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Regional District of Kitimat Stikine

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Capital
  
Terrace

Province
  
British Columbia

Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine

University
  
Northwest Community College

Points of interest
  
Kleanza Creek Provincial, Shames Mountain Ski Area, Ksan Historical Village a, Heritage Park Museum, My Mountain Co‑op

Destinations
  
Khutzeymateen Provincial Park, Klemtu, Terrace, Kitimat, Spatsizi Plateau Wilderne

The Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine is a type of local government administration in northwestern British Columbia, Canada. As of the Canada 2001 Census it had a population of 40,876 living on a land area of 91,910.63 km² (35,486.89 sq mi). Its administrative offices are in the city of Terrace. The next-largest municipality in the regional district is the District Municipality of Kitimat. The other incorporated municipalities in the regional district are the Village of Hazelton, the District of New Hazelton and the District of Stewart. Unincorporated communities are many, most of them Indian Reserves which are not part of the governmental system of the regional district, which has limited powers relating mostly to municipal-type services. The remote settlement of Dease Lake, formerly in the Stikine Region, was added to the regional district on December 1, 2007.

Contents

Map of Kitimat-Stikine, BC, Canada

Population history

  • 2011: 37,361
  • 2006: 37,999
  • 2001: 40,876 (16,340 private dwellings)
  • 1996: 43,618
  • References

    Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Wikipedia