Kitimat

American  

[kit-uh-mat] / ˈkɪt əˌmæt /

noun

1. a seaport on the coast of W British Columbia, in SW Canada.

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Example Sentences

Now, he is fast-tracking approval of the expansion of a liquefied natural-gas export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

The 415-mile-long Coastal GasLink pipeline is designed to initially export 2.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas each day to Kitimat, located southeast of Prince Rupert.

From Washington Times • Mar. 16, 2021

Energy company TransCanada is attempting to build the Coastal GasLink, a 670km line stretching from Dawson Creek to the coastal city of Kitimat.

From The Guardian • Jan. 7, 2019

One large LNG export terminal in the northern town of Kitimat is expected to add some 3.45 million tonnes of carbon to the province’s total emissions once operations begin in the mid-2020s.

From Reuters • Dec. 5, 2018

Northern Gateway Another Enbridge project, the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline would take 500,000 barrels per day of tar sands oil 731 miles in a different direction—to Kitimat, B.C., on Canada’s West Coast, from Edmonton.

From Scientific American • Mar. 30, 2015