Fort Nelson

Fort Nelson is a town of about 3,400 people and stopping point along the Alaska Highway in British Columbia's . It is located within Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
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  • Type: Town with 2,610 residents
  • Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Fort Nelson, British Columbia”

Fort Nelson

Latitude
58.8048° or 58° 48′ 17″ north
Longitude
-122.7015° or 122° 42′ 5″ west
Population
2,610
Elevation
410 metres (1,345 feet)
IATA airport code
YYE
United Nations Location Code
CA FNE
Open location code
94CVR73X+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52555977
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5955902
Wiki­data ID
Q606045
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Fort Nelson” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Fort Nelson”
  • Arabic: “حصن نلسون، كولومبيا البريطانية”
  • Catalan: “Fort Nelson”
  • Cebuano: “Fort Nelson”
  • Chinese: “纳尔逊堡”
  • Dutch: “Fort Nelson”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن نلسون”
  • French: “Fort Nelson”
  • German: “Fort Nelson”
  • Italian: “Fort Nelson”
  • Japanese: “フォート・ネルソン”
  • Persian: “فورت نلسون”
  • Portuguese: “Fort Nelson”
  • Spanish: “Fort Nelson”
  • Swedish: “Fort Nelson”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ نیلسن، برٹش کولمبیا”

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