Portal:Geography/Featured article/February, 2007

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The City of Dawson Creek is a small city in north-eastern British Columbia, Canada. It covers an area of 20.66 square kilometers with a 2004 population of 11,394 people. Dubbed "The Capital of the Peace", it is the service center for the rural areas south of the Peace River and the seat of the Peace River Regional District. Four provincial highways from north and south Alberta and British Columbia meet in Dawson Creek.

Dawson Creek derived its name from the creek that runs through the city called Dawson Creek. The creek was named after George Mercer Dawson by a member of his land survey team when they passed through the area in August of 1879. The city is best known as the "Mile 0 City", a nickname created because of its location at the southern end of the Alaska Highway. (more...)