Designated as a BC heritage river, the Peace River in Northeastern British Columbia has a deep cultural history of First Nations use, historic travel and homesteading activity.
The valley is also one of British Columbia’s richest biological areas, providing habitat for great and distinctive diversity and bounty of wildlife and birds.
The extensive Agricultural Land Reserve lands include the only Class 1 farmland outside of BC’s lower mainland.
At the narrowest point of the Yellowstone to Yukon system, the Peace River Valley forms an essential connective link between the mountain park complexes to the south and the Muskwa-Kechika landscape to the north.
The valley supports traditional First Nations use, farming and ranching, and provides recreational opportunities for Northern residents from nearby Fort St. John and Hudson’s Hope.
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“We have more at stake than just our people’s deep history in this valley. Today, we hunt and fish and live along the river. If they built the dam, the islands where most of the deer and elk have their calves would be under water. Their wintering grounds on the river slopes would be eroded by flood waters. The fish would be poisoned with mercury. New reservoir waters would be unusable for years. All these changes to the land will have a profound effect on the entire area, and threaten the way of life of our people and our neighbors.”
~ West Moberly First Nations Chief Roland Willson.
