Excellent report and congratulations on lovely trophies.
I noted many of the pictures looked very similar to the Ashcroft/Cache Creek area of BC, with other more wooded areas quite the same as further South and East, here. Wonderful elk and deer country here as well.
similar to Cache Creek area; arid here.

Looks like the bulkely River - famous here for salmon and steelhead - looks like a bend in the river near Smithers (although greener in Smithers until covered with snow);