The Sikanni Chief River, is a

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in the

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region of the northern

interior of British Columbia , settlement_type = Region of British Columbia , image_skyline = , nickname = "The Interior" , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivi ...

, Canada. Its headwaters are near

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, northeast of the head of the Finlay Arm of

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. It joins the

Fontas River The Fontas River, originally Fantasque's River, after the name of a chief of the Sekani people, is a river in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, having its origin in northwestern Alberta, Canada. It joins the Sikanni Chief River southeast of th ...

to form the

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southeast of the town of Fort Nelson. However, among the local population the Fontas is viewed only as a tributary of the Sikinni Chief, in the view that the Sikanni continues to exist, flowing northwest to where it meets the larger

Muskwa River The Muskwa River flows through northern British Columbia, Canada. It is a major tributary of the Fort Nelson River - part of the Mackenzie River system. The river rises at Fern Lake in the Bedaux Pass in the Northern Rocky Mountains. From the ...

where the Fort Nelson River is actually formed in the eyes of the indigenous Dene, Cree and European-descendant populations of

Fort Nelson First Nation Treaty 8, which concluded with the June 21, 1899 signing by representatives of the Crown and various First Nations of the Lesser Slave Lake area, is the most comprehensive of the one of eleven Numbered Treaties. The agreement encompassed a la ...

and Fort Nelson. The river's drainage basin is .ArcticNet (UNH.edu) information page
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References

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