Prince Rupert is a port city in the province of

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, Canada. It is located on

Kaien Island Kaien Island is a Canadian island on the coast of British Columbia, just north of the mouth of the Skeena River and to the south of the Alaska Panhandle. The island has an area of about , is roughly oval, and about long along its long axis. The i ...

near the

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. It is the land, air, and water transportation hub of British Columbia's North Coast, and has a population of 12,300 people as of 2021.

History

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(Ts'msyen) occupation of the Prince Rupert Harbour area spans at least 5,000 years. About 1500 B.C. there was a significant population increase, associated with larger villages and house construction. The early 1830s saw a loss of Coast Tsimshian (Ts'msyen) influence in the Prince Rupert Harbour area.

Founding

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Prince Rupert replaced Port Simpson as the choice for the

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(GTP) western terminus. It also replaced

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, away on the southern bank of the

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, as the business centre for the North Coast. The GTP purchased the First Nations reserve, and received a grant from the BC government. A post office was established on November 23, 1906. Surveys and clearing, that commenced in that year, preceded the laying out of the town site. A $200,000 provincial grant financed plank sidewalks, roads, sewers and water mains. Kaien Island, which comprised damp

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overlaying solid

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, proved expensive both for developing the land for railway and town use. By 1909, the town possessed four grocery, two hardware, two men's clothing, a furniture, and several fruit and cigar stores, a wholesale drygoods outlet, a wholesale/retail butcher, two banks, the GTP Hotel and annex, and numerous lodging houses and restaurants. The first lot sales that year created a bidding war. Prince Rupert was incorporated on March 10, 1910. Although he never visited Canada, it was named after

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, the first Governor of the

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, as the result of a nationwide competition held by the Grand Trunk Railway, the prize for which was $250. With the collapse of the real estate boom in 1912, and

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, much of the company's land remained unsold. The GTP also planned a large hotel, the Château Prince Rupert, connected to a railway station and passenger ship pier, all of which went unbuilt.

Charles Melville Hays Charles Melville Hays (May 16, 1856 – April 15, 1912) was the president of the Grand Trunk Railway. He began working in the railroad business as a clerk at the age of 17 and quickly rose through the ranks of management to become the General M ...

, president of the GTP, whose business plan made little sense, was primarily responsible for the bankruptcy of the company, and the establishment of a town that would take decades to achieve even a small fraction of the promises touted. Mount Hays, the larger of two mountains on Kaien Island, is named in his honour, as is a local high school,

Charles Hays Secondary School Charles Hays Secondary School (CHSS) is a public secondary school located in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. The school serves a student population of approximately 700 students in grades 9 to 12. Besides scholastic programs, CHSS offers ...

. The

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, a listed historic place, replaced a temporary building in 1922.

20th and 21st centuries

Local politicians used the promise of a highway connected to the mainland as an incentive, and the city grew over the next several decades. US troops finally completed the road between Prince Rupert and

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during World War II to help move thousands of allied troops to the

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and the Pacific. Several forts were built to protect the city at Barrett Point and Fredrick Point. After the

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, the Canadian government planned to level off Mount Hays, the largest mountain to the southeast of the city, to allow for a potential airstrip due to its tactical location and advantage. After World War II, the fishing industry, particularly for

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and

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, and

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became the city's major industries. Prince Rupert was considered the halibut capital of the world from the opening of the Canadian Fish & Cold Storage plant in 1912 until the early 1980s. A long-standing dispute over fishing rights in the Dixon Entrance to the

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between American and Canadian fisherman led to the formation of the

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Society. The

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maintains a base in nearby

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. In 1946, the Government of Canada, through an

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, granted the

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the power to administer and maintain facilities to collect data for communications research. The

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was allotted forty positions, seven of which were in Prince Rupert. In either 1948 or 1949, Prince Rupert ceased operations, and the positions were relocated to

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, Yukon. The 1949 Queen Charlotte earthquake, with a

