{{Short description|Group of mountain ranges in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Omineca Mountains | other_name=The Ominecas | image = Looking west to Pelly Lake, British Columbia.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The [[Ingenika Range|Ingenika]], [[Tucha Range|Tucha]], and [[Russel Range|Russel]] ranges overlooking [[Pelly Lake]] | country = [[Canada]] | region = [[British Columbia]] | parent = [[Interior Mountains]] | area_km2=47901 | geology= | geology1= | geology2= | orogeny= | highest= | elevation_m= | range_coordinates = {{coord|56|30.0|N|125|30.2|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates = | image_map=BCRelief2_Ominecas.png | map_size= | map_caption=Location map of the Omineca Mountains }}
The '''Omineca Mountains''', also known as '''"the Ominecas"''', are a group of remote [[mountain range]]s 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 filled by [[Williston Lake]]) on the east, the [[Nation River (British Columbia)|Nation Lakes]] on the south, and the upper reaches of the Omineca River on the west.<ref>[http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/27198.html BC Names/GeoBC entry "Omineca Mountains"]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf |title=S. Holland, ''Landforms of British Columbia'', Province of British Columbia, 1976, pp 63-65 |access-date=2014-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185301/http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf |title=map from ''Bulletin 48: Landforms of British Columbia'' |access-date=2014-04-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182612/http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They form a section of the [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]], 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 [[Nechako Plateau]], 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]]" is the entire area plus some of the northern [[Nechako Plateau]] 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 Gold Rush|Omineca]], [[Fraser Canyon Gold Rush|Fraser Canyon]] and [[Cariboo Gold Rush]]es, i.e. 1860s).
==Sub-ranges==
*[[Finlay Ranges]] **[[Butler Range (Canada)|Butler Range]] **[[Russel Range]] *[[Hogem Ranges]] **[[Axelgold Range]] **[[Cariboo Heart Range]] **[[Connelly Range]] **[[Mitchell Range]] **[[Sikanni Range]] **[[Sitlika Range]] **[[Vital Range]] *[[Metsantan Range]] *[[Samuel Black Range]] *[[Swannell Ranges]] **[[Espee Range]] **[[Fishing Range]] **[[Germansen Range]] **[[Ingenika Range]] **[[Kwanika Range]] **[[Kwun Yótasi Range]] **[[Lay Range]] **[[McConnell Range]] **[[Osilinka Ranges]] **[[Peak Range]] **[[Tenakihi Range]] **[[Tucha Range]] **[[Wolverine Range]] **[[Wrede Range]] *[[Tatlatui Range]]
==Rivers== *[[Finlay River]] *[[Firesteel River (British Columbia)|Firesteel River]] *[[Germansen River]] *[[Mosque River]] *[[Omineca River]] *[[Toodoggone River]]
== See also == * [[Omineca Country]] * [[Omineca Gold Rush]] * [[Omineca Cablevision]] * [[Prince George-Omineca]] * [[Omineca (electoral district)]]
==References== {{reflist}} *[http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1366 Omineca Mountains] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
{{Interior Mountains}}
[[Category:Omineca Mountains| ]] [[Category:Omineca Country]]