Omineca Country

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

Historical geographic regions of British Columbia

British Columbia Coast	Alberni Valley Central Coast Comox Valley Cowichan Valley Discovery Islands Fraser Valley Greater Nanaimo Greater Vancouver Greater Victoria Gulf Islands Malahat Skeena Country North Island Nass Country North Coast Queen Charlotte Islands Sea-to-Sky Corridor Sunshine Coast West Coast of Vancouver Island

British Columbia Interior	Atlin Country Boundary Country Bridge River Country Bulkley Valley Cariboo Cassiar Country Chilcotin Country Columbia Country Fraser Canyon Kootenays Liard Country Lillooet Country Nechako Country Nicola Country Okanagan Omineca Country Peace River Country Robson Valley Shuswap Country Similkameen Country Skeena Country Slocan Valley Stikine Country Thompson Country

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Omineca Country

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