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31-520: The name High Level originated from the height of the land that separates the Peace and the Hay Rivers . The original location was approximately 5.6 km (3.5 mi) north of the present spot and along the old Fort Vermilion/Meander River freighting trail, serving as a stopping place, not a town. The original High Level Sports Grounds were at this location and the old trail was still visible there in

62-414: A -13.2% change from its 2011 population of 3,641. With a land area of 29.2 km (11.3 sq mi), it had a population density of 108.2/km (280.2/sq mi) in 2016. The area surrounding High Level is known for its oil reserves and forests . Two large oil and gas fields, Rainbow Lake which is located west of the town and Zama City which is located North West of the town provides services to

93-426: A subarctic climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfc ), with precipitation falling chiefly during the spring and summer, and wide temperature variations, rendering warm summers for the classification. The hottest recorded temperature, of 36.0 °C (96.8 °F) was on July 9, 2024, with the coldest recorded temperature −50.6 °C (−59.1 °F) on January 13, 1972. The name notwithstanding, this town lies at

124-550: A Nor-Alta Aviation Company in late 2015. Nor-Alta Aviation began in 1986 as Little Red Air Service, which was owned and operated by the Little Red River Cree Nation. The purpose was to provide passenger charter and air ambulance services between the communities of Fox Lake , John D'Or Prairie , and Garden River, Alberta . As the company expanded it began to offer additional charter services throughout northern Alberta and western Canada. Later, LRAS secured

155-468: A contract from the Alberta provincial government to provide air ambulance services from Fort Vermilion . Nor-Alta Aviation Leasing Inc. was formed in 2004 for the purpose of leasing aircraft to Little Red Air Service. These additional aircraft allowed LRAS to augment its air ambulance fleet and add executive charters to its list of services. In 2006 was acquired Slave Air , the two companies entered into

186-579: A land area of 28.7 km (11.1 sq mi), it had a population density of 136.7/km (353.9/sq mi) in 2021. The population of the Town High Level of according to its 2017 municipal census is 3,992, a change of 4.4% from its 2015 municipal census population of 3,823. In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Town of High Level recorded a population of 3,159 living in 1,096 of its 1,339 total private dwellings,

217-520: A low elevation for an Alberta community and the regional topography contributes to the extremes of temperature. In winter, very cold air often pools over the area. In summer, air masses originating from higher elevations warm by compression as they descend to High Level. Summer temperatures render High Level well within the vegetation zone, and winter average temperatures are less severe than further east in Canada, even at lower latitudes. High Level has

248-433: A management agreement, and Nor-Alta Aviation Leasing purchased the assets of LRAS. The new company became known as Nor-Alta Aviation , and was headed by a group of local entrepreneurs from the nearby community of La Crete . In the summer of 2010, Nor-Alta Aviation expanded its operations to Fort McMurray after the grounding of Air Mikisew . In 2015 Nor-Alta Aviation purchased Can-West Corporate Air Charters Ltd., which

279-759: A tributary of the Mackenzie River . The Finlay River , the main headwater of the Peace River, is regarded as the ultimate source of the Mackenzie River. The combined Finlay–Peace–Slave–Mackenzie river system is the 13th longest river system in the world . The regions along the river are the traditional home of the Dane-zaa people , called the Beaver by the Europeans. The fur trader Peter Pond

310-438: A variety of wildlife, including wolves, coyotes , ravens , and many types of insects. Hunters can find moose , deer , bear and geese. There are over 150 species of birds known to nest in the area. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , the Town of High Level had a population of 3,922 living in 1,313 of its 1,467 total private dwellings, a change of 24.2% from its 2016 population of 3,159. With

341-608: Is The Echo . Television is available by way of locally owned low-powered analogue repeaters of CITV-DT Edmonton (CH2807 channel 10) and CHAN-DT Vancouver (CH2808 channel 12), both owned by the High Level Community Hall Society. The cable television system, in operation for 25 years as High Level Cable, was purchased in August 2006 by Northwestel Cable. Both analog and digital formats are available for television service. High-speed Internet service

