Nazko is a small ranching and logging community, including a historic

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community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

located 100 km west of

Quesnel Quesnel or Quesnell means "little oak" in the Picard dialect of French. It is used as a proper name and may refer to: Places * Le Quesnel, a commune the Somme department in France * Quesnel, British Columbia, a city in British Columbia, Canada ...

on the

Nazko River The Nazko River is a tributary of the West Road River, one of the main tributaries of the Fraser River, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It flows through the Fraser Plateau region west of Quesnel. The name "Nazko" comes from Ndazkoh ( ...

in the Central Interior of

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. Nazko means, "river flowing from the south". Nazko is the gateway to the

Nuxalk Carrier Grease-Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail The Alexander MacKenzie Heritage Trail (also Nuxalk-Carrier Route or Blackwater Trail) is a long historical overland route between Quesnel and Bella Coola, British Columbia, Canada. Of the many grease trails connecting the Coast with the Inter ...

. It has a sizeable

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, home to the

Nazko First Nation The Nazko First Nation is a First Nations government of the Dakelh people in the north-central Interior of British Columbia. Its reserves are located around the community of Nazko, British Columbia, which is 120 km west of Quesnel and southwe ...

, and is well known in ranching history. The first schools were built in 1950 by ranchers and

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, and in 1960 by the government of Canada. In 1984, BC Hydro brought electricity to the area and the following year the road from Quesnel to Nazko was paved. Nazko is 22 kilometers from the

Nazko Cone Nazko Cone is a small potentially active basaltic cinder cone in central British Columbia, Canada, located 75 km west of Quesnel and 150 kilometers southwest of Prince George. It is considered the easternmost volcano in the Anahim Volcanic ...

, which last erupted 7,200 years ago. From 2007 to 2008, a swarm of earthquakes occurred just west of Nazko Cone. Population: est. 200

References

Nazko Community Association: President 2013- Current): Stewart Fraser Former President 2012: Sabrina Fraser. Former President 2011: Vikki Roy

Location

Nazko is in the Electoral District Cariboo North. The Central Interior. 112 km west of Quesnel BC Populated places in the Cariboo Regional District Dakelh communities Central Interior of British Columbia {{cariboo-geo-stub