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ID: 1013701
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1013701
Record Type:
administrative
Prince George (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 53 55 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 53.9167
decimal degrees
Long: 122 49 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -122.8167
decimal degrees
Note:
Industrial center located at junction of Nechako & Fraser rivers; produces lumber, minerals, oil, natural gas & hydropower; is a base for tourism & sporting activities in surrounding Cariboo district.
Names:
Prince George
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
,
O
)
Ft. George
(
H
,
V
)
............
NW Company fur trading post, named after George III of England in 1807
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
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Canada
(nation) (
P
)
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Province of British Columbia
(province) (
P
)
................
Prince George
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
originated with Fort George 1807
city (
C
)
............
incorporated 1915
administrative center (
C
)
transportation center (
C
)
educational center (
C
)
............
Prince George College opened 1962
Sources and Contributors:
Ft. George..........
[
VP
]
.......................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 705
Prince George..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..........................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 705
..........................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-571732
..........................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
155
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
IX, 705
..................
NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
-571732
..................
Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994)
155
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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