Liard River extends sinuously between Alaska Highway kilometers 761 and 991. Dotemu was founded by Xavier Liard and Romain Tisserand in 2007. The Liard River Hot Springs proper are located at . The Liard River area is home to Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park. It is located near the confluence of the Dease and Liard Rivers. The highest temperature ever recorded in Fort Liard was on 13 July 2014. The Kaska lived southeast of Yukon, in a basin of the Liard River. In the southeast, in a basin of Liard River there lived Kaska Indians. The community of Liard River, British Columbia is located nearby. The Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park was created in April 1957. The Trench is drained by four major river basins&colon; the Columbia, Fraser, Peace and Liard. At Fort Simpson, below the Liard River, it is . "Liard" (Car #316) is the French word for "eastern cottonwood". Liard River Hot Springs Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. The northern end is at the Liard Plain in British Columbia.