The
Northern Rocky Mountains, usually referred to as the
Northern Rockies, are a subdivision of the
Canadian Rockies comprising the northern half of the Canadian segment of the
Rocky Mountains. While their northward limit is easily defined as the
Liard River, which is the northward terminus of the whole Rockies, the southward limit is debatable, although the area of Mount Ovington and
Monkman Pass is mentioned in some sources, as south from there are the
Continental Ranges, which are the main spine of the Rockies forming the boundary between British Columbia and
Alberta. Some use the term to mean only the area north of
Lake Williston (the
Peace River), and in reference to
Northern Rocky Mountains Provincial Park, while others consider the term to extend all the way south, beyond the limit of the
Hart Ranges at Mount Ovington, to
McBride and
Mount Robson.