Official Name: | Montney |
Pushpin Map: | Canada British Columbia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Montney in British Columbia |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Coordinates: | 56.45°N -120.9167°W |
Area Code: | 250, 778 |
Montney is an unincorporated locality located in British Columbia about 15miles north of Fort St. John, near Beatton Provincial Park.
It lies at an elevation of 700m (2,300feet), along the BC Rail tracks.
The settlement gives the name to the Montney Formation, a gas-bearing geological unit first described in a well located north-west of the hamlet.
The name of the town is an Anglicized form of an Indigenous name. The fact that the name is spelled the same as the Montney family name is purely coincidental.