Cassiar

Cassiar is a city in northwestern British Columbia. It is the seat of the Cassiar-Stikine Regional District.

Commerce
The main industries in Cassiar are mining of asbestos (Cassiar Chrysotile), gold (Erickson Gold), chromite (Imperial Metals), and jade.

Air
Cassiar International Airport (IATA: XCA, ICAO: BCCA) is a hub for Northern Thunderbird Air, who, along with Air BC, Hawkair, and Pacific Western Airlines, offer scheduled domestic flights to Vancouver, Victoria, and various destinations in northern BC; Northern Thunderbird also operate flights from Cassiar to Edmonton, Whitehorse, and Yellowknife in Canada.

Rail
Cassiar is served by four stations along BC Rail's Cassiar Central Line. In addition to freight services, BC Rail operate Limited Express and Local passenger services that call at these stations. The Klondike Limited (Trains 121/122) runs thrice weekly between Prince George and Whitehorse, Yukon, the Aurora Borealis (Trains 123/124) - a joint operation with VIA Rail of Canada - runs weekly between Edmonton, Alberta and Whitehorse, and the Alaska Limited (Trains 191/192) - operated jointly with the Alaska Railroad - runs weekly between Seattle, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska; these Limited Express trains call only at Cassiar Station. There are also two Local services that run twice daily in each direction calling at all stations, Trains 8201.1-2/8202.1-2: between Kluakaz and Cassiar, and Trains 8301.1-2/8302.1-2 between Cassiar and Whitehorse.

Road
The Stikine Highway (BC Highway 37) runs through Cassiar.

Football
Cassiar City FC are the only professional sports club in Cassiar. Presently playing in the Northwest Football Championship, their home is the multipurpose Erickson Gold Stadium, which has a capacity of 4,420 spectators. They entered the BC Football League in 1930 and played at all levels, including 21 seasons in Division One, until they were relegated from Division Three in 2009. Since then, they returned to Division Three in 2014 and 2018, but were relegated again after a single season. They won the Division Two championship in 1936, the Division Three championship in 1960, the Northwest Football Championship in 1929 and 2017, and, unusually, the Northeast Football Championship in 2013. They have reached the Final of the BC FA Cup on five occasions, winning the Cup in 1948 and 1981, and losing in 1938, 1953, and 1980.