Fort Nelson
Fort Nelson is a town of about 3,400 people and stopping point along the Alaska Highway in British Columbia's Northern Rockies. Fort Nelson has about 3370 residents and an elevation of 415 metres.- Type: Town
- Description: community in British Columbia, Canada
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Peace Country and Northern Rockies, Northern British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada, North America
Latitude 58.8063° or 58° 48' 22.6" north | Longitude -122.694° or 122° 41' 38.3" west |
Population 3370 | IATA airport code YYE |
United Nations Location Code CA FNE | Elevation 415 metres (1362 feet) |
OpenStreetMap ID node 52555977 | GeoNames ID 5955902 |
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Fort Nelson
- Arabic: حصن نلسون، كولومبيا البريطانية
- Cebuano: Fort Nelson
- Dutch: Fort Nelson
- English: Fort Nelson, British Columbia
- French: Fort Nelson
- German: Fort Nelson
- Italian: Fort Nelson
- Japanese: フォート・ネルソン
- Persian: فورت نلسون
- Portuguese: Fort Nelson
- Swedish: Fort Nelson
Other Places Named Fort Nelson
- Fort Nelson RiverStream, British Columbia, Canada
- Fort NelsonMuseum, England, United Kingdom
In the Area
Localities
- MuskwaTown, 7 km south
- Fort Nelson Indian Reserve 2Reservation, 9 km southeast
- Old Fort NelsonLocality, 9 km east
- KluaArea, 22 km southeast
- Snake RiverLocality, 29 km northeast
- Snake Indian Reserve 5Reservation, 30 km northeast
Landmarks
- Fort NelsonPost office
- RCMPPolice station
- Fort Nelson General HospitalHospital
- Northern Rockies Regional MunicipalityTown hall
- Northern Light's CollegeCollege
- Tourist InfoTourism office
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