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of 8.1 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''severe''), broke windows and swayed buildings on August 22. In summer 1958, Prince Rupert endured a riot over racial discrimination. Ongoing discontent with heavy-handed police practices towards Aboriginals escalated to rioting during BC centennial celebrations following the arrest of an Aboriginal couple. As many as 1,000 people (one-tenth of the city's population at the time) began smashing windows and skirmishing with police. The

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was read for only the second time since Confederation. Over the years, hundreds of students were said to have largely paid their way through school by working in the lucrative fishing industry. Construction of a

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began in 1947 and it was operating by 1951. In 1958,

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industrialist Sohen Singh Gill established Prince Rupert Sawmills at the location of the old dry dock on Prince Rupert's waterfront. In the 1960s, the majority of the town's workforce was employed either in the fishery or at Gill's sawmill. The construction of coal and grain shipping terminals followed. From the 1960s into the 1980s, the city constructed many improvements, including a

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and

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centre (recently renamed "The Lester Centre of the Arts"). These developments marked the town's changes from a fishing and

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into a small city. In the 1990s, both the fishing and forestry industries suffered a significant downturn. In July 1997, Canadian fishermen blockaded the

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ferry M/V ''Malaspina'', keeping it in the port as a protest in the salmon fishing rights dispute between Alaska and British Columbia. The forest industry declined when a softwood lumber dispute arose between Canada and the USA. After the pulp mill closed, many people were unemployed, and much modern machinery was left unused. After reaching a peak of about 18,000 in the early 1990s, Prince Rupert's population began to decline, as people left in search of work. The years from 1996 to 2004 were difficult for Prince Rupert, with closure of the pulp mill, the burning down of a fish plant and a significant population decline. 2005 may be viewed as a critical turning point: the announcement of the construction of a

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in April 2005, combined with new ownership of the pulp mill, the opening in 2004 of a new

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, the resurgence of coal and grain shipping, and the prospects of increased

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and tourism may foretell a bright future for the area. The port is becoming an important trans-Pacific hub.

Geography

Prince Rupert is on

(approximately northwest of

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), just north of the mouth of

, and linked by a short bridge to the mainland. The city is along the island's northwestern shore, fronting on Prince Rupert Harbour. It lies at similar latitudes to

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and the city of

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in the northeast of

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. At the secondary western terminus of

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16 (the

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), Prince Rupert is approximately 16 km west of Port Edward, 144 km west of

, and 715 km west of Prince George.

Climate

Prince Rupert has an

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(

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''Cfb'', Trewartha ''Dolk'') and is also located in a

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. Prince Rupert is known as "The City of Rainbows", as it is Canada's wettest city. It has annual averages of precipitation ranging from at the airport to in town. In addition, on average 240 days per year receive at least some measurable precipitation, and on average there are only 1242 hours of sunshine per year, so it is regarded as the municipality in Canada that receives the least amount of sunshine annually. Tourist brochures boast about Prince Rupert's "100 days of sunshine". However,

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, receives even less sunshine, at 985 sunshine hours per year. Out of Canada's 100 largest cities, Prince Rupert has the coolest summer, with an average high of . Winters in Prince Rupert are mild by Canadian standards, with the average afternoon temperature in December, January and February being , which is the tenth warmest in Canada, surpassed only by other

cities. Summers are mild and comparatively less rainy, with an August daily mean of . Spring and autumn are not particularly well-defined; rainfall nevertheless peaks in the autumn months. Winters are chilly and damp, but warmer than most locations at a similar latitude, due to Pacific moderation: The January daily mean is , although frosts and blasts of cold Arctic air from the northeast are not uncommon.See These cold outbreaks produce the most pronounced breaks in Prince Rupert's very wet weather, replacing it with much clearer and freezing to frigid conditions. Snow amounts are moderate for Canadian standards, averaging and occurring mostly from December to March. The snow normally melts within a few days, although individual snowstorms may bring copious amounts of snow. Wind speeds are relatively strong, with prevailing winds blowing from the southeast. The highest temperature ever recorded in Prince Rupert was on 6 June 1958. The lowest temperature ever recorded was on 4 January 1965.

