Quesnel, British Columbia

Quesnel ( IPA: /kɪˈnɛl/ or /kwɪˈnɛl/ ) is the most populous city in the Cariboo, a ceremonial county in northern British Columbia, Canada. It is the seat of Quesnel County, the Cariboo's most populous administrative county. In 2020 it had an estimated population of 332,540, and an estimated metropolitan population of 556,490, almost one-quarter that of the Cariboo.

Located nearly evenly between the cities of Prince George and Williams Lake, it is on the main route to northern British Columbia and the Yukon, and is the largest urban centre between Prince George and Kamloops. Quesnel is located at the confluence of the Fraser and Quesnel Rivers.

Quesnel is a sister city to Shiraoi, Japan. Quesnel hosted the 2000 British Columbia Winter Games, an annual provincial amateur sports competition. To the east of Quesnel is Wells, Barkerville and Bowron Lake Provincial Park, a popular canoeing destination in the Cariboo Mountains.