Northern British Columbia
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EXPERIENCE WILDERNESS
Excursions In Kitimat
www.kitimattourism.ca
Kitimat is known by many as the ultimate sportsman’s paradise. The town itself is the epitome of urban architecture and design and is beautifully integrated into the surrounding wilderness of Northwest British Columbia. The flat delta-like swath of valley-bottom crowning the head of the Douglas Channel seemed the ideal location for a town-site. But despite the presence of a few European settlers in the area, it was not fully developed until just after the second-world war. During the 1950s the world’s largest aluminum smelter, the Aluminum Company of Canada (Alcan), accepted an invitation from the Canadian Government to develop the area’s resources to allow the construction and operation of the plant.
Though Kitimat has since become a sport- fishing and hunting capital of Canada, it has more recently, given its diverse wildlife population, majestic rainforest, and unique ocean channel landscape, developed a reputation as a wilderness excursion hub.
Coste Rocks consists of two small, rocky islands and a nearby reef off the south end of Coste Island. The
Photo credit Tourism BC/JF Bergeron
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