Stock photo The area
A town at the head of a long channel
Kitimat sits where the Coast Mountains run out of room and the Douglas Channel begins — a working town, and a good base for the country around it.
Stock photo The area
Kitimat sits where the Coast Mountains run out of room and the Douglas Channel begins — a working town, and a good base for the country around it.
Kitimat, British Columbia
Kitimat is a planned town on British Columbia's north coast, laid out in the 1950s around an aluminium smelter and now home to an LNG export terminal as well. Deep water, heavy industry and steep forested mountains, all in the same view.
A deep coastal inlet running south-west to the open Pacific. It is why the port is here, and why the town has ocean at the end of a mountain valley.
Aluminium and liquefied natural gas ship out of Kitimat. Plenty of the people who stay in town are here for work — shifts, projects, contracts, rotations.
The Coast Mountains close in on every side. Among the things the lodge lists on its doorstep are premium bike trails — the town rides.
Kitimat is reached by Highway 37, which runs south from Terrace and Highway 16. The regional airport serving both towns is at Terrace.
Out the front door
Most places say “central”. Albatross Lodge names what it is central to — and this is the full list, exactly as the lodge gives it:
Walking times, distances and the names of the trails are not published, so they are not on this page. Ask the lodge — they live there.
Stock photo Reasons people need a bed in Kitimat
A furnished private suite with a gym and a bus stop nearby is a different kind of week from a room with nothing around it. Ask about longer stays.
Family in town, someone in hospital, a wedding or a funeral. Being near the hospital and in the middle of town matters more on those trips than anything else.
Kitimat is the end of Highway 37, not a place you drive through by accident. If you have come this far, it is worth a proper night's sleep.
Kitimat, BC V8C 1P9
Centrally located near the local hospital and firehall. Call ahead for directions and arrival details — and to check that a suite is free for your dates.