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Liard , river, 755 mi (1,215 km) long, rising in the Pelly Mts., SE Yukon Territory, Canada, and flowing SE into N British Columbia, passing through the main range of the Rocky Mts., thence northeast through densely wooded country to the Mackenzie River at Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories. It is navigable to Fort Liard, an old Hudson's Bay Company post, c.165 mi (270 km) from its mouth. The South Nahanni and Fort Nelson rivers are its chief tributaries. Part of its course is followed by the Alaska Highway .

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Liard, Canada Canada (Yukon Territory‐British Columbia): a river named after the liards, poplar trees, along its banks. On the river is Fort Liard and nearby is the Liard Range, both in the Northwest Territories.

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