Fort Nelson BC Hotels

Fort Nelson is a major Alaska Highway stopover destination, a comfortable drive from either ‘Mile 0' at Dawson Creek or Watson Lake in the Yukon. Situated in the northeast corner of the province, Fort Nelson marks Mile 300 on the Highway.

Established as a fur trading post in 1805, Fort Nelson really flourished as a result of the construction of the Alaska Highway during World War II. Today it’s a modern, thriving community with an economy based on forestry, oil & gas and an increasing emphasis on area services and tourism. In addition to having the world famous Alaska Highway as its main street, Fort Nelson is also served by air and rail transportation and is still an important point for barge traffic into the far north. Not only will you find BC's northern-most traffic light, a pedestrian crossing on the Alaska Highway, but you'll also find Canada’s largest gas processing plant and two of the largest wood products operations in British Columbia. 

Fort Nelson sits at the centre of the immense Northern Rockies wilderness area, and is becoming known as an eco-adventure destination. Comprising 10% of the province’s land mass, the region is home to eight provincial parks including Stone Mountain Provincial Park (with Summit Lake and the famed Wokkpash area), Muncho Lake Provincial Park, and Liard River Provincial Park, where the Liard Hot Springs provides year-round swimming and nurtures one of the world’s unique ecosystems . The area is a world-class destination for cross-country skiing, wildlife viewing, photography, backpacking, wilderness canoeing and kayaking, trail riding, river boating and a myriad of other outdoor activities. In addition, the Fort Nelson region is famous for specialty tourism markets such as fly-in fishing and big game hunting.

Ribboned with thousands of kilometres of rivers, dotted by hundreds of lakes, and crowned by the Rocky Mountains, this region offers some of the most spectacular scenery and abundance of wildlife in North America.