Demographics

In the

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conducted by

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, Prince Rupert had a population of 12,300 living in 5,072 of its 5,747 total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of 12,220. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population by age group (

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and BC Stats Population Estimates, 2004): *Under 18 years = 4,320 (28.2%) *18 – 34 years = 3,370 (22.0%) *35 – 54 years = 5,020 (32.8%) *55 – 74 years = 2,075 (13.6%) *75 years and over = 515 (3.4%) *Total = 15,300 (100.0%) *Median age = 34.8

Ethnicity

As of the

, among Canadian municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more, Prince Rupert had the highest percentage of First Nations population.

Religion

According to the 2021 census, religious groups in Prince Rupert included: *

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(6,825 persons or 56.0%) *

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(4,335 persons or 35.6%) *

Sikhism Sikhism is an Indian religion and Indian philosophy, philosophy that originated in the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent around the end of the 15th century CE. It is one of the most recently founded major religious groups, major religio ...

(415 persons or 3.4%) *

Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

(190 persons or 1.6%) *

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(165 persons or 1.4%) *

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(95 persons or 0.8%) * Indigenous Spirituality (30 persons or 0.2%) *

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(15 persons or 0.1%)

Government

Prince Rupert is part of the

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federal riding. Ellis Ross is the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding, and is a member of the Conservative Party. Prince Rupert is the largest population centre in the

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provincial riding.

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is the

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(MLA). She is a member of the

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Education

Prince Rupert is in BC School District 52 along with Port Edward. A

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campus is located at 353 5th St. that also serves as a campus for the

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Notable residents

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, former captain of the

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's Carolina Hurricanes *

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, politician: Prince Rupert City Council,

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candidate elected in the federal riding of Skeena; in 1976 she was appointed Minister of Amateur Sports. President of the Liberal Party of Canada in 1982, and served as British Columbia's

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from 2001 to 2007. * Sid Dickens, an artist, now based in Vancouver, British Columbia *

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, is an actress and singer * Gloria Macarenko, Canadian journalist, co-anchor CBC Vancouver, born and raised in Prince Rupert * John S. MacDonald, university professor, founding principal of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd * Alexander Malcolm Manson, the first lawyer in Prince Rupert, was elected in 1916 to the BC Legislature in the riding of Omineca,

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in 1921, appointed as both Attorney-General and Minister of Labour in 1922; later appointed to the BC Supreme Court. * Dan Miller, politician: elected to the Prince Rupert Electoral District, and from August 1999 through February 2000 was

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. * Thomas Dufferin "Duff" Pattullo, politician: mayor of Prince Rupert, and

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(1933 to 1941); member of the

. * Frederick Peters, former Premier of Prince Edward Island and legal partner of Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, served as City Solicitor from 1911 to 1919. *

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, CM, OBC is a painter *

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golf champion * Paul Wong, Canadian video artist, now based in

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* Don Yeomans,

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artist

Industry

Prince Rupert relies on the fishing industry, port, and tourism.

Transport

Seaport

A belief at the beginning of the 1900s that trade expansion was shifting from Atlantic to Pacific destinations, and the benefit of being closer to Asia than existing west coast ports, proved wishful. Reduced transit times to eastern North America and Europe did not outweigh the fact that rail transport has always been far more expensive than by sea. The opening of the

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in 1914 exacerbated the problem. During 1906–08, the federal government undertook a

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of the Prince Rupert harbour and approaches, finding it free of rocks or obstructions, and sufficient depth for good anchorage. Furthermore, it offered an easy entrance, fine shelter, and ample space. By 1909, a 1,500-foot wharf had been constructed. The port possesses the deepest

