Thornhill, British Columbia

For another place, see Thornhill, Maple Ridge.

Thornhill
Thornhill Location of Thornhill in British Columbia
Coordinates: 54°30′44″N 128°32′18″W
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Area code(s)	250, 778

Skeena River and part of Thornhill, BC from Terrace Mountain

The community of Thornhill is an unincorporated settlement of approximately 4,500 people on the east side of the Skeena River immediately across from the City of Terrace, British Columbia. It is connected to Terrace by the Old Skeena Bridge and the Dudley Little Bridge also known as 'the new bridge'.
Thornhill has an independent volunteer Firefighting detachment and an educational system consisting of the schools: Thornhill Primary, Thornhill Elementary, and Thornhill Junior Secondary School, sustaining a combined total of approximately 700 students from kindergarten to Grade 10.

Integration with Terrace

Because of its contiguousness with Terrace along the Highway 16 corridor, many visitors and newcomers to the area consider Thornhill a part of Terrace. However, its government is an electoral director's seat on the Kitimat-Stikine Regional District Board and it is not officially represented on Terrace City Council. There have been discussions about developing a more independent system of local government in Thornhill (i.e. Incorporation) or amalgamating with the larger City of Terrace. Terrace and Thornhill currently share the V8G postal code FSA, 250 area code and most phone number prefixes (635, 638, 615, 631 and 641 in order of introduction). High speed cable internet also provides "Home Phone" services with prefix 778, used in various locations throughout British Columbia (see Wikipedia "Area codes 778 and 236). Although mail is properly addressed as being directed to Thornhill, BC specifically, Terrace is frequently used by residents and visitors alike.
Thornhill relies on Terrace for medical and policing services, as well as high school completion.

External links

• Map of Thornhill (Google Maps)
• Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine
• Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department