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 access to the region during the
Omineca Gold Rush of the 1860s. The term Omineca District also refers to the
Omineca Mining District which referred to the same area but was a government administrative division. Today the name loosely refers to the region northwest of
Prince George and north of
Hwy 16 (the
Yellowhead Highway) and occurs in the names of such entities as electoral districts, e.g.
Prince George-Omineca.
See also