are strong in promoting business and opportunities.” INDUSTRY AND WORKFORCE Located in the Peace River Regional District of British Columbia, Chetwynd is positioned at a strategic junction north of Pine Pass, an area connecting the province’s Northeastern Interior. “We’re on a choke point for roads, if you go north of Prince George, anywhere basically north of the Pine Pass, you go through Chetwynd,” McLain conveys. “We have a rail line, a major highway, oil and gas pipelines, and the BC Hydro power transmission lines. So, we do have a lot of industries, we’ve got a lot of companies that are showing interest in development.” McLain highlights a few of Chetwynd’s many notable enterprises, including West Fraser Mills, with the last functioning sawmill in the area, Conuma Coal, operating multiple mines in the region, and 131 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 08 CHETWYND, BC
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