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372-471: Is 1,923 kilometres (1,195 mi) long (from the head of Finlay River to Lake Athabasca). It drains an area of approximately 302,500 square kilometres (116,800 sq mi). At Peace Point, where it drains in the Slave River , it has an annual discharge of 68.2 billion cubic metres (55.3 million acre-feet). A large man-made lake, Williston Lake , has been formed on the upper reaches by

403-660: Is also available from Northwestel. Peace River (Canada) The Peace River (French: rivière de la Paix ) is a 1,923-kilometre-long (1,195 mi) river in Canada that originates in the Rocky Mountains of northern British Columbia and flows to the northeast through northern Alberta . The Peace River joins the Athabasca River in the Peace-Athabasca Delta to form the Slave River ,

434-660: Is believed to have visited the river in 1785. In 1788 Charles Boyer of the North West Company established a fur trading post at the river's junction with the Boyer River . In 1792 and 1793, the explorer Alexander Mackenzie travelled up the river to the Continental Divide . Mackenzie referred to the river as Unjegah , from the Dane-zaa meaning "large river." The decades of hostilities between

465-517: Is not associated with Delta Air Lines ), are offered to serve the surrounding communities. Scheduled airline service is offered at High Level Airport by both Central Mountain Air and Northwestern Air ; direct flights to Edmonton, Calgary, Lloydminster, Rainbow Lake, Hay River and Fort Smith are offered daily except Saturdays. Telephone service is provided by the incumbent carrier Telus as well as Northwestel . Regional businesses are represented by

496-530: The W. A. C. Bennett Dam , was completed in 1968 and is British Columbia's largest dam and the third-largest hydroelectric facility in Canada. It supplies over 30% of British Columbia's total power demand. Engineers took advantage of the W. A. C. Bennet Dam's large reservoir storage to further develop the river with the Peace Canyon Dam opened in 1980. The Site C dam is under construction and scheduled to be finished in 2025; it will further benefit from

527-408: The oil patch . One OSB mill (which closed in 2007, and reopened in 2015 after the merger of Ainsworth and Norbord ) is located south of High Level and a dimensional lumber mill is located in the town's industrial area. High Level has the most northerly grain elevator in Canada and is a grain terminal for the large agricultural area. There are approximately 350,000 cultivated acres of farm land in

558-596: The British Columbia mainland by Europeans. The rich soils of the Peace River valley in Alberta have been producing wheat crops since the late 19th century. In the early 21st century, the BC Grain Producers Association was researching the productivity of wheat and other grain crops near Dawson Creek . The Peace River region is also an important centre of oil and natural gas production. There are also pulp and paper plants along

589-747: The Dane-zaa and the Cree , (in which the Cree dominated the Dane-zaa), ended in 1781 when a smallpox epidemic decimated the Cree. The Treaty of the Peace was celebrated by the smoking of a ceremonial pipe . The treaty made the Peace River a border, with the Dane-zaa to the North and the Cree to the South. In 1794, a fur trading post was built on the Peace River at Fort St. John ; it was the first settlement established on

620-606: The High Level and District Chamber of Commerce. High Level has three public schools and one private school. The local radio station is CKHL-FM 102.1, part of the YL Country network of stations based at CKYL in Peace River . In addition, two radio services have repeaters: CBXL 99.5 FM, carrying CBC Radio One as a repeater of CBX Edmonton, and CFKX-FM 106.1, repeating CKKX-FM from Peace River. The local newspaper

651-587: The River, from Fort Vermilion to Hudson's Hope . Approximately a dozen vessels were to navigate the river. Most of the early vessels were wood-burning steamships, fueled by wood cut from the river's shore. The last cargo vessel was the Watson's Lake , retired in 1952. Hydroelectric development began on the Peace River in 1968 and continues to be an important source of renewable energy for British Columbia's main electricity provider, BC Hydro . The river’s first dam,

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682-783: The Rockies, it nowadays flows into Dinosaur Lake, a reservoir for the Peace Canyon Dam . After the dams, the river flows east into Alberta and then continues north and east into the Peace-Athabasca Delta in Wood Buffalo National Park , at the western end of Lake Athabasca. Water from the delta flows into the Slave River east of Peace Point and reaches the Arctic Ocean via the Great Slave Lake and Mackenzie River . Communities located directly on

