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Welcome
Visitors!
The Northern Rockies - Your Great
Escape
Fort Nelson is a major Alaska Highway stop-over
destination, a comfortable drive from either 'Mile
0' at Dawson Creek or Watson Lake in the Yukon.
Situated in the northeast corner of the province,
Fort Nelson marks Mile 300 on the Highway.
Established
as a fur trading post in 1805, Fort Nelson
flourished as a result of the construction of
the Alaska Highway during World War II. Today
it's a modern, thriving community with an economy
based on forestry, oil & gas and an increasing
emphasis on area services and tourism. In addition
to having the world famous Alaska Highway as its'
main street, Fort Nelson is also served by air
and rail transportation and is still an important
point for barge traffic into the far north. Not
only will you find BC's northern-most traffic
light, a pedestrian crossing on the Alaska Highway,
but you'll also find Canada's largest gas processing
plant and two of the largest wood products operations
in British Columbia.
 Fort
Nelson sits at the centre of the immense Northern
Rockies wilderness area, and is becoming known
as an eco-adventure destination. Comprising 10%
of the province's land mass, the region is home
to eight provincial parks including Stone Mountain
Provincial Park (with Summit Lake and the famed
Wokkpash area), Muncho Lake Provincial Park, and
Liard River Provincial Park, where the Liard Hot
Springs provides year-round swimming and nurtures
one of the world's unique ecosystems . The area
is a world-class destination for cross-country
skiing, wildlife viewing, photography, backpacking,
wilderness canoeing and kayaking, trail riding,
river boating and a myriad of other outdoor activities.
In addition, the Fort Nelson region is famous
for specialty tourism markets such as fly-in fishing
and big game hunting.
Ribboned
with thousands of kilometres of rivers, dotted
by hundreds of lakes, and crowned by the Rocky
Mountains, this region offers some of the most
spectacular scenery and abundance of wildlife
in North America.
As
a point of service to the visitor, Fort Nelson
offers a wide range of amenities including:
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