Northern Rockies Regional District, British Columbia
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The Northern Rockies Regional District is a regional district in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The town of Fort Nelson is the seat, and only municipality, of the district. The town comprises over 73 percent of the district's population of 5,720 (2001 census). The Regional Board consists of three rural directors and all four town councillors with the mayor of Fort Nelson acting as the Regional Chairperson. The staff holds dual functions as employees of the regional district and the town of Fort Nelson.
The NRRD lies on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains, and comprises approximately 9.2% of the total area of the province of British Columbia, encompassing 85,151.45 square kilometres (32,877.16 square miles). The Alaska Highway divides the district from southeast-to-northwest. The district is mostly made up of remote mountainous and forest areas, and includes thousands of rivers and streams, hundreds of lakes, an abundance of wildlife, and spectacular scenery.
The Northern Rockies Regional District was created in 1987 when the Peace River-Liard Regional District was divided along the 58th parallel into the Peace River Regional District and the Fort Nelson - Liard Regional District (later re-named the Northern Rockies Regional District).
[edit] Demographics
- Population:
- 2001: 5,720 (2,189 private dwellings)
- 1996: 5,854
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Northern Rockies Regional District & Town of Fort Nelson
- Northern BC Tourism
- 2001 Census Profile - Northern Rockies Regional District (Adobe Acrobat *.PDF)
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