# Omineca Mountains > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Omineca_Mountains > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Omineca_Mountains.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omineca_Mountains > Source revision: 1356118313 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Group of mountain ranges in British Columbia, Canada Omineca Mountains The Ominecas The Ingenika, Tucha, and Russel ranges overlooking Pelly Lake Highest point Elevation 2,400 m (7,900 ft) Dimensions Area 47,901 km2 (18,495 mi2) Geography Location map of the Omineca Mountains Country Canada Region British Columbia Range coordinates 56°30.0′N 125°30.2′W / 56.5000°N 125.5033°W / 56.5000; -125.5033 Parent range Interior Mountains The **Omineca Mountains**, also known as **"the Ominecas"**, are a group of remote [mountain ranges](/source/Mountain_range) in the [Boreal Cordillera](/source/Boreal_Cordillera) of north-central [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada). They are bounded by the [Finlay River](/source/Finlay_River) on the north, the [Rocky Mountain Trench](/source/Rocky_Mountain_Trench) (here filled by [Williston Lake](/source/Williston_Lake)) on the east, the [Nation Lakes](/source/Nation_River_(British_Columbia)) on the south, and the upper reaches of the Omineca River on the west.[1][2][3] They form a section of the [Continental Divide](/source/Continental_Divide_of_the_Americas), 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](/source/Nechako_Plateau), to the west the [Skeena Mountains](/source/Skeena_Mountains) and [Hazelton Mountains](/source/Hazelton_Mountains), to the north the [Spatsizi Plateau](/source/Spatsizi_Plateau) and the [Stikine Ranges](/source/Stikine_Ranges), while east across the Rocky Mountain Trench are the [Muskwa Ranges](/source/Muskwa_Ranges). "The Omineca" or "the [Omineca Country](/source/Omineca_Country)" is the entire area plus some of the northern [Nechako Plateau](/source/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](/source/Omineca_Gold_Rush), [Fraser Canyon](/source/Fraser_Canyon_Gold_Rush) and [Cariboo Gold Rushes](/source/Cariboo_Gold_Rush), i.e. 1860s). ## Sub-ranges - [Finlay Ranges](/source/Finlay_Ranges) - [Butler Range](/source/Butler_Range_(Canada)) - [Russel Range](/source/Russel_Range) - [Hogem Ranges](/source/Hogem_Ranges) - [Axelgold Range](/source/Axelgold_Range) - [Cariboo Heart Range](/source/Cariboo_Heart_Range) - [Connelly Range](/source/Connelly_Range) - [Mitchell Range](/source/Mitchell_Range) - [Sikanni Range](/source/Sikanni_Range) - [Sitlika Range](/source/Sitlika_Range) - [Vital Range](/source/Vital_Range) - [Metsantan Range](/source/Metsantan_Range) - [Samuel Black Range](/source/Samuel_Black_Range) - [Swannell Ranges](/source/Swannell_Ranges) - [Espee Range](/source/Espee_Range) - [Fishing Range](/source/Fishing_Range) - [Germansen Range](/source/Germansen_Range) - [Ingenika Range](/source/Ingenika_Range) - [Kwanika Range](/source/Kwanika_Range) - [Kwun Yótasi Range](/source/Kwun_Y%C3%B3tasi_Range) - [Lay Range](/source/Lay_Range) - [McConnell Range](/source/McConnell_Range) - [Osilinka Ranges](/source/Osilinka_Ranges) - [Peak Range](/source/Peak_Range) - [Tenakihi Range](/source/Tenakihi_Range) - [Tucha Range](/source/Tucha_Range) - [Wolverine Range](/source/Wolverine_Range) - [Wrede Range](/source/Wrede_Range) - [Tatlatui Range](/source/Tatlatui_Range) ## Rivers - [Finlay River](/source/Finlay_River) - [Firesteel River](/source/Firesteel_River_(British_Columbia)) - [Germansen River](/source/Germansen_River) - [Mosque River](/source/Mosque_River) - [Omineca River](/source/Omineca_River) - [Toodoggone River](/source/Toodoggone_River) ## See also - [Omineca Country](/source/Omineca_Country) - [Omineca Gold Rush](/source/Omineca_Gold_Rush) - [Omineca Cablevision](/source/Omineca_Cablevision) - [Prince George-Omineca](/source/Prince_George-Omineca) - [Omineca (electoral district)](/source/Omineca_(electoral_district)) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [BC Names/GeoBC entry "Omineca Mountains"](http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/27198.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["S. Holland, *Landforms of British Columbia*, Province of British Columbia, 1976, pp 63-65"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185301/http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf) (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-04-26. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["map from *Bulletin 48: Landforms of British Columbia*"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303182612/http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf) (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2014-04-26. - [Omineca Mountains](http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1366) in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia v t e Interior Mountains of Canada Mountain ranges Atna Atsutla Axelgold Babine Bait Beady Bornite Bulkley Butler Cariboo Heart Cassiar Chikamin Connelly Cormier Driftwood Eaglenest Espee Finlay Fishing Germansen Hazelton Heart Hogem Horseranch Howson Ingenika Kasalka Kechika Kispiox Klappan Lay Level Mountain McConnell Metsantan Mitchell Morice Nass O.K. 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