Fort St. John
Fort St. John is in the Peace Country and Northern Rockies and is the second-largest settlement along the Alaska Highway. The city of 20,000 people is in northeastern British Columbia, approximately 382 km south of Fort Nelson and 75 km north of Dawson Creek.Photo: jasonwoodhead23, CC BY 2.0.
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- Type: City with 18,600 residents
- Description: city in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “City of Fort St. John”, “Fort St John”, “Fort St. John, BC”, and “Fort St. John, British Columbia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pomeroy Sport Centre and North Peace Secondary School.
Pomeroy Sport Centre
Sports venue
The Pomeroy Sport Centre, is a sports venue in the Canadian city of Fort St. John, British Columbia. The indoor arena features two ice hockey rinks, a long-track speed skating rink and a walking track.
North Peace Secondary School
School
North Peace Secondary School is a high school located in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada. NPSS is operated by the North Peace School District and is the designated secondary school for the city's two middle schools.
Fort St. John
- Categories: city in British Columbia and locality
- Location: Fort St. John, Peace River Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.2524° or 56° 15′ 9″ northLongitude
-120.8469° or 120° 50′ 49″ westPopulation
18,600Elevation
696 metres (2,283 feet)IATA airport code
YXJOpen location code
948X7523+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2865722923OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Volapük—“Fort St. John” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فورت سانت جون، كولومبيا البريطانية”
- Arabic: “فورت سانت جون”
- Asturian: “Fort St. John”
- Bengali: “ফোর্ট সেন্ট জন”
- Catalan: “Fort St. John”
- Cebuano: “Fort St. John”
- Chinese: “圣约翰堡”
- Chinese: “聖約翰堡”
- Czech: “Fort St. John”
- Danish: “Fort St. John”
- Dimli (individual language): “Fort St. John, Kolombiyay Britanya”
- Dutch: “Fort St. John”
- Finnish: “Fort St. John”
- French: “Fort St. John”
- German: “Fort St. John”
- Greek: “Φορτ Σεντ Τζον”
- Gujarati: “ફોર્ટ સેન્ટ જ્હોન”
- Hindi: “फोर्ट सेंट जॉन”
- Indonesian: “Fort St. John”
- Italian: “Fort St. John”
- Japanese: “フォート・セント・ジョン”
- Kannada: “ಫೋರ್ಟ್ ಸೇಂಟ್ ಜಾನ್”
- Korean: “포트 세인트 존”
- Korean: “포트세인트존”
- Latvian: “Fortsendžonsa”
- Lithuanian: “For Saint Džonas”
- Malay: “Fort St. John”
- Marathi: “फोर्ट सेंट जॉन”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Fort St. John”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Fort St. John”
- Persian: “فورت سنت جان”
- Polish: “Fort St. John”
- Portuguese: “Fort St. John”
- Russian: “Форт-Сент-Джон”
- Serbian: “Форт Сент Џон”
- Sinhala: “ෆොර්ට් ශාන්ත ජෝන්”
- Slovak: “Fort St. John”
- Spanish: “Fort St. John (Columbia Británica)”
- Spanish: “Fort St. John”
- Swedish: “Fort St. John”
- Tamil: “போர்ட் செயின்ட். ஜான்”
- Telugu: “ఫోర్ట్ సెయింట్ జాన్”
- Thai: “ฟอร์ตสต็อกตัน”
- Turkish: “Fort St. John”
- Ukrainian: “Форт-Сент-Джон”
- Urdu: “فورٹ سینٹ جان، برٹش کولمبیا”
- Vietnamese: “Fort St. John”
- Volapük: “Fort St. John”
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