Quesnel, British Columbia

E280937
city

Quesnel, British Columbia is a small city in the Cariboo region known historically as a key gateway and service center for the Cariboo Gold Rush and today for its forestry, ranching, and outdoor recreation.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Quesnel, British Columbia canonical 6
Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
areaCode 236 ⓘ
250 ⓘ
778 ⓘ
censusDivision Cariboo region ⓘ
surface form: Cariboo
climate humid continental climate ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
distanceTo approximately 120 km south of Prince George ⓘ
approximately 630 km north of Vancouver ⓘ
economicActivity tourism ⓘ
wood products manufacturing ⓘ
governingBody Quesnel City Council ⓘ
hasAirport Quesnel Airport ⓘ
hasAttraction Barkerville ⓘ
surface form: Barkerville Historic Town (regional gateway)

Fraser River footbridge ⓘ
Pinnacles Provincial Park (nearby) ⓘ
hasHighwayConnection Highway 26 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Highway 97 ⓘ
hasMayor Ron Paull ⓘ
historicalRole gateway to the Cariboo Gold Rush ⓘ
service centre for the Cariboo Gold Rush ⓘ
indigenousTerritory traditional territory of the Lhtako Dene Nation ⓘ
isPartOf Central Interior of British Columbia ⓘ
knownFor forestry industry ⓘ
outdoor recreation ⓘ
pulp and paper production ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn British Columbia ⓘ
Cariboo region ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Cariboo Regional District ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Fraser River ⓘ
Quesnel River ⓘ
namedAfter Jules-Maurice Quesnel ⓘ
nearbyCity Prince George, British Columbia, Canada ⓘ
surface form: Prince George, British Columbia
nearbyCommunity Barkerville ⓘ
surface form: Barkerville, British Columbia

Wells, British Columbia ⓘ
postalCodePrefix V2J ⓘ
primaryIndustry forestry ⓘ
mining ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
province British Columbia ⓘ
railwayService BC Rail (historical) ⓘ
Canadian National Railway ⓘ
regionalRole service centre for surrounding rural and resource communities ⓘ
sports ice hockey ⓘ
sportsFacility West Fraser Centre ⓘ
timeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
waterBody Dragon Lake (nearby) ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cariboo Gold Rush → significantPlace → Quesnel, British Columbia ⓘ
Kanegasaki, Iwate, Japan → hasSisterCity → Quesnel, British Columbia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada
Cariboo Mountains → hasNearbyTown → Quesnel, British Columbia ⓘ
Quesnel Forks → hasNearbyCity → Quesnel, British Columbia ⓘ
Alexandria, British Columbia → locatedSouthOf → Quesnel, British Columbia ⓘ
Quesnel River → hasMouthNear → Quesnel, British Columbia ⓘ
Interior of British Columbia → contains → Quesnel, British Columbia ⓘ