Northern Rockies Region

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1. Fort Nelson is the only town in the Northern Rockies Region? True False

2. The Northern Rockies Region is approximately how big? 86,000 square kilometers 300 square kilometers 25,000 square kilometers 185,000 square kilometers

3. The town of Fort Nelson is named after who? William H. Nelson Nelson Mandela Lord Horatio Nelson Sir Robert Nelson

4. The Northern Rockies Region is home to both the lowest and the highest points of elevation along the Alaska Highway True False

5. The Northern Rockies Region is home to a popular set of natural hotsprings. What is the name of these hotsprings? Radium Hotsprings Hotsprings Cove Fairmont Hotsprings Liard River Hotsprings

6. What is the population of the Northern Rockies Region> 4,200 6,000 10,000 50,000

7. In a good year, the bears outnumber the people in the Northern Rockies Region 16:1. True False

8. The Alaska Highway took how long to build? 14 months and 24 days 9 months 8 months and 12 days 2 years

9. As one of the jewels of the Northern Rockies, Muncho Lake is famous for its jade green waters. What gives Muncho Lake its jade green colour? iron oxide fish debris potassium oxide copper oxide

10. The curator of the Fort Nelson Heritage Museum auctioned off his beard for $10,000. True False