Powell River

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Powell River

Total population

13,157

Coordinates49.84°, -124.52°

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

Overview

Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, which is part of the larger Georgia Strait between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. With two intervening long, steep-sided fjords inhibiting the construction of a contiguous road connection with Vancouver to the south, geographical surroundings explain Powell River's remoteness as a community, despite relative proximity to Vancouver and other populous areas of the BC Coast. The city is the location of the head office of the qathet Regional District.

Geography

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

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