Houston - British Columbia

Roadside attractions: world's largest fly fishing rod; a bull rider; the world's largest sawmill; and a memorial to the steelhead fish
located near the confluence of the Bulkley and Morice Rivers
named Steelhead Capital, for a subspecies of rainbow trout
Steelhead Provincial Park
murals on downtown buildings
rock climbing
walking trails
cross-country skiing, snowmobiling and snowshoeing
car sightseeing tours, including Circle Tour of Northern BC, the Inside Passage Tour and the Native Heritage Tour

Formerly known as Pleasant Valley, the town was re-named after John Houston, a champion of the working man, in a contest, even though he never lived there. The name Steelhead Capital is also used due to the presence of the somewhat endangered oceangoing form of rainbow trout and the prevalence of fly-fishing. Fishing is good in the extensive river and lakes system, including the Bulkley and Morice Rivers, which run together near the townsite.

For a town of about 4,000 Houston has a large number of roadside visitor attractions. The world's largest fly fishing rod is here, as are a chainsaw wood sculpture honouring bull rider. Robbie Bell, a genuine sawmill, the world's largest, built in 2003 by Canfor and a sculpture of the steelhead in Steelhead Provincial Park.