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-free

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in North America, and the 3rd deepest natural harbour in the world. Situated at 54° North, the harbour is the northwesternmost port in North America linked to the continent's railway network. The port is the first inbound and last outbound port of call for some

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s travelling between eastern Asia and western North America since it is the closest North American port to key Asian destinations. The CN Aquatrain barge carries rail cargo between Prince Rupert and

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Passenger ferries operating from Prince Rupert include

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' service to the

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and to

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, and Alaska Marine Highway ferries to

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and Sitka and many other ports along Alaska's

Inside Passage The Inside Passage () is a coastal route for ships and boats along a network of passages which weave through the islands on the Pacific Northwest coast of the North American Fjordland. The route extends from southeastern Alaska in the United St ...

. The Prince Rupert Ferry Terminal is co-located with the Prince Rupert railway station, from which

Via Rail Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via (stylized as VIA Rail), is a Canadian Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada. As of December 2023, Via Rail operates 406 trains per week across eight ...

offers a thrice-weekly

Jasper – Prince Rupert train Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to ...

, connecting to Prince George and

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, and through a connection with ''

The Canadian ''The Canadian'' () is a transcontinental passenger train operated by Via Rail with service between Union Station in Toronto, Ontario, and Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Pacific introduced this serv ...

'', to the rest of the continental passenger rail network. The

Prince Rupert Port Authority The Port of Prince Rupert is a seaport managed by the Prince Rupert Port Authority that occupies of land and water along of waterfront. The port is located in Prince Rupert Harbour in the North Coast Regional District of British Columbia. The ...

is responsible for the port's operation. Much of the harbour is formed by the shelter provided by Digby Island, which lies windward of the city and contains the

Prince Rupert Airport Prince Rupert Airport is an airport located west southwest of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at ...

. The city is on

and the harbour also includes Tuck Inlet, Morse Basin, Wainwright Basin, and Porpoise Harbour, as well as part of the waters of Chatham Sound which takes in Ridley Island.

Port facilities

Prince Rupert is ideally located for a port, having the deepest natural harbour depths on the continent.''"Prince Rupert Container Terminal Opening New World of Opportunities"''
– Western Economic Diversification Canada – September 12, 2007 The city's port capacity is comparable with the

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's. Unlike most west coast ports, there is little traffic congestion at Prince Rupert. Finally, the extremely mountainous nature and narrow channels of the surrounding area leaves Prince Rupert as the only suitable port location in the inland passage region. The

(PRPA) is a federally appointed agency which administers and operates various port properties on the harbour. Previously run by the National Harbours Board and subsequently the Prince Rupert Port Corporation, the PRPA is now a locally run organization. PRPA port facilities include: * Atlin Terminal * Northlands Terminal * Lightening Dock * Ocean Dock * Westview Dock * Fairview Terminal * Prince Rupert Grain * Trigon Pacific Terminals (formerly Ridley Terminals) * Sulphur Corporation All PRPA facilities are serviced by

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. The

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maintains CCG Base Seal Cove on Prince Rupert Harbour where vessels are homeported for search and rescue and maintenance of aids to navigation throughout the north coast. CCG also bases helicopters at Prince Rupert for servicing remote locations with aids to navigation, as well as operating a Marine Communications Centre, covering a large Vessel Traffic Services zone from

at the northern tip of

to the International Boundary north of Prince Rupert. Both

and the

operate ferries which call at Prince Rupert, with destinations in the

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, the

, and isolated communities along the central coast to the south.

Airport

(YPR/CYPR) is on Digby Island. Its position is , and its elevation is ) above sea level. The airport consists of one

runway In aviation, a runway is an elongated, rectangular surface designed for the landing and takeoff of an aircraft. Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt concrete, asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (sod, ...

