Prince George

Here, where the Nechako and the mighty Fraser Rivers converge, and less than 100 km from the province’s geographical centre, sits Prince George, British Columbia’s “Northern Capital”. The area around […]

Manson Creek

The small villages of Manson Creek and Germansen Landing in the Omineca region north of Prince George have a history routed in mining (gold, silver and mercury). The still-active gold […]

Hudsons Hope

In a picturesque setting on the banks of the Peace River in the Rocky Mountain foothills, is the beautiful little community of Hudson’s Hope. Situated midway between Chetwynd and Fort […]

Fort St. John

The oldest non-native settlement in British Columbia, Fort St. John sits on a plateau north of the Peace River, amongst some of the finest farmland in the province. Archaeological discoveries […]

Dawson Creek

Welcome to Mile Zero! Dawson Creek is the point of origin of the Historic Alaska Highway, which stretches 2,400 km north to Fairbanks in Alaska. When the geologist, George Mercer […]

Chetwynd

Nestled in an ancient floodplain in the picturesque northern foothills of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Chetwynd was known as Little Prairie when the first European settlers arrived in the area […]

Alaska Highway 97

From Prince George in Northern BC, the Alaska Highway (Highway 97) stretches north to Watson Lake and the British Columbia-Yukon border, including Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, and Monkman, Stone Mountain, […]