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Lillooet

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Lillooet

Founded

1946

Air quality index

38Good
Elevation820 m
Land area2751 km²
Coordinates50.69°, -121.93°

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City facts

Founded
1946
Elevation
820 m
Area
2751 km²
Official website
www.lillooet.ca

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Lillooet is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northeast of Pemberton, 64 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Lytton, and 172 kilometres (107 mi) west of Kamloops.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
50.6939
Longitude
-121.9337
Water area
—
View on OpenStreetMap

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

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
38
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
2.1
PM10 (µg/m³)
2.6
Ozone (µg/m³)
76
NO₂ (µg/m³)
1

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
32,120
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Spotted Towhee
    Pipilo maculatus Swainson, 1827 · Aves
    1,463
  • American Robin
    Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
    1,073
  • Northern Flicker
    Colaptes auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    922
  • Pine Siskin
    Spinus pinus (A.Wilson, 1810) · Aves
    918
  • American Crow
    Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
    779
  • Common Raven
    Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    773
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
    Setophaga coronata (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    712
  • Dark-eyed Junco
    Junco hyemalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    698

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
1
Largest magnitude
3.4
Largest event
2015-12-16

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

Nearby places in British Columbia

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Geography & sun

Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
3.54
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
1,291

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

Nearby airports

Public attention

Wikipedia views (last 30 days)
2,463
Avg daily Wikipedia views
82
Attention level
Quiet

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Lillooet

Diagram showing the geology along the route traversed by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway between Squamish and Lillooet, British Columbia
Runaway/derailment
Transportation Safety Board of Canada · 2009
Lillooet Stories. British Columbia
British Columbia. Provincial Archives. · 1977
Lillooet-Fraser heritage resource study
British Columbia. Heritage Conservation Branch. · 1980
Tyaughton Lake -Lillooet District, British Columbia
CENTRAL LILLOOET DIVISION
BRITISH COLUMBIA. BUREAU OF PROVINCIAL INFORMATION
Taseko River area, Lillooet area, British Columbia
LILLOOET-NICOLA REGION - A BRITISH COLUMBIA REGIONAL ECONOMIC STUDY
British Columbia. Dept. of Industrial Development, Trade, and Commerce.

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Lillooet, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

Miyazaki House Lillooet BC — Lillooet, Canada0 miBridge of the Twenty-Three Camels, Lillooet, British Columbia — Lillooet, Canada0 miLillooet Municipal Hall — Lillooet, Canada0 miSphalerite with Galena and Chalcopyrite (31984083827) — Lillooet, Canada0.3 miSphalerite and Gold with Pyrite (46925260101) — Lillooet, Canada0.3 miTetrahedrite in Quartz with Azurite and Malachite (40786567163) — Lillooet, Canada0.3 miTetrahedrite with Pyrite and Chalcopyrite (47700367022) — Lillooet, Canada0.3 miJamesonite (40945000313) — Lillooet, Canada0.3 miMolybdenite (46995742645) — Lillooet, Canada0.3 miSmoke on the Water (19365323554) — Lillooet, Canada1.3 miISS018-E-36180 - View of Earth — Lillooet, Canada1.5 miISS028-E-13842 - View of Earth — Lillooet, Canada1.5 miISS030-E-90546 - View of Earth — Lillooet, Canada1.5 miISS030-E-115157 - View of Earth — Lillooet, Canada1.5 miSmoked In (19961716346) — Lillooet, Canada1.6 miOld Bridge (19365335894) — Lillooet, Canada1.6 miSeton River in Lillooet, British Columbia — Lillooet, Canada1.8 miGold with Quartz (47814840881) — Lillooet, Canada1.8 miBridge Lillooet — Lillooet, Canada1.9 miSquamish-Lillooet, BC, Canada - panoramio (2) — Lillooet, Canada2.9 miSeason Lake (45110841872) — Lillooet, Canada2.9 miFraser River at Fountain Reserve 11 — Lillooet, Canada2.9 miISS015-E-6636 - View of British Columbia — Lillooet, Canada2.9 miISS020-E-22740 - View of Earth — Lillooet, Canada2.9 mi

Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

Official Identifiers

StatCan — Statistics Canada

SGC code
5931026
Population (Wikidata)
2,275
Wikidata
Q355257

Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012

Sources

  • • Wikipedia
  • • Wikimedia Commons
  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
  • • Wikipedia Pageviews API
  • • Open Library
  • • NASA EONET
  • • StatCan — Statistics Canada — Standard Geographical Classification (SGC) via Wikidata P3012