The Omineca Mountains, also known as "the Ominecas", are a group of remote

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s in the

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of north-central

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. They are bounded by the Finlay River on the north, the Rocky Mountain Trench (here filled by

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) on the east, the Nation Lakes on the south, and the upper reaches of the Omineca River on the west. They form a section of the

Continental Divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...

, that, in this region, separates water drainage between the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The lower course of the Omineca River flows through the heart of the range. To the south of the Ominecas is the

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, to the west the Skeena Mountains and Hazelton Mountains, to the north the Spatsizi Plateau and the Stikine Ranges, while east across the Rocky Mountain Trench are the Muskwa Ranges. "The Omineca" or "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 ...

" is the entire area plus some of the northern

adjacent to the Ominecas, where there has been more settlement and, in the past, extensive gold-mining exploration and prospecting (in the same period as the Omineca,

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and

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es, i.e. 1860s).

Sub-ranges

* Finlay Ranges ** Butler Range ** Russel Range * Hogem Ranges ** Axelgold Range ** Cariboo Heart Range **

Connelly Range The Connelly Range is a subrange of the Hogem Ranges of the Omineca Mountains, located between Bear Lake and the headwaters of the Omineca River in northern British Columbia, Canada. As the Omineca is in the Arctic Ocean drainage and Bear Lak ...

** Mitchell Range ** Sikanni Range ** Sitlika Range ** Vital Range * Metsantan Range * Samuel Black Range * Swannell Ranges ** Espee Range ** Fishing Range ** Germansen Range **

Ingenika Range The Ingenika Range is a small subrange of the Swannell Ranges of the Omineca Mountains, located south of Ingenika River above Swannell River in northern British Columbia, Canada. References *Ingenika Range
in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia ...

** Kwanika Range ** Kwun Yótasi Range **

Lay Range The Lay Range is a small subrange of the Swannell Ranges of the Omineca Mountains, located between Lay Creek and Swannell River in northern British Columbia, Canada. References *Lay Range
in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia Swannell Range ...

** McConnell Range ** Osilinka Ranges ** Peak Range ** Tenakihi Range ** Tucha Range ** Wolverine Range ** Wrede Range * Tatlatui Range

Rivers

* Finlay River * Firesteel River * Germansen River * Mosque River * Omineca River * Toodoggone River

References

Omineca Mountains
in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia {{Interior Mountains Omineca Country

Sub-ranges

Rivers

See also

References