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Mountain Fort, established in 1794 at the mouth of the Moberly River near the present Fort St. John. The river became an important route for First Nations people in their trading relationship with the Europeans. The present community of Fort St. John is west of the Beatton.
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have found evidence of human habitation in the area dating back at least 10,000 years. The mouth of the
Beatton River was the location of a Northwest Company fort established in 1806. Modern-day British Columbia's first European settlement was
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offers insight into the life of the man for whom the river is named, and the transitional history of the region in the early twentieth century.
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hamlet of the same name, and flows 240 kilometres (150 mi) generally east, then south, draining into the Peace River just downstream of
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The river, originally called the "North Pine" is named for Frank Beaton (1863–1944), the manager of the
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by the river. Beaton spelled his name with one "t" but the river is now spelled
Beatton.
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provides this excellent history of First
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is located at the confluence of the
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16:Tributary river in the country of Canada
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117:List of rivers of British Columbia
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67:. Its major tributaries are the
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932:Rivers of British Columbia
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169:56.10000°N 120.38333°W
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508:Grenville Channel
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440:Skidegate Channel
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844:Victoria Harbour
779:Okisollo Channel
774:Malaspina Strait
739:Desolation Sound
636:Johnstone Strait
568:Seaforth Channel
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892:Nootka Sound
769:Jervis Inlet
729:Calm Channel
714:Boundary Bay
709:Baynes Sound
661:Phillips Arm
646:Knight Inlet
601:Belize Inlet
583:Wright Sound
563:Rivers Inlet
523:Lama Passage
430:Masset Inlet
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749:Haro Strait
704:Active Pass
621:Drury Inlet
578:Smith Sound
573:Smith Inlet
455:North Coast
425:Laskeek Bay
407:Haida Gwaii
214:Hydrography
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160:120°23′00″W
105:homesteaded
93:fur trading
65:Peace Plain
33:Peace River
926:Categories
882:Hansen Bay
867:Brooks Bay
834:Toba Inlet
789:Ramsay Arm
764:Howe Sound
696:Salish Sea
611:Call Inlet
606:Bute Inlet
157:56°06′00″N
82:or Beaver
380:Williston
345:Kinbasket
73:Blueberry
937:Dane-zaa
360:Okanagan
350:Kootenay
340:Harrison
330:Cowichan
294:Thompson
249:Kootenay
239:Cowichan
234:Columbia
111:See also
80:Dane-zaa
75:Rivers.
53:meanders
365:Shuswap
355:Nechako
289:Stikine
279:Quesnel
269:Nechako
259:Nanaimo
63:of the
375:Teslin
370:Tagish
325:Babine
284:Skeena
244:Fraser
226:Rivers
61:muskeg
320:Atlin
312:Lakes
274:Peace
254:Liard
386:more
300:more
264:Nass
71:and
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