713-742: The construction of the W. A. C. Bennett Dam for hydroelectric power generation. Prior to its flooding, the confluence of the Finlay and Parsnip Rivers at Finlay Forks was distinct. A half mile east of that location were the half-mile long Finlay Rapids and a further seven miles east is the Peace Pass , which separates the Muskwa Ranges and the Hart Ranges of the Canadian Rockies . The only river cutting completely through

744-421: The mid 1960s. The High Level Golf & Country Club currently occupies this approximate location. For many years, High Level was known as Tloc Moi (Hay Meadow). The first fur traders arrived in this area in 1786, but it was not until 1947 that High Level was settled, with development of road access to Fort Vermilion being the primary factor in determining the town's present location. High Level's first power plant

775-485: The region and farmers transport their grains from up to 120 km (75 mi) away. The town has a council consisting of a mayor (Crystal McAteer) and six councillors (Brent Anderson, Robyn Dwyer, Terrance Jessiman, Joshua Lambert, Boyd Ernest Langford, Jan Welke). Both airplane and helicopter services are available in High Level. Due to the 'remote' location, medevac and chartered services, provided by Nor-Alta Aviation , Highland Helicopters and Delta Helicopters (which

806-843: The river banks, among them Beaver Ranch 163 , John D'Or Prairie 215 , Fox Lake 162 , Peace Point 222 and Devil's Gate 220 . Tributaries of the Peace River include: Nor-Alta Aviation CanWest Air is a charter airline based in La Crete , Alberta . Founded in 1986 as Little Red Air Service , CanWest Air provides on-demand charter services to the communities of the Little Red River Cree Nation as well as to various other companies throughout northern Alberta . Nor-Alta Aviation also provides Air Ambulance services under contract from Alberta Health Services . Nor-Alta Aviation purchased Can-West Corporate Air Charters Ltd ., and became Can-West Corporate Air Charters

837-644: The river in Alberta and British Columbia. The Peace River has two navigable sections, separated by the Vermilion Chutes , near Fort Vermilion . The first steam-powered vessel to navigate the Peace River was the Grahame , a Hudson's Bay Company vessel built at Fort Chipewyan , on Lake Athabasca . Brothers of the Oblate Order of Mary Immaculate built the St. Charles to navigate the upper reaches of

868-580: The river include: Many provincial parks and wildland reserves are established on the river, such as Butler Ridge Provincial Park , Taylor Landing Provincial Park , Beatton River Provincial Park , Peace River Corridor Provincial Park in British Columbia and Dunvegan Provincial Park , Dunvegan West Wildland Provincial Park , Peace River Wildland Provincial Park , Greene Valley Provincial Park , Notikewin Provincial Park , Wood Buffalo National Park in Alberta. A few Indian reserves are also on

899-409: The upstream dams and generate additional electrical capacity to meet British Columbia's growing demand for green energy and reduce the carbon footprint of residents. As of 2020 both the Alberta government and private producers were studying the possibility of hydroelectric development on the Alberta stretch of the river with one run-of-the-river project currently being proposed. ( MW ) This river

930-555: Was established in 1957, and a year later the first post office was built. The oil fields were discovered in the 1960s, and the Mackenzie Northern Railway was run to the area in 1963. High Level marks the northern extent of the Peace River Country , and has one of the northernmost lands suited for agriculture in Canada. It is surrounded to the north and west by muskeg tundra . High Level has

961-566: Was founded in 1988, and served Wabasca , Slave Lake and Edmonton with medevac , private and executive charters. In late 2015 Nor-Alta Aviation took on the Can-West Corporate Air Charters Ltd name as part of its takeover. Prior to the end of 2015 Can-West Corporate Air Charters Ltd. secured the purchase of Meadow Air Ltd. and their fleet of Cessna 337's. CanWest Air does not offer any scheduled air services. Frequent destinations for charter flights include

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