The Beatton River is a tributary of the Peace River, flowing generally east, then south through north-eastern British Columbia, Canada. The river rises at Pink Mountain, about 10 km west of the Alaska Highway hamlet of the same name, and flows 240 km generally east, then south, draining into the Peace River just downstream of Fort St. John. The river meanders mostly through the boreal forest and muskeg of the Peace Plain. Its major tributaries are the Doig and Blueberry Rivers. The Peace River is a river in Canada which originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows through northern Alberta. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Official languages English Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 36 6 Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 5th 944,735 km² 2. ... The Alaska Highway, also Alaskan Highway, Alaska-Canadian Highway, Al-Can Highway, runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. ... Fort Saint John (more common spelling Fort St. ... The word meander has a number of senses. ... Boreal may refer to these: Northern from the eponymous Boreas, god of the North Wind in Greek mythology. ... Muskeg is a soil type (also a peatland or wetland type called a bog) common in arctic and boreal areas. ...

The area around the river is the homeland of the Dunneza or Beaver First Nation. Archaeologists 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 modern-day British Columbia's first European settlement, the fur trading post of Fort St. John, established by the North West Company in 1806. As such, 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 situated to the west of the original site. The Dunneza (also Dunne-za, Beaver, Tasttine) are Athapaskan Aboriginal peoples whose traditional territory is around the Peace River of Alberta, Canada. ... Carved mask in Vancouver First Nations is a term for ethnicity used in Canada to replace the word Indian. It refers to the Indigenous peoples of North America located in what is now Canada, and their descendants, who are not Inuit or Métis. ... Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ... // Indian trade The fur trade (also called the Indian trade) was a huge part of the early history of contact in North America between European-Americans and American Indians (now often called Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada). ... This article needs copyediting (checking for proper English spelling, grammar, usage, etc. ...

The river, originally called the "North Pine" is named for Frank Beatton (1863-1944), the manager of the Hudson's Bay Company post in the early twentieth century, who homesteaded by the river. The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) TSX: HBC is the oldest corporation in Canada (and the second oldest in North America) and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ... The Homestead principle in law is the concept that one can gain ownership of something which currently has no owner by using that thing. ...

External Links

• Beatton River Provincial Park is located at the confluence of the Beatton and Peace Rivers.
• The History of Fort St. John provides this excellent history of First Nations habitation along the Beatton River.
• Frank Beatton: The Bridge Between Fur and Farm 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.