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farther along Finlay River, but was later relocated near the meeting of Fox, Kwadacha and Finlay Rivers. It became a "full-fledged" post in 1929. The fort introduced the local
Kwadacha people to its wares as well as commercial trapping, still a mainstay of life in the region and for the
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Mackenzie and Prince George.
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comprise a vast and rugged alpine region spanning the northern
Rockies to the north and east of Fort Ware, which are for the most part even more inaccessible than Fort Ware, as are the Omineca Ranges.
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District Manager of Fur Trade (1927-1932). William reportedly portaged across Canada to set up Telegraph Creek Trading Post, meeting and hunting with
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The community of Fort Ware was relocated from its original location due to the flooding of the lower Finlay Valley by Lake
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village, whose people are closely related. Additionally there are a series of horse trails following the rocky mountain trench north, ending at the
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1216:"CANADIAN CLIMATE NORMALS VOLUME 3 PRECIPITATION 1951â1981"
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40:View of Kwadacha from above looking Southeast
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256:Kwadacha First Nation
212:Kwadacha First Nation
197:Rocky Mountain Trench
185:Rocky Mountain Trench
444:Record high °C (°F)
243:Hudson's Bay Company
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1081:References
271:Louis Riel
220:Kaska Dena
175:or simply
138:Population
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1254:Fur trade
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1037:See also
1026:Source:
863:(19.42)
794:Average
789:(â54.9)
784:(â50.1)
779:(â32.1)
739:(â39.1)
734:(â47.2)
729:(â54.9)
659:(â11.9)
193:Kwadacha
169:Kwadacha
127:Province
65:Kwadacha
25:Kwadacha
933:(73.4)
928:(18.5)
923:(14.2)
878:(11.9)
873:(16.6)
858:(2.37)
853:(1.84)
848:(1.10)
843:(1.70)
838:(1.91)
833:(2.71)
828:(1.74)
823:(1.30)
818:(0.58)
813:(0.71)
808:(1.50)
803:(1.96)
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694:(41.7)
689:(43.2)
684:(38.1)
679:(29.5)
674:(22.5)
649:(31.0)
639:(16.9)
634:(34.0)
629:(46.0)
624:(55.0)
619:(56.5)
614:(52.5)
609:(44.1)
604:(34.3)
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387:Climate
226:History
118:Country
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883:(5.4)
669:(8.6)
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400:Month
365:Trench
289:Finlay
236:Tahche
232:Sekani
216:Sekani
189:Finlay
121:Canada
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