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Fort Nelson is home to 3,336 residents, representing 69.05% of the NRRM's total population of 4,831 in 2016. In a 2017 report the vacancy rate was 49% and rental was $1,000. [ 33 ] According to the 2016 census, only 225 people are aged 65 or over, representing only fewer than 7% of the overall town population.
Residents in the western Canadian city of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, were given permission Monday to return home after more than 4,700 were evacuated from the community for more than two weeks ...
Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.Known as "The Queen City" and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush, Nelson is one of the three cities forming the commercial and population core of the West Kootenay region, the ...
Fires approaching Fort Nelson on May 11. The town of Fort Nelson and the Fort Nelson First Nation were forced to evacuate on May 10 because of the Parker Lake wildfire to the west of the region. Highways 77 and 97 were closed because of the fires. [30] Over 4,500 people were displaced; they were able to return on May 27. [31] Ten properties and ...
The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality is primarily made up of heavily forested areas and mountainous terrain. The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality is the first of its kind in British Columbia in which an entire former regional district is governed and headed by a single municipal government. Its council comprises a mayor and six ...
Prophet River, British Columbia. Coordinates: 58°5′29.28″N 122°42′34.45″W. Prophet River is a First Nations reserve community of the Dunne-za (Beaver) people in northeastern British Columbia, Canada, located at Mile 233 on Highway 97, the Alaska Highway, about 54 miles south of Fort Nelson. The community observes Mountain Standard ...
CKRX-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts an adult hits format at 102.3 FM in Fort Nelson, British Columbia. The station is branded as Bounce 102.3 and is owned by Bell Media . The station originally began broadcasting on November 21, 1967, as CFNL operating at 590 AM , until the move to the FM dial was made in 1997. [ 1 ]
The Fort Nelson River is formed at the confluence of Sikanni Chief River and Fontas River, at an elevation of 360 metres (1,180 ft). It flows north-west and north, and its course is paralleled by BC Rail tracks north of Fontas. It receives waters from the Elleh Creek and Klua Creek, then follows a north-west direction, a short distance from ...