The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality (NRRM), formerly the Northern Rockies Regional District (NRRD),
and before that the Fort Nelson–Liard Regional District, is a single-tier
municipality
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in northeastern
British Columbia
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, Canada. Although described as a
regional municipality
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in its official name, and existing on the same administrative level as a
regional district, it is actually classified as a
district municipality
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Canada British Columbia
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.
The NRRM's offices are located in
Fort Nelson
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, formerly an incorporated town that amalgamated with the NRRD on February 6, 2009, to form the NRRM.
With the
Peace River Regional District
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as the southern part, it was the northern part of the
Peace River-Liard Regional District
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, which was split into two on October 31, 1987.
The NRRM lies on the east slope of the
Rocky Mountains
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and comprises approximately 10% of the total area of the province of British Columbia, encompassing .
[ Its southern boundary is the 58th ]parallel of latitude
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