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.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (40 feet)
- …is also known as “Port Essington, British Columbia”
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: human settlement
- Location
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Latitude
54.15887° or 54° 9′ 32″ north
Longitude
-129.96764° or 129° 58′ 4″ west
Open location code
946G525J+GW
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to French—“Port Essington” goes by many names.
Port Essington, British ColumbiaDutch
بورت اسينجتونEgyptian Arabic
Port EssingtonFinnish
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