Northern British Columbia 2008 Travel Guide

North West BRITISH COLUMBIA Explore the outstanding collections of the Museum of Northern B.C., housed in a magnificent, northwest coaststyled longhouse. Take a tour, and drop by its excellent gift shop. Watch First Nations artists at work in the carving shed in the Museum of Northern B.C., and experience Northwest Coast performance art in its new longhouse. Pay tribute to the mariners of Prince Rupert at Pacific Mariners’ Memorial Park. It features a statue, memorial wall and the Kazu Maru – a small fishing vessel that was found drifting near the Queen Charlotte Islands in 1987. Investigation revealed that the abandoned craft came from Owase, the Japanese sister city of Prince Rupert. Its owner had taken it for a day of fishing, and was never seen again. Visit the Kwinitsa Railway Museum, for a glimpse of Prince Rupert’s journey from tent town at the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway terminus, to vital city in the 1920s. Explore Prince Rupert’s history of fire-fighting and law enforcement, and view a restored 1925 REO Speedwagon fire