Talk:Peace River Country

Merge from Peace River Block

Should Peace River Block be merged into this artile? It seems to be a particular tract of land inside Peace River Country, an the article states "in northeastern British Columbia the region is also referred to as the Peace River Block". --67.142.130.14 15:32, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Peace River Block refers to a legally defined segment of land with a distinct historical background, so it seems to me like it should stay separate. Any reference to "Peace River Block" since 1930 has no legal meaning, but due to continued use certainly deserves a mention in this article. Miken32 01:50, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

re map

There should be, on the BC side anyway, two colourations; one for the core area (as I just described it in an edit) and the other for the vernacular usage which includes Ft Nelson, i.e. areas N of Ft St. John which the article says is the northern limit; the term was also used to mean the Peace Canyon, with the Finlay Country starting at Finlay Forks, British Columbia at the then-western edge/end of the Peace River Country in its oldest context. "Peace River Block", I agree, is somewhat different, as meaning the whole northeast corner of BC beyond the Rockies, which was added to BC post-everything else (in 1871 or just after?); but it didn't include the Peace Canyon, it ended at the line of the Rockies, I'm pretty sure, as the Omineca, Finlay, Stuart/Nation and upper Peace, i.e. the cismontane Peace basin were already part of British Columbia during their respective gold rushes in teh 1860s; the inherited boundary between pre-Peace BC and the Peace River Block comes from the fur districts, the boundary between New Caledonia and Rupert's Land....Skookum1 (talk) 05:20, 17 April 2008 (UTC)