Powell River
Tucked away on the upper Sunshine Coast, Powell River is a city of 13,000 people. It's not on many travel itineraries. Long dominated by the pulp and paper and forestry industries, it has started to become a centre for ecotourism with its abundance of outdoor recreation opportunities.Notable Places in the Area
Powell River Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: waferboard, CC BY 2.0.
Powell River Airport is located adjacent to Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
Powell River
- Type: City with 13,200 residents
- Description: city in British Columbia, Canada
- Categories: city in British Columbia and locality
- Location: Powell River, Qathet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
49.8357° or 49° 50' 8" northLongitude
-124.5244° or 124° 31' 28" westPopulation
13,200Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)IATA airport code
YPWUnited Nations Location Code
CA POWOpen Location Code
84XQRFPG+76OpenStreetMap ID
node 1790445554OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
6112608Wikidata ID
Q599678Powell River Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: بويل ريفر
- Arabic: بويل ريفر، كولومبيا البريطانية
- Asturian: Powell River
- Bengali: পাওয়েল রিভার
- Cebuano: Powell River
- Chinese: 鮑威爾河 (不列顛哥倫比亞)
- Chinese: 鮑威爾河市
- Chinese: 鮑威爾里弗
- Chinese: 鲍威尔河 (不列颠哥伦比亚)
- Chinese: 鲍威尔河
- Chinese: 鲍威尔河市
- Chinese: 鲍威尔里弗
- Danish: Powell River
- Dutch: Powell River
- English: Powell River, British Columbia
- Finnish: Powell River
- French: Powell River
- German: Powell River
- Greek: Πάουελ Ρίβερ
- Gujarati: પોવેલ રિવર
- Hindi: पावेल रिवर
- Indonesian: Powell River
- Italian: Powell River
- Japanese: パウエルリバー
- Kannada: ಪೊವೆಲ್ ನದಿ
- Korean: 포웰 리버
- Latvian: Pauelriversa
- Lithuanian: Pauel Riversas
- Malay: Powell River
- Marathi: पॉवेल नदी
- Norwegian Bokmål: Powell River
- Persian: پاول ریور، بریتیش کلمبیا
- Polish: Powell River
- Portuguese: Powell River
- Russian: Пауэлл-Ривер
- Russian: Пауэлл Ривер
- Serbian: Pauel River
- Serbian: Powell River, British Columbia
- Serbian: Пауел Ривер
- Sinhala: පවල් ගංගාව
- Swedish: Powell River, British Columbia
- Swedish: Powell River
- Tamil: போவெல்ல் ரிவேர்
- Telugu: పావెల్ రివర్
- Thai: พาวเวล ริเวอร์
- Turkish: Powell River
- Ukrainian: Паувел-Рівер
- Urdu: پاول ریور
- Vietnamese: Powell River
- Western Panjabi: پاول رور
- Павелл-Ривер
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In the Area
Powell River is situated close to the neighbourhoods Westview and Penticton Maze.
- CranberryNeighbourhood
- Old TownsiteNeighbourhood
- WildwoodNeighbourhood
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- Van AndaVillage
- TeeshohsumVillage
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Powell River. Photo: Webgeer, CC BY 2.0.