Northern Rockies Regional Municipality

Northern Rockies
District municipality[1]
Northern Rockies Regional Municipality[2]
Bison on the Alaska Highway
Bison on the Alaska Highway
Flag of Northern Rockies
Flag
Official logo of Northern Rockies
Logo
Major communities
Location in British Columbia
Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
District municipality[1]February 6, 2009
Administrative officeFort Nelson
Government
 • TypeDistrict municipality
 • MayorRob Fraser
 • Councillors
List
  • Lorraine Gerwing
  • John Roper
  • Leslie Dickie
  • Brenda Enax
  • Danny Soles
  • Kyle Andrews
Area
 (2011)[3]
 • Total
85,014.52 km2 (32,824.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[4]
 • Total
4,478
 • Density0.053/km2 (0.14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-7 (Mountain[5])
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (not observed)
Area code250
Websitewww.northernrockies.ca Edit this at Wikidata

The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM), formerly the Northern Rockies Regional District (NRRD),[6] and before that the Fort Nelson–Liard Regional District, is a single-tier municipality in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Although portrayed as a regional municipality in its official name, and existing on the same administrative level as a regional district, it is actually classified as a district municipality.[1] The NRRM's offices are located in Fort Nelson, formerly an incorporated town that amalgamated with the NRRD on February 6, 2009, to form the NRRM.[7][8] With the Peace River Regional District as the southern part, it was the northern part of the Peace River-Liard Regional District, which was split into two on October 31, 1987.

The NRRM lies on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains, and comprises approximately 10% of the total area of the province of British Columbia, encompassing 85,014.52 square kilometres (32,824.29 sq mi).[3] Its southern boundary is the 58th parallel of latitude[6] and is bisected by the Alaska Highway from its southeast to its northwest. The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality is primarily made up of heavily forested areas and mountainous terrain.

The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality is the first of its kind in British Columbia in which an entire former regional district is governed and headed by a single municipal government. Its council comprises a mayor and six councillors. Bill Streeper was the NRRM's first mayor.

  1. ^ a b c "Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council (Order in Council No. 033)" (PDF). Province of British Columbia. January 29, 2009. p. 3. Retrieved September 20, 2014. The class of the municipality is a district municipality.
  2. ^ "British Columbia Regional Districts, Municipalities, Corporate Name, Date of Incorporation and Postal Address" (XLS). British Columbia Ministry of Communities, Sport and Cultural Development. Retrieved November 2, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2011 and 2006 censuses (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. January 30, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2021censusB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ New Time Zone in Fort Nelson, timeanddate.com, 21 September 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Northern Rockies Regional Municipality". BC Geographical Names.
  7. ^ "Fort Nelson". Northern Rockies Regional Municipality. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
  8. ^ "Statistics Relating to Regional and Municipal Governments in BC 2011" (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. p. 21 of 30. Retrieved December 6, 2012.