The Mackenzie District has four major settlements: Other smaller settlements include: Rivers: Mountains: Lakes: Glaciers: Skifields: National parks: Other features: The Mackenzie District has a dry temperate-continental climate with clear, crisp snowy winters and long, hot summers.

Autumn is known for being a riot of colour, while spring brings wildflowers blooming throughout the region, including lupins.

The warm summer season is from November to February, with temperatures often passing 30 degrees.

[5] In 2012, the Mackenzie District had 850 businesses who employed 1900 full time equivalent staff and generated $190 million dollars in revenue.

The economy is based on hydroelectric generation, farming (including aquaculture) and tourism.

However, in the late 2000s, numerous proposals for new farming operations have locals fearing that the agriculture will be transformed from often family-held farms to large agribusiness operations, causing increased local ecologic damage and siphoning off capital overseas.