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4 unusual facts about Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako


British Columbia Highway 118

Highway 118, the Central Babine Lake Highway (signed as Topley Landing Road), is a 50 km (31 mi) long minor spur of the Yellowhead Highway in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako.

British Columbia Highway 27

Highway 27, the Stuart Lake Highway, is a 53 km (33 mi) long spur of the Yellowhead Highway in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako.

British Columbia Highway 35

Highway 35, the North Francois Highway, is a 23 km (14 mi) long minor spur of the Yellowhead Highway in the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako.

Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako

Neighbouring regional districts are the Kitimat-Stikine, Central Coast, Cariboo, Fraser-Fort George, and Peace River Regional Districts; on its north the boundary with the southern edge of the remote Stikine Region is separated from the Bulkley-Nechako Regional District by the 56th parallel north.


Nechako Country

The Nechako Country, also referred to as the Nechako District or simply "the Nechako" is one of the historical geographic regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, located southwest of the city of Prince George and south of Hwy 16 on the inland side of the Hazelton Mountains (an inland subrange of the Coast Mountains), and comprising the basin of the Nechako River and its tributaries.

Nechako Region

The major cities of the Nechako region are Prince Rupert, Terrace, and Kitimat.

Regional District of Fraser-Fort George

It is bounded by the Alberta border to the east, the Columbia-Shuswap and Thompson-Nicola Regional Districts to the south/southeast, Cariboo Regional District to the southwest, the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako to the west, and the Peace River Regional District to the north/northeast.


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