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Powell River (other)
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Powell River may refer to: Places * Powell River (British Columbia), a river on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia in Canada * Powell River, British Columbia, a city in Canada ** Powell River Airport * Powell River Regional District, a regional district in British Columbia, Canada * Powell River School District, a school board on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada * Powell River (Tennessee River), a tributary of the Clinch River in the United States Other uses * Powell River Company (1908–1959), a forestry company that merged into what is now ''MacMillan Bloedel'' * , a class of ferry operated by BC Ferries See also * * Powell (other) * River (other) A river is a flowing body of water. River may also refer to: Places * River, Indiana, former name of San Pierre, US *River, Kent, a village and civil parish in Kent, England * River, West Sussex, a hamlet in England * River Township, Red Lake Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powell River (British Columbia)
The Powell River is a river in the northern Sunshine Coast (British Columbia), Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada that flows a short distance through the eponymous city of Powell River, British Columbia to enter the Salish Sea. It is one of the shortest rivers in the world, measuring 500 Meters in length. Name origin Along with Powell Lake, it was named for Dr. Israel Wood Powell (British Columbia politician), Israel Wood Powell, a medical doctor and educator who was a veteran of the Cariboo Gold Rush. Dr. Powell was Commissioner for Indian Affairs for British Columbia from 1873 to 1881. See also *List of British Columbia rivers References Powell River, British Columbia Rivers of the Pacific Ranges New Westminster Land District {{BritishColumbiaCoast-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powell River, British Columbia
Powell River is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait, which is part of the larger Georgia Strait between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. With two intervening long, steep-sided fjords inhibiting the construction of a contiguous road connection with Vancouver to the south, geographical surroundings explain Powell River's remoteness as a community, despite relative proximity to Vancouver and other populous areas of the BC Coast. The city is the location of the head office of the qathet Regional District. History The Powell River was named for Israel Wood Powell, Powell was B.C.'s first superintendent for Indian Affairs and a chief architect of colonial policies including residential schools and the banning of the Potlatch. He was traveling up the coast of BC in the 1880s and the river and lake were named after him. Powell River is named after Israel Wood Powell d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powell River Airport
Powell River Airport is located adjacent to Powell River, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... In 2011, the airport had approximately 39,422 passenger departures and arrivals. Airlines and destinations References External links Certified airports in British Columbia Powell River, British Columbia {{BritishColumbia-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powell River Regional District
The qathet Regional District (, qRD) is a regional district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its only incorporated municipality is the City of Powell River, although it includes a number of unincorporated areas. The district encompasses a land area of . The district was formerly known as the Powell River Regional District. Because of frequent confusion between the identical names of Powell River district and city, the district's name was changed in 2018 to qathet, from ', meaning "working together, bringing together" in the Comox language of the Tla'amin Nation. Geography The district is bounded by the mainland portion of the Strathcona Regional District to the north, and to the east by the Squamish-Lillooet and Sunshine Coast Regional Districts. On the mainland, this includes the area southeast of Powell River to the ferry terminal at Saltery Bay and northwest of Powell River to Desolation Sound and the terminus of Highway 101 in Lund. Lasqueti Island and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powell River School District
School District 47 Powell River is a school district in British Columbia that is situated on the northern tip of the Sunshine Coast in the qathet Regional District. It provides public education to approximately 3,000 students in six elementary schools (Grades K-7), one secondary school (Grades 8-12), an alternate school and a Distributed Learning Program to support home-learning families called Partners in Education (PIE). SD47 has an elected board for five school trustees - Dale Lawson (Chairperson), Jaclyn Miller (Vice-Chairperson), Rob Hill (Trustee), Maureen Mason (Trustee), Kirsten Van't Schip (Trustee). Schools See also *List of school districts in British Columbia This is a list of school districts in British Columbia. British Columbia in Canada is divided into 60 school districts which administer publicly funded education until the end of grade 12 in local areas or, in the case of francophone education, acr ... Powell River, British Columbia 47 {{BritishColu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powell River (Tennessee River)
The Powell River is a 195-mile-long river in the United States that rises in Southwest Virginia and flows southwest into East Tennessee. The South Fork of the river rises in rural Wise County, Virginia, near the Laurel Grove community northwest of Norton and flows for several miles before the confluence with Roaring Fork in the Kent Junction community. From Kent Junction the river flows until it meets the North Fork of the River near Woodway, Virginia. The North Folk originates near Keokee, Virginia. The river flows past Big Stone Gap, Virginia and then runs nearly the entire length of Lee County, Virginia. It drains approximately 954 square miles (2,471 km2) in both Virginia and Tennessee before reaching its confluence with the Clinch River in the Norris Lake reservoir at the site of the town of Grantsboro. The Powell River was named for Ambrose Powell who accompanied the exploration party of Dr. Thomas Walker in the mid-18th century. Legend has it that his name app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powell River Company
MacMillan Bloedel Limited, sometimes referred to as "MacBlo", was a Canadian forestry company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was formed through the merger of three smaller forestry companies in 1951 and 1959. Those were the Powell River Company, the Bloedel Stewart Welch Company, and the H.R. MacMillan Company. It was bought by Weyerhaeuser of Federal Way, Washington in 1999. Powell River Company In 1908 two American entrepreneurs, Dr. Dwight Brooks and Michael Scanlon, created a newsprint mill at Powell River, northwest of Vancouver. The Powell River Company turned out the first roll of newsprint manufactured in British Columbia in 1912. It soon became one of the world's largest newsprint plants and today is credited with introducing the first self-dumping log barge to British Columbia. Bloedel, Stewart and Welch In 1911 Julius Bloedel, a Seattle lawyer, along with his two partners, John Stewart and Patrick Welch, began acquiring large blocks of Vancouve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powell (other)
Powell may refer to: People * Powell (surname) * Powell (given name) * Powell baronets, several baronetcies * Colonel Powell (other), several military officers *General Powell (other), several military leaders *Governor Powell (other), several governors *Justice Powell (other), several judges * Major Powell (other), several military officers *Secretary Powell (other), several officials *Senator Powell (other), several senators Places * Powell Butte (other), several hills * Powell County (other), several counties * Powell Creek (other), several watercourses * Mount Powell (other) or Powell Mountain, several mountains * Powell River (other), several watercourses * Powell Township (other), several townships Antarctica * Powell Island, South Orkney Islands Maldives * Powell Islands, Raa Atoll, Maldives United States * Powell, Alabama, a town in DeKalb County * P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
