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AMHS's Wickersham @ Fairview Terminal, Prince Rupert - c1970 [photo BC Govt Dept of Travel Industry #14727 - VueScan] crop - D. O. Thorne Collection Author Jim from Kitimat, BC, Canada
The Port of Prince Rupert is a seaport managed by the Prince Rupert Port Authority that occupies 667,731 hectares (1,650,000 acres) of land and water along 20 kilometres (12 miles) of waterfront. The port is located in Prince Rupert Harbour in the North Coast Regional District of British Columbia .
Prince Rupert has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb, Trewartha Dolk) and is also located in a temperate rainforest. Prince Rupert is known as "The City of Rainbows", [24] as it is Canada's wettest city, with 2,620 mm (103 in) of annual precipitation on average, of which 2,530 mm (100 in) is rain. In addition, 240 days per year receive at least ...
Set up in 1960 to provide a similar service to that provided by the Black Ball Line and the Canadian Pacific Railway, which were affected by job action at the time, BC Ferries has become the largest passenger ferry line in North America, [2] operating a fleet of 41 vessels with a total passenger and crew capacity of over 27,000, serving 47 ...
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First ship to sail up the western shore of Oahu. [26] Frances Barkley was the first woman to visit and first to write about British Columbia. [25] Inlander: Joseph Bucey 1910-11 John Bonser 1911-12 sternwheeler: Canada: Prince Rupert and Skeena River Navigation Company 1910-1912 abandoned at Port Essington: last sternwheeler on Skeena River ...
During World War II, Fairview Point played an important role in the defence of the Port of Prince Rupert and its associated CNR railhead. "A late and important addition to Prince Rupert's coast defences was the joint Canadian-US enterprise at Fairview Point, a mile south of the city limits.
SS Princess Sophia, circa 1912. The Princess fleet is an eponym for the coastal vessels of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in the first half of the 20th century. [1] The names of these small ocean liners began with the title "Princess."