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District municipality in British Columbia, Canada
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Chetwynd is a small town of 2,500 (2016) in the Peace Country and Northern Rockies region of British Columbia. It acts as the gateway to the Peace River Country. Chetwynd has dozens of chainsaw carvings displayed throughout town as public art. It is home to a Northern Lights College campus. Nearby, there are four provincial parks, two lakes, and several recreational trails.
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A public art program, started in 1987, showcases over 120 chainsaw carvings spread throughout town with a downtown monument that declares Chetwynd the "Chainsaw Sculpture Capital of the World". The town's first annual chainsaw carving contest was held in June 2005.
Located in one of the town's oldest buildings (a converted post office dating to 1949) displays artifacts and re-creations of the town's frontier times, and nostalgia pieces from the construction of infrastructure through the Rocky Mountains.
Go on a tour of this dam including the turbine room. The W.A.C. Bennett Dam is one of the world's largest earth-fill structures.
Located in the Pine Pass area of the Northern Rockies of British Columbia’s Northeastern Interior. It is the only year-round destination alpine resort in North America found alongside a major route (Highway 97). Ranked #3 in all of North America, the area boasts the best snow quality of all Canadian ski hills.
Located about 30 minutes drive away, roughly half way between Chetwynd and Tumbler Ridge, see listing under Tumbler Ridge.
Shopping in Chetwynd is somewhat concentrated along this street and streets running off it.
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The downtown core lies just west of the intersection of Highway 97 and Highway 29. Chetwynd's internal street network uses the highway as its main arterial road with parallel frontage roads for local trips.
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