Back ويليامز ليك (كولومبيا البريطانية) Arabic Williams Lake (lungsod) CEB Williams Lake (British Columbia) German Williams Lake, Kolombiyay Britanya DIQ Williams Lake (Columbia Británica) Spanish ویلیامز لیک، بریتیش کلمبیا Persian Williams Lake French Williams Lake Italian ウィリアムズ・レイク Japanese Williams Lake Kurdish
Williams Lake | |
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| City of Williams Lake | |
 Williams Lake's welcome sign | |
| Nickname(s): BC's Stampede Capital, Mural Capital of the Cariboo Chilcotin | |
  Williams Lake Location in British Columbia | |
| Coordinates: 52°07′45″N 122°08′24″W / 52.12917°N 122.14000°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Region | Cariboo |
| Regional district | Cariboo |
| Incorporated | 1929 |
| Government | |
| • Governing body | Williams Lake City Council |
| • Mayor | Surinderpal Rathor |
| • Chief Administrative Officer | Gary Muraca |
| Area | |
| • Land | 33.13 km2 (12.79 sq mi) |
| • Census agglomeration | 2,656.73 km2 (1,025.77 sq mi) |
| • Population centre | 40.36 km2 (15.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 586 m (1,923 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 10,947 |
| • Density | 327.0/km2 (847/sq mi) |
| • Census agglomeration | 23,608 |
| • Census agglomeration density | 7.0/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| • Population centre | 11,906 |
| • Population centre density | 307.4/km2 (796/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area code(s) | 250, 778, 236, 672 |
| Highways |  Highway 97 Highway 20 |
| Website | williamslake |
Williams Lake is a city in the Central Interior of British Columbia, in the central part of a region known as the Cariboo. Williams Lake is one of the largest cites, by population of metropolitan area, in the Cariboo after neighbouring Quesnel.[3] The city is famous for the Williams Lake Stampede, which was once the second largest professional rodeo in Canada, after only the Calgary Stampede.[4]
- ^ Canada, Government of Canada, Statistics. "Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Facts & Figures - Williams Lake, BC - Official Website". www.williamslake.ca. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts, 2016 Census". Statistics Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ "Williams Lake". GoldRushTrail.ca. Retrieved October 28, 2019.