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Kitimat's municipal area is 242.63 km 2 (93.68 sq mi). It is located on tidewater in one of the few wide, flat valleys on the coast of British Columbia. The 2016 census recorded 8,131 citizens. [5]
Kitimat, district municipality, on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. It lies at the head of the Douglas Channel, a deepwater fjord extending inland from Hecate Strait for 80 miles (129 km).
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Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. Kitimat has about 8,990 residents. Mapcarta, the open map.
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Before European colonization, the Kitamaat band lived along the Kitimat Arm at the north end of the Douglas Channel (see Haisla). A wave of European settlers came to the area in the early 1900s, when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway surveyed the site as the railway’s possible western end point. Prince Rupertbecame the terminus of the railway, howeve...
The Eurocan Pulp and Paper Co. built a mill in Kitimat in 1969. West Fraser bought the mill in 1993. It closed the mill in 2010, citing declining profits. (See also Pulp and Paper Industry.) A methanol and ammonia plant also operated in Kitimat from the 1980s until 2005. These plants were significant employers. Spurred by industrialdevelopment, Kit...
Multinational corporation Rio Tinto bought the Alcan aluminum smelter in 2007. Rio Tinto now employs about 1,000 people in Kitimat, roughly 12 per cent of the population. The smelter is a cornerstone of the community’s economy. Other contributors include tourism, small business, port development and international tradeinvestments. Construction is u...
The town of Kitimat, founded in the 1950s, is British Columbia's most planned community. The Aluminum Company of Canada (Alcan) created the town to be the permanent home of the workforce for its aluminum smelter and power project.
Kitimat, population 8,100 (2016), is a port city located in one of the few wide, flat valleys on the coast of British Columbia. The city was planned and built by the Aluminum Company of Canada (Alcan) during the 1950s and is now an integral part of the Northwest Corridor connecting North America to the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Rim.
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Population (2022 census) 242 km². Area. 369,500. Avg. Housing Price (2024) Oceanic /Marine. Climate. Kitimat, BC. Incorporated in 1953, Kitimat is known for being a marvel of nature and industry.
