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56 INVEST in BC 2 0 2 3 Official Publication of the BC Economic Development Association. In special partnership with BCBusiness. NORTHEAST ▷ Chetwynd ▷ Dawson Creek ▷ Fort Nelson ▷ Fort St. John ▷ Hudson's Hope ▷ Pouce Coupe ▷ Taylor ▷ Tumbler Ridge SHARE OF B.C. POPULATION 1.4% F ew southerners stop to think of it this way, but British Columbia is a prairie province. About one-sixth of B.C.'s land mass lies east of the Continental Divide, from the front ranges of the Rocky Mountains down to the rolling plains of the Peace River Country, where most of B.C.'s grain and canola is grown. The Northeast's economy is buoyed by its key industry of oil and gas exploration and production, with the agriculture, metallurgical coal mining, and forest industries playing supplementary roles. Natural gas output from the gigantic Montney, Horn River and Liard Basin shale formations is expected to only grow, especially once the Coastal Gaslink pipeline and LNG Canada terminal are operational in 2025. These megaprojects will end up diverting the equivalent of one-third of Canada's current natural gas production to previously Energizing B.C. BOT TOM: BC HYDRO Sustained by energy and agriculture, the Peace Country runs a little differently from the rest of the province SWITCHING ON: The prospect of LNG exports in 2025 bodes well for natural gas producers (above); the Site C dam (below) will begin generating electricity the same year