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Prince George, Canada
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Prince George

British Columbia, Canada
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Prince George, city, central British Columbia, Canada. The city lies at the confluence of the Nechako and Fraser rivers, 487 miles (784 km) north of Vancouver by road. It originated in 1807 when Simon Fraser established a North West Company fur-trading post, Fort George, on the site. The settlement grew with the coming of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (1913). Prince George is now the focus of the province’s central and northern transportation systems and...

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