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Quesnel

Quesnel

Quesnel is a city of about 12,000 people in the Cariboo region of on the bank of the Fraser River. The town got its start via its location on the Cariboo Wagon Road which transported thousands of prospectors seeking their fortunes during the Cariboo Gold Rush.
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  • Type: City with 10,000 residents
  • Description: city in British Columbia, Canada
  • Also known as: “Quesnel, British Columbia”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Quesnel station.

Railway station
in Quesnel, British Columbia, is a railway station which is used by the Rocky Mountaineer train service. The station is used on the Rainforest to Gold Rush route that links Whistler to Quesnel.

Quesnel

Latitude
52.9794° or 52° 58′ 46″ north
Longitude
-122.4936° or 122° 29′ 37″ west
Population
10,000
Elevation
479 metres (1,572 feet)
IATA airport code
YQZ
United Nations Location Code
CA QSN
Open location code
944VXGH4+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52553641
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
6115187
Wiki­data ID
Q2067514
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Quesnel” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كينيل، كولومبيا البريطانية”
  • Arabic: “كينيل”
  • Asturian: “Quesnel”
  • Bengali: “কুয়েজনেল, ব্রিটিশ কলম্বিয়া”
  • Cebuano: “Quesnel”
  • Chinese: “克內爾”
  • Chinese: “克内尔”
  • Chinese: “奎斯內爾”
  • Chinese: “奎斯内尔”
  • Czech: “Quesnel”
  • Dagbani: “Quesnel”
  • Danish: “Quesnel”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Quesnel, Kolombiyay Britanya”
  • Dutch: “Quesnel”
  • Finnish: “Quesnel, Brittiläinen Kolumbia”
  • French: “Quesnel”
  • German: “Quesnel”
  • Greek: “Κεσνέλ”
  • Gujarati: “ક્વેનેલ, બ્રિટિશ કોલમ્બિયા”
  • Hindi: “कासनेल”
  • Hungarian: “Quesnel”
  • Indonesian: “Quesnel, British Columbia”
  • Italian: “Quesnel”
  • Japanese: “クイネル”
  • Japanese: “クェスネル”
  • Japanese: “ケネル”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಯೂಸ್ನೆಲ್, ಬ್ರಿಟಿಶ್ ಕೊಲಮ್ಬಿಯ”
  • Korean: “퀴넬”
  • Latvian: “Kesnela, Britu Kolumbija”
  • Lithuanian: “Kesnelis”
  • Malay: “Quesnel, British Columbia”
  • Marathi: “क्वेनेल, ब्रिटिश कोलंबिया”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Quesnel”
  • Norwegian: “Quesnel”
  • Persian: “کوئزنل”
  • Persian: “کوئینل”
  • Polish: “Quesnel, Kolumbia Brytyjska”
  • Polish: “Quesnel”
  • Portuguese: “Quesnel”
  • Russian: “Квеснел”
  • Russian: “Квинел”
  • Serbian: “Квенел (Британска Колумбија)”
  • Serbian: “Квенел”
  • Sinhala: “ක්වෙස්නල්, බ්‍රිටිෂ් කොලොම්බියාව”
  • Slovak: “Quesnel”
  • Spanish: “Quesnel”
  • Swedish: “Quesnel”
  • Tamil: “கோஷல் பிரிட்டிஷ் கொலம்பியா”
  • Telugu: “క్యూస్నెల్”
  • Thai: “เควสเนล, รัฐบริติชโคลัมเบีย”
  • Turkish: “Quesnel”
  • Ukrainian: “Квінел”
  • Ukrainian: “Кеснел”
  • Urdu: “کوئیسنل، برٹش کولمبیا”
  • Vietnamese: “Quesnel, Tỉnh bang British Columbia”
  • Vietnamese: “Quesnel”
  • Volapük: “Quesnel”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Quesnel”. Photo: Trougnouf, CC BY-SA 4.0.