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The Canadian Fishing Company Ltd. become new owners of NPC in January 1972 One canning line restored for one season due to fire destroying Canadian Fishing Company in Prince Rupert: 1979 North Coast Marine Museum Society formed; created in order to sponsor the restoration of NPC 1980 British Columbia Packers Ltd. purchase NPC plant 1981
A humpback whale was freed from over 50 ropes and fishing gear in a four-day rescue off the western Canadian coast. ... off of the coast of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada during a rescue ...
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 ...
The Prince Rupert fall out was enormous and caused two of the UFAWU leaders Homer Stevens and Steve Stavenes to go to jail for acting against court orders to force its members back to work. The strike however did give the rest of the province time to sign trawling agreements which in turn bettered the fishing industry.
Another large fishing cooperative located in Prince Rupert on the northern coast of British Columbia was the Prince Rupert Fishermen's Co-operative Association. [3] Its leaders became important figures in the Canadian movement generally and its general manager, Ken Harding, became an international leader in the cooperative fishing world. [3]
For more than 35 years, from 1923 to 1958, the Union steamship Cardena sailed the British Columbia Coast, carrying passengers, groceries, dry goods, industrial cargo, mail and sundry other supplies to the 200 or so mining, logging and fishing communities that once dotted the province's coastline during the early years of the 20th century.
The Prince Rupert Port Authority was created on May 1, 1999 and succeeds the Prince Rupert Port Corporation (PRPC). Prince Rupert was among 8 national ports in Canada which implemented this administrative change on this date, as required by the Canada Marine Act which passed on June 11, 1998. PRPC was the successor to the National Harbours ...
Canada: Max. length: 89 km (55 mi) Max. width: 5 km (3.1 mi) ... Sockeye salmon, Rainbow trout, Lake trout, and Burbot are of importance regarding recreational fishing.