South Fort George
South Fort George is a suburb of Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. Before the arrival of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in 1914, the Prince George area was known as Fort George and was a Lheidli T'enneh village and Hudson's Bay Company store.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Paddlewheel Park and Prince George Railway Station.
Paddlewheel Park
Park
Paddlewheel Park is a small city park on the Fraser River in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. The park was built in honor of the upper Fraser River sternwheelers that landed there from 1909 until 1921.
Prince George Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Klockarnils, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Prince George station is a railway station in Prince George, British Columbia. It is on the Canadian National Railway mainline. Via Rail's Jasper–Prince Rupert train service overnights at this station between Prince Rupert and Jasper. Prince George Railway Station is situated 2½ km north of South Fort George.
Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum
Museum
Photo: Arsenikk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum is in Prince George, British Columbia. Its collection consists of over sixty pieces of rolling stock, ten historical buildings and numerous smaller artifacts on an 8-acre site. Central BC Railway and Forestry Museum is situated 3 km north of South Fort George.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prince George.
Prince George
Photo: CPG1100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prince George, locally known as PG, is a city in the North Coast-Nechako region and a major service centre in Northern British Columbia, Canada. It is the largest city north of Kamloops in BC, and known as BC's Northern Capital.
South Fort George
- Type: Locality
- Description: suburb in Canada
- Location: Prince George, Regional District of Fraser–Fort George, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
53.89687° or 53° 53′ 49″ northLongitude
-122.74137° or 122° 44′ 29″ westElevation
567 metres (1,860 feet)Open location code
945VV7W5+PFOpenStreetMap ID
node 1205110409OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
“South Fort George” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “南喬治堡”
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Highlights include Jasper Park and South Fort George Family Resource Centre.
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