Prince George, Canada Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Rough-edged PRINCE GEORGE , carved from the forest to become British Columbia's sixth largest city (pop. 78,000), is the general area's services and transport centre, so you're highly likely to become acquainted with its dispersed and half-deserted downtown streets. Forestry, in the form of pulp mills, kilns, planers, plywood plants and allied chemical works, is at the core of its industrial landscape – if you ever wanted the inside story on the lumber business, this is where to find it. Simon Fraser established a North West Trading Company post here in 1805, and named it Fort George in honour … more »