Port Essington
Port Essington was a cannery town on the south bank of the Skeena River estuary in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, between Prince Rupert and Terrace, and at the confluence of the Skeena and Ecstall Rivers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Port Essington, British Columbia”
Port Essington
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: North Coast Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
54.15916° or 54° 9′ 33″ northLongitude
-129.96348° or 129° 57′ 49″ westElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
946G525P+MJOpenStreetMap ID
node 52554997OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Port Essington” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Port Essington, British Columbia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “بورت اسينجتون”
- Finnish: “Port Essington (Kanada)”
- Finnish: “Port Essington”
- French: “Port Essington”
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