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Kitimat is a district municipality in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine regional government. The Kitimat Valley is part of the most populous urban district in Northwest British Columbia, which includes Terrace to the north along the Skeena River valley. The city was planned and built by the Aluminum Company of Canada ( Alcan) during the 1950s.

Kitimat's municipal area is 242.63 kmĀ² (93.69 sq mi). It is located on tidewater in one of the few wide, flat valleys on the coast of British Columbia. The 2011 census recorded 8,335 citizens.

The District of Kitimat Development Services situates the port of Kitimat as an integral part of the Northwest Corridor connecting North America to the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Rim.

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Leduc, the iron ore of Ungava, the uranium of Blind River, the aluminum smelter of Kitimat, the building of the St Lawrence Seaway, the construction of the Trans-Canada, Trans Mountain, and Westcoast Transmission pipelines - all happened to slow down at about the same time, and there were few new projects of similar stature to take their place.

As a resident of Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, an aluminum smelter town just south of the Alaska Panhandle, I was quite directly aware of the Amchitka commotion.

The fire burns on endless life-support, from Oakland to Kitimat, and Martin Perreault knows with sudden dull certainty that a course has been set for it to follow.