engen
- Forestdale
- Fort Babine
- Fort Fraser
- District of Fort St. James
- François Lake
- Village of Fraser Lake
- Germansen Landing
- Glenannan
- Glentanna
- Grand Rapids
- Village of Granisle
- Grassy Plains
- District of Houston
- Kuldo
- Lake Kathlyn
- Lejac
- Leo Creek
- Lily Lake
- Manson Creek
- Mapes
- Marilla
- McDonalds Landing
- Middle River
- Noralee
- North Bulkley
- Nulki
- Old Fort
- Old Hogem
- Ootsa Lake
- Palling
- Pendleton Bay
- Perow
- Pinchi
- Pinchi Lake
- Prairiedale
- Quick
- Rose Lake
- Round Lake
- Seymour Lake
- Sheraton
- Sinkut River
- Town of Smithers
- Smithers Landing
- Southbank
- Stellako
- Streatham
- Sunnyside
- Tachie
- Takla Landing
- Takysie Lake
- Tatalrose
- Tatlow
- Tchesinkut Lake
- Village of Telkwa
- Tetachuk
- Tintagel
- Topley
- Topley Landing
- District of Vanderhoof
- Weneez
- West Landing
- Wet'suwet'en Village
- Wiley
- Willowvale
- Wistaria
- Woodmere
- Yekooche
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Last updated: 2016-08-28