Deserters Canyon is a canyon on the

Finlay River The Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central British Columbia flowing north and thence south from Thutade Lake in the Omineca Mountains to Williston Lake, the impounded waters of the Peace River formed by the completion of the W. ...

in the

Northern Interior of British Columbia Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a r ...

, Canada. It is located just upstream (north) from the head of the Finlay Arm of

Lake Williston Williston Lake is a reservoir created by the W. A. C. Bennett Dam and is located in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Geography The lake fills the basin of the upper Peace River, backing into the Rocky Mountain Trench which is whe ...

, the reservoir created by WAC Bennett Dam on the lower

Peace River The Peace River (french: links=no, rivière de la Paix) is a river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta. The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in th ...

. The name refers to two men in the exploration party of

Samuel Black Samuel Black (May 3, 1780 – February 8, 1841) was a Scottish fur trader and explorer, a clerk in the New North Nest Company (XYC) and Wintering Partner in the North West Company (NWC), and later clerk, chief trader, and chief factor in the Huds ...

in 1824 who deserted at this location during an expedition to find the headwaters of the Finlay, which is the North Fork of the

. Deserters Creek and Deserters Peak are in the same area and has the same name-origin.

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* Canyons and gorges of British Columbia Northern Interior of British Columbia History of British Columbia Fur trade {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub