SMITHERS
Is a town, located on the Yellowhead Highway (Highway #16), about halfway between Prince George and Prince Rupert in the Bulkley Valley. Before Smithers was even lively as a community, it was home to the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, who were the original first settlers. Smithers was built as a Grand Trunk Pacific station (later the Canadian National Railway). In 1913, it was later made into a railway’s division point and is named after a former chairman of the Railway as well as London banker; Sir Alfred Waldron Smithers (1850-1924). Today, the community of Smithers relies on tourism, logging, dairy farming, agriculture and mining as its economic activities. Smithers is center among four different mountain ranges; The Skeena, Bulkley, Telkwa, and the Rocher Deboule. Hudson’s Bay Mountain (2,621 meters), which dramatically looms right over the town to the west, is a prime and popular destination for tourists and for people who love the outdoors, as a skiing and hiking area. In 1967, Smithers was officially incorporated as a town. Every June, The community is also home to large music festival that has attracted musicians from all over the music industry including acts such as Spirit of the West and the Bare-naked Ladies.
SMITHERS' POPULATION: 5,217
Is a town, located on the Yellowhead Highway (Highway #16), about halfway between Prince George and Prince Rupert in the Bulkley Valley. Before Smithers was even lively as a community, it was home to the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, who were the original first settlers. Smithers was built as a Grand Trunk Pacific station (later the Canadian National Railway). In 1913, it was later made into a railway’s division point and is named after a former chairman of the Railway as well as London banker; Sir Alfred Waldron Smithers (1850-1924). Today, the community of Smithers relies on tourism, logging, dairy farming, agriculture and mining as its economic activities. Smithers is center among four different mountain ranges; The Skeena, Bulkley, Telkwa, and the Rocher Deboule. Hudson’s Bay Mountain (2,621 meters), which dramatically looms right over the town to the west, is a prime and popular destination for tourists and for people who love the outdoors, as a skiing and hiking area. In 1967, Smithers was officially incorporated as a town. Every June, The community is also home to large music festival that has attracted musicians from all over the music industry including acts such as Spirit of the West and the Bare-naked Ladies.
SMITHERS' POPULATION: 5,217
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