, one passenger terminal, and two aircraft stands. Access to the airport is typically achieved by a bus connection that departs from downtown Prince Rupert (Highliner Hotel) and travels to Digby Island by ferry. The airport is served by

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from

Vancouver International Airport Vancouver International Airport is an international airport located on Sea Island (British Columbia), Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Richmond, British Columbia, serving the city of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland region. It is lo ...

(YVR). Prince Rupert is also served by the Prince Rupert/Seal Cove Water Aerodrome, a

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facility with regularly scheduled, as well as chartered, flights to nearby villages and remote locations.

Railway

has a mainline that runs to Prince Rupert from

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. At Valemount, the Prince Rupert mainline joins the CN mainline from

. Freight traffic on the Prince Rupert mainline consists primarily of grain, coal, wood products, chemicals, and as of 2007, containers. As the renovations at the Port of Prince Rupert continue, traffic on CN will steadily rise in future years. Freight capacity was upgraded in 2024. In addition, a three times weekly

operated by

connects Prince Rupert with Prince George and

. Running during daylight hours to allow passengers to be able to see the scenery along the entire route; the service takes two days and requires an overnight hotel stay in Prince George. The route ends in Jasper and connects passengers with Via's

, which runs between

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and

Communications

Telephone, mobile, and Internet service are provided by

CityWest Citywest () is a suburban development on the southwestern periphery of Dublin, originally developed as a "business campus." It contains a large hotel with a convention centre, a small shopping centre and a small but expanding residential eleme ...

(formerly CityTel). CityWest is owned by the City of Prince Rupert. CityWest provides long-distance telephone service, as does

Telus Telus may refer to: * Telus Corporation, a Canadian publicly traded holding company ** Telus Communications, a telecommunications company ** Telus Digital, a technology company ** Telus Health, a health technology provider ** Telus Mobility T ...

. In September 2005, the city changed CityTel from a city department into an independent corporation named CityWest. The new corporation immediately purchased the local cable company, Monarch Cablesystems, expanding CityWest's customer base to other northwest

communities. Since January 2008,

Rogers Communications Rogers Communications Inc. is a Canadian communications and media company operating primarily in the fields of wireless communications, cable television, telephony and Internet, with significant additional telecommunications and mass media ass ...

has offered

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and

EDGE Edge or EDGE may refer to: Technology Computing * Edge computing, a network load-balancing system * Edge device, an entry point to a computer network * Adobe Edge, a graphical development application * Microsoft Edge, a web browser developed by ...

service in the area—the first real competition to CityWest's virtual monopoly. Rogers offers local numbers based in Port Edward (prefix 600), which is in the local calling zone for the Prince Rupert area. The introduction of Rogers service forced Citywest to form a partnership with

Bell Canada Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of Verdun, Quebec, in Canada. It is an ILEC (incumbent local exchange carrier) in the province ...

to bring digital services to Citywest Mobility, using

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. In December 2013, CityWest and

TELUS Telus may refer to: * Telus Corporation, a Canadian publicly traded holding company ** Telus Communications, a telecommunications company ** Telus Digital, a technology company ** Telus Health, a health technology provider ** Telus Mobility T ...

announced it was transitioning out of the cellular business over 2014 and would partner with TELUS to bring CityWest wireless customers onto TELUS' 4G wireless network.

Media

Radio

* AM 860 –

CFPR CFPR is a Canadian radio station, airing at 860 AM in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. It is part of the CBC Radio One network. History CFPR first aired in 1936 on 580 AM, as a private CBC Radio affiliate owned by Northwest Broadcast & Service ...

CBC Radio One CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial-free and offers local and national programming. It is available on AM and FM to 98 percent o ...

* FM 98.1 – VF2119, classic rock (repeats

CFNR-FM CFNR-FM is a Canadian radio station based in Terrace, British Columbia, owned and operated by Northern Native Broadcasting (Terrace). The station operates at 92.1 FM from the station headquarters in Terrace. The programming reflects and is broadc ...

