The Nation River, formerly known as the Tribe River and originally in French as the Rivière au Nation, is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...

in the

Northern Interior of British Columbia Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a r ...

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, originally a tributary of the

Parsnip River The Parsnip River is a long river in central British Columbia, Canada. It flows generally north-westward from the Parsnip Glacier in the Hart Ranges to the Parsnip Reach of Williston Lake, formed by the impounding of the waters of the Peace Rive ...

, it now feeds

Lake Williston Williston Lake is a reservoir created by the W. A. C. Bennett Dam and is located in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Geography The lake fills the basin of the upper Peace River, backing into the Rocky Mountain Trench which is whe ...

via Nation Arm of that lake, which is the reservoir formed by WAC Bennett Dam. The town of

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is to the southeast of the river's terminus at the lake. The river's course drains from the southern

Omineca Mountains The Omineca Mountains, also known as "the Ominecas", are a group of remote mountain ranges in the Boreal Cordillera of north-central British Columbia, Canada. They are bounded by the Finlay River on the north, the Rocky Mountain Trench (here fil ...

and its history is closely tied to that of the exploration and trade in the

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 ...

region. Along its course are the

Nation Lakes The Nation Lakes are a series of four lakes in the Nation River system of the Omineca Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from ...

, which are protected by

Nation Lakes Provincial Park Nation Lakes Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the ...

. The Nation Lakes comprise four lakes on the river's course, Tsayta, Indata, Tchentlo and Chuchi Lakes. The provincial park is in the upper reaches of the river, and incorporates a main parcel around Tsayta and Indata Lakes, and four small parcels on Techntlo and Chuchi Lakes.

Nation Mountain Nation Mountain, 1884 m / 6181 ft, prominence 764 m, originally Mount Nation, is a mountain in the Omineca Country in the Central Interior of British Columbia, located northwest of Fort St. James. Its name derives from that of the Nation River, w ...

, named for the river, stands to the north of Tchento Lake.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Nation Mountain"
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