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Welcome to Engineer ...

Engineer is 2,600 feet [792 m] above sea level.<1> In other words, the altitude of Engineer is ½ mile above sea level.

Time Zone: Engineer lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Note: If you leave Engineer and travel west, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Alaskan Time Zone (AKST/AKDT).

Area Codes for Engineer: 250, 236, 257, 672 & 778<2>

Communities near Engineer ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Engineer.

  • Ben-My-Chree
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Scotia Bay
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Taku
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taku
  • Atlin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Discovery ‑ Historic
    (25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
  • Surprise
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Surprise

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Engineer ...

Looking for more information about Engineer? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Engineer, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Engineer.

Footnotes ...

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Engineer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<2>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 257, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Engineer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 257, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Engineer area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.