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Prince George

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Prince George city (1991 pop. 69,653), central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the Fraser and Nechako rivers. It is a railroad division point and a distribution center for a lumber region. There are sawmills, pulp mills, chemical plants, and an oil refinery. In 1807, Simon Fraser of the North West Company established on the site the fur-trading post of Fort George, which was taken over (1821) by the Hudson's Bay Company. Settlement began c.1910 with the building of a railroad via Fort George to Prince Rupert, and in 1915 the city was incorporated and the name was changed.

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Prince George

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Prince George, Canada, USA 1. Canada (British Columbia): founded in 1807 as a fur trading post called Fort George after King George III^†. The name was changed in 1915 in honour of Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George (1895–1952), later George VI, King of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland (1936–52).2. USA (Virginia): named after George (1653–1708), Prince of Denmark and husband of Queen Anne of Great Britain.

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