Fort Nelson is a small community in the far northeastern corner of British Columbia, located where the Alaska Highway intersects with the Fort Nelson River near its confluence with several major tributaries. Sitting at an elevation of roughly 380 metres on the Fort Nelson Lowlands, the community is surrounded by boreal forest and serves as a service hub for the surrounding oil and gas industry, as well as a waypoint for travellers heading north toward the Yukon. The region experiences some of the most extreme temperature swings in Canada, with winters regularly reaching below -40°C and summers occasionally climbing above 35°C. The nearby Stone Mountain Provincial Park and Muncho Lake Provincial Park are accessible via the Alaska Highway and draw visitors with dramatic mountain scenery, wildlife, and backcountry opportunities. Fort Nelson is one of the most remote communities of its size in the province, and the surrounding wilderness — marked by rivers, wetlands, and spruce forest — defines much of daily life in the area.