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Dawson Creek summary
The City of Dawson Creek is a small city in northeastern British Columbia, Canada. It covers an area of 20.66 square kilometres (8 sq mi) with a 2006 population
of 11,615 people. Dubbed "The Capital of the Peace", it is a service centre for the rural areas south of the Peace River and the seat of the Peace River Regional
District. Dawson Creek turned from a small farming community to a regional centre when the western terminus of the Northern Alberta Railways was extended there in
1932, and the US Army used that terminus as a transshipment point in 1942 during the construction of the Alaska Highway. Most of the city's development occurred
between 1942 and 1966 when highways and railways were built connecting the farming area of the Peace River Country to the rest of BC through Dawson Creek.
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Dawson Creek derived its name from the creek of the same name that runs through the city. The creek was named after George Mercer Dawson by a member of his land
survey team when they passed through the area in August 1879. The city, at the southern end of the Alaska Highway, is known as the "Mile 0 City" and is also home
to a regional fall fair and heritage interpretation village.
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The economy of Dawson Creek is based around four major industries: agriculture, retail, tourism, and oil and gas. Agriculture has historically been the most
important industry to Dawson Creek, as the city is the regional transshipment point for agricultural commodities. The city is surrounded by the Agricultural Land
Reserve, where the soil can support livestock and produces consistently good yields of quality grain and grass crops, such as canola, hay, oats, alfalfa, wheat,
and sweet clover. The service and retail sector caters to both the city's inhabitants, smaller nearby towns, and rural communities. However, significant retail
leakage occurs to Grande Prairie, the closest major Alberta city, where the government does not charge provincial taxes on retail purchases, while B.C. charges 7%.
In 2006 the provincial government rejected a proposal to lower the city's provincial sales tax to 4%. The problem of leakage has been exacerbated in recent
years by the introduction of large-format retail stores into the small city. Residents still cross the border for high-priced items but now also purchase the
medium- and low-priced items from foreign-owned large-format chain stores.
Dawson Creek has a large tourism industry as Mile '0' of the Alaska Highway. Thousands of people drive on the Alaska Highway every year, starting in Dawson Creek
and ending in Fairbanks, Alaska. This trek often occurs with recreational vehicles, sometimes in convoys which first gather in the city. In the winter, the
hospitality industry caters to workers from the oil patches. Discoveries south of Dawson Creek and higher energy prices have caused the oil and gas activities,
which have driven the nearby Fort St. John, economy to spill over to the Dawson Creek economy. British Columbia's first wind farm is expected to be constructed
several miles southwest of the city in 2008.
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