Terrace

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Terrace

Total population

12,017

Coordinates54.52°, -128.60°

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

Overview

Terrace is a city in the Skeena region of west central British Columbia, Canada. This regional hub lies east of the confluence of the Kitsumkalum River into the Skeena River. On BC Highway 16, junctions branch northward for the Nisga'a Highway to the west and southward for the Stewart–Cassiar Highway to the east. The locality is by road about 204 km (127 mi) southwest of Smithers and 144 km (89 mi) east of Prince Rupert. Transportation links are the Northwest Regional Airport Terrace-Kitimat, a passenger train, and bus services.

Geography

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

Nearby places in British Columbia

• Kitsumkalum
  2.8 mi away
• Copper River
  4.4 mi away
• Lakelse
  10.6 mi away
• Kitamaat
  37.5 mi away
• Camp
  49.3 mi away
• Carnaby
  55.3 mi away
• Nass Camp
  55.4 mi away
• Evelyn
  59 mi away
• Port Essington
  60.3 mi away
• Witset
  61.4 mi away
• Haysport
  61.6 mi away
• South Hazelton
  62 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 Terrace

A photographic overview and record of the Mink Creek earthflow, Terrace, British Columbia

Marten Geertsema · 1996

Report of the Indian act consultation meeting, Terrace, British Columbia, Jan. 27 and 28, 1969

Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development · 1969

Report of the Indian act consultation meeting, Terrace, British Columbia, October 24-26 and 28, 1968

Canada. Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development · 1968

Report of the Indian Act Consultation Meeting

Canada. Dept. of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Mineral resources of Terrace area, coast district, British Columbia

Edward Darwin Kindle · 1937

Mineral Resources of Terrace Area, Coast District, British Columbia

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1937

Geology of Terrace map-area, British Columbia

Stanley Duffell · 1964

On the "benches", or valley terraces, of British Columbia

Sir Matthew Baillie Begbie · 1982

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

round-leaved sundew

Drosera rotundifolia

Seen 2026-09-17

Large Gray Dagger

Acronicta insita

Seen 2026-09-15

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-12

mountain hemlock

Tsuga mertensiana

Seen 2026-09-08

Spotted Tussock Moth

Lophocampa maculata

Seen 2026-09-08

Red-juice Tooth

Hydnellum peckii

Seen 2026-09-07

Phaeolus hispidoides

Phaeolus hispidoides

Seen 2026-09-07

Rocky Mountain maple

Acer glabrum

Seen 2026-09-06

bog wintergreen

Pyrola asarifolia

Seen 2026-09-06

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