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
Vancouver
786 south on Highway 97
Jasper
376 east on Highway 16
Prince Rupert
721 west on Highway 16
Dawson Creek
north on Highway 16
Edmonton
737
Calgary
789
Whitehorse
Seattle, WA
901
Spokane WA
1,065
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.