The Liard Country, sometimes known simply as "the Liard", is the usual name for a region of far northern
British Columbia
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Canada
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, generally describing the immediate environs of the
Liard River along the
Alaska Highway, and west of the line of the
Rockies
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in ...
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Settlements in the region are few and far between, none are incorporated and nearly all are along the Alaska Highway:
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Toad River
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Liard River
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Fireside
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Lower Post
The eastern part of the region is within the
Northern Rockies Regional Municipality
The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM), formerly the Northern Rockies Regional District (NRRD), and before that the Fort Nelson–Liard Regional District, is a municipality in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Although portrayed ...
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References
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Cassiar Land District
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