, Terrace) * FM 99.1 –

CHTK-FM CHTK-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a classic hits format at 99.1 FM in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The station is branded as ''99.1 Coast FM''. CHTK is owned by Vista Radio. The station has been broadcasting at its current ...

EZ Rock EZ Rock was a brand of adult contemporary radio stations heard primarily in Canada. The branding was originally created by Telemedia in the mid-1990s for its AC stations, and based on the call sign of its former Toronto flagship CJEZ-FM (now ...

99.1 * FM 100.7 – CIAJ-FM,

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

programming * FM 101.9 – CJFW-FM-2,

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

(repeats CJFW-FM,

)

Television

* Channel 6 – CFTK-TV-1,

CTV 2 CTV 2 is a Television in Canada, Canadian English language, English-language television system owned by the Bell Media subsidiary of BCE Inc. The system consists of four terrestrial owned-and-operated station, owned-and-operated television stat ...

(repeats

CFTK-TV CFTK-TV ( analogue channel 3) is a television station in Terrace, British Columbia, Canada, airing CTV 2 programming. Owned and operated by Bell Media, it is part of the Great West Television system. CFTK-TV's studios are located on Lazelle Ave ...

, Terrace)

Newspapers

* '' Prince Rupert Daily News'',

daily newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

, (1911–2010) * ''The Northern View'', local

weekly newspaper Weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspap ...

, 2006–present, owned by

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* ''The Northern Connector'', regional weekly newspaper covering Prince Rupert, Kitimat and Terrace areas, 2006–present, owned by Black Press

Tourist attractions

Prince Rupert is a central point on the

, a route of relatively sheltered waters running along the Pacific coast from

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. Due to the

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, many cruise ships visit during the summer ''en route'' between Alaska to the north and Seattle and the

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to the south. Prince Rupert is also the starting point for many wildlife viewing trips, including whales, eagles, salmon and grizzly bears. The Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear sanctuary features one of the densest remaining populations in North America; tours can be arranged by water, air (using

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s) or land departing from Prince Rupert.

Neighbouring communities

By virtue of location, Prince Rupert is the gateway to many destinations: * Dodge Cove (, west) * Metlakatla (, west) * Port Edward (, south) *

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(Port Simpson) (, northwest) * Oona River (, southwest) *

Kitkatla The Gitxaala (), or ''Gitlaxmoon'' are one of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian people, located on the Northwest Coast of British Columbia, and inhabit the village of Lax Klan. 'Gitlaxmoon'' ("people of the saltwater")'' in recognition of their coas ...

(, south) * Kisumkalum (, east) *

Kitselas Kitselas () are one of the 14 tribes of the Tsimshian nation of British Columbia, in northwestern Canada. The original name ''Gits'ilaasü'' means "people of the canyon." The tribe is situated at Kitselas, British Columbia, at the upper end of ...

(, east) *

(, east) * Thornhill (, east) *

Hartley Bay Hartley Bay is a First Nations community on the coast of British Columbia. The village is located at the mouth of Douglas Channel, about north of Vancouver and south of Prince Rupert. It is an isolated village accessible only by air and wa ...

(, southeast) The

are to the west of Prince Rupert, across the

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is north of Prince Rupert.

In popular culture

The book '' Unmarked: Landscapes Along Highway 16'', written by Sarah de Leeuw, includes an essay about Prince Rupert entitled "Highway of Monsters". Ra McGuire of the band Trooper wrote the song "Santa Maria" on a boat in Prince Rupert's Harbour.

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, the protagonist of the

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series

Mobile Suit Gundam , also retrospectively known as ''First Gundam'', ''Gundam 0079'' or simply ''Gundam '79'', is a Japanese anime television series produced by Nippon Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Na ...

, was born and raised in Prince Rupert. In 2024, former Prince Rupert city councillor Blair Mirau released a book about the history of the city and region titled ''The City of Rainbows: A Colourful History of Prince Rupert'', published by Heritage House.

Notes

References

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External links

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