Williams Lake, British Columbia

Williams Lake is the hub of the Cariboo in central British Columbia, on Secwepemc territory within the ancestral lands of the T'exelcemc, about 240 km south of Prince George, and the largest city in the Cariboo Regional District. The City runs City Hall at 450 Mart Street, property taxes with residential water, sewer and landfill charges billed on the tax notice, its own well-water system and sanitary sewers, roads and snow clearing, curbside garbage and recycling carts, the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex with the West Fraser Aquatic Centre and twin arenas, parks and the River Valley Trail, the Williams Lake Regional Airport, the cemetery, dog licences and bylaw services, building permits and business licences, and the Williams Lake Fire Department. The Cariboo Regional District runs the Central Cariboo Transfer Station and the regional library, and shares the VoyentAlert emergency notification system; BC Transit runs the local buses with the City; the Williams Lake RCMP detachment polices the city; health care is Interior Health at Cariboo Memorial Hospital; schools are School District 27 Cariboo-Chilcotin; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.