Montney is an unincorporated locality located in
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...
about north of
Fort St. John, near
Beatton Provincial Park
Beatton Provincial Park is a provincial park in the Peace River Country of northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
It is located on the Eastern shores of Charlie Lake approximately sixteen kilometers from Fort St John, BC. The 320 hectare provi ...
.
It lies at an elevation of , along the
BC Rail
BC Rail is a railway in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Chartered as a private company in 1912 as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE), it was acquired by the provincial government in 1918. In 1972 it was renamed to the British ...
tracks.
The settlement gives the name to the
Montney Formation
The Montney Formation is a stratigraphical unit of Lower Triassic age in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin in British Columbia and Alberta.
It takes the name from the hamlet of Montney and was first described in Texaco's Buick Creek No. 7 w ...
, a gas-bearing
geological unit
A stratigraphic unit is a volume of rock of identifiable origin and relative age range that is defined by the distinctive and dominant, easily mapped and recognizable petrographic, lithologic or paleontologic features (facies) that characterize it ...
first described in a well located north-west of the hamlet.
The name of the town is an Anglicized form of an Indigenous name. The fact that the name is spelled the same as the Montney family name is purely coincidental.
References
BCGNIS listing "Montney (Locality)"
Peace River Country
Populated places in the Peace River Regional District
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
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