The North Peace Advantage:

"As "capital" of the North Peace, the city of Fort St. John offers big city amenities with small community friendliness. With a population approaching 18,000, Fort St. John is the largest city in BC's northeast, and serves a regional population of 60,000 residents.

Explorers, fur traders and then homesteaders joined the First Nations here and settled this vast northeastern region of British Columbia with dreams of freedom and a better life. These same dreams continue to attract people to the North Peace region. But now, instead of hardship, new-comers find contemporary community facilities, and remarkable job and business opportunities.

From prairie farmland and boreal forest to alpine tundra and rugged Rocky Mountains, the Peace Region produces 90% of the province's grain, 38% of its hydroelectric power, has some of the largest gas fields in North America with over 10,000 wells drilled, employs about 2,300 forestry workers and plays host to 100,000 visitors each year."

Article quoted: "North Peace Region Investment Profile", North Peace Economic Development Commission, www.npedc.ca