Come and Visit Prince George

British Columbia, Canada

Prince George is known as British Columbia's northern capital. It has a population of 75,000 people but serves many small communities in northern BC. There is a regional hospital, a university, college and variety of light and heavy industry. The main industry that drives the city is forestry. Prince George has saw mills, pulp mills, numerous small companies that provide services to the major forestry companies and government agencies that license and monitor their operations.

Distances
in Kilometers
Vancouver786 south on Highway 97
Jasper376 east on Highway 16
Prince Rupert721 west on Highway 16
Dawson Creek north on Highway 16
Edmonton 737
Calgary 789
Whitehorse 
Seattle, WA901
Spokane WA1,065
100 Kilometers = 60 miles
Prince George has scheduled flights by Air Canada and Canadian Airlines direct to Vancouver and Calgary. Service to local communities is provided by NT Air and Central Mountain Air.

Prince George is on the CN Rail route providing passenger and freight service east and west right across Canada. BC Rail provides passenger and freight service between Prince George and Vancouver.

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