Fort Good Hope
Fort Good Hope, NWT, incorporated as a charter community in 1995, population 515 (2011c), 557 (2006c).
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Create AccountFort Good Hope, NWT, incorporated as a charter community in 1995, population 515 (2011c), 557 (2006c).
Prince Rupert, BC, incorporated as a city in 1910, population 12,220 (2016 census), 12,508 (2011 census). The City of Prince Rupert is located on Kaien Island, at the mouth of the Skeena River in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. It is Canada's wettest city, with an average of 2,619 mm of precipitation falling each year. Prince Rupert marks western end of the Yellowhead Trans-Canada Highway and, as Canada's deepest ice-free seaport, a link between the lower United States, Vancouver and Alaska. For these reasons it is the industrial, commercial and institutional centre for BC's Northwest Coast.
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