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Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of the Regional District of Kitimat–Stikine regional government. The Kitimat Valley is part of the most populous urban district in northwest British Columbia, which includes Terrace to the north along the Skeena River Valley.
1000 BC: Athapaskan-speaking natives arrive in Alaska and northwestern North America, possibly from Siberia. 1000 BC: Pottery making widespread in the Eastern Woodlands. 1000 BC–100 AD: Adena culture takes form in the Ohio River valley, carving fine stone pipes placed with their dead in gigantic burial mounds. [1] See Prehistory of Ohio.
Kitimat-Stikine BC 54°31′00″N 128°35′10″W / 54.5167°N 128.586°W / 54.5167; -128.586 ( British Columbia Provincial Police Kitimat-Stikine municipality ( 16164 )
The Kitimat Ranges, rising behind Kitimat, British Columbia. The Kitimat Ranges lie between the Nass River and Portland Inlet in the north [2] and the Bella Coola River and Burke Channel on the south, and are bounded on their east by the Hazelton Mountains and include the mountainous islands of the North Coastal Archipelago, as well as King Island, which lies between Dean Channel and the ...
The first European visitors to present-day British Columbia were Spanish sailors and other European sailors who sailed for the Spanish crown. There is some evidence that the Greek-born Juan de Fuca, who sailed for Spain and explored the West coast of North America in the 1590s, might have reached the passageway between Washington State and Vancouver Island – today known as the Strait of Juan ...
The Kitimat Ranges are one of the three main subdivisions of the Coast Mountains, which are part of the Pacific Coast Ranges subdivision of the North American Cordillera. Located in British Columbia , Canada, between the North Coast region and the Interior Plateau and the Hazelton Mountains .
Because the BC Hydro grid is linked to the North American grid, Alcan began selling energy to Alberta and the United States. [2]: 128 In order to meet the energy demands in its new market, Alcan began diverting more water into its reservoir, resulting in lower water levels in the Nechako River. The decrease in water levels provided an increase ...
Kitamaat Village, which serves as the Haisla reserve, is located a 20-minute drive south of Kitimat town. Kitimat is known for housing the aluminum smelter of Alcan Incorporated and is situated at the head of the Douglas Channel, a fjord spanning 90 km (56 mi) that acts as a saltwater corridor connecting the community, the town, and the port of Kitimat to the Pacific Ocean.