Dawson Creek

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Dawson Creek

Total population

11,583

Coordinates55.76°, -120.24°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Dawson Creek is a city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The municipality of 24.37 square kilometres (9.41 sq mi) had a population of 12,978 in 2016. Dawson Creek derives its name from the creek of the same name that runs through the community. The creek was named after George Mercer Dawson by a member of his land survey team when they passed through the area in August 1879. Once a small farming community, Dawson Creek became a regional centre after the western terminus of the Northern Alberta Railways was extended there in 1932. The community grew rapidly in 1942 as the US Army used the rail terminus as a transshipment point during construction of the Alaska Highway. In the 1950s, the city was connected to the interior of British Columbia via a highway and a railway through the Rocky Mountains. Since the 1960s, growth has slowed, but the area population has increased.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Fellers Heights
  16.5 mi away
• Peace View Hutterite Colony
  20.9 mi away
• South Peace Hutterite Colony
  21.4 mi away
• Pine Valley
  23 mi away
• Baldonnel
  36.1 mi away
• East Pine
  37 mi away
• Goodlow
  39.8 mi away
• Rose Prairie
  56.4 mi away
• Oetco Flats
  57.5 mi away
• Milligan Creek Christian Community
  67.8 mi away
• Hasler Flat
  68.4 mi away
• Nig Creek
  103.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Dawson Creek

Dawson Creek, B.C. and Peace River District cemeteries

2000

Partners for inclusion

1993

Rocks and minerals for the collector: the Alaska Highway; Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Yukon/Alaska border

Rocks and minerals for the collector

Ann P. Sabina · 1963

British Columbia

Janelle Burnham Schneider · 1999

Dawson Creek map-area, British Columbia

Precise Levelling in British Columbia, South of Dawson Creek

Geodetic Survey of Canada.

Soils of the Fort st. John-Dawson Creek Area, British Columbia

Canada. Dept. of Agriculture. Research Branch · 1986

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Bufflehead

Bucephala albeola

Seen 2026-09-15

field penny-cress

Thlaspi arvense

Seen 2026-09-15

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-09-13

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Seen 2026-08-29

American Red Squirrel

Tamiasciurus hudsonicus

Seen 2026-08-22

shepherd's-purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Seen 2026-08-19

meadow willow

Salix petiolaris

Seen 2026-08-19

bebb's willow

Salix bebbiana

Seen 2026-08-19

Canadian buffalo-berry

Shepherdia canadensis

Seen 2026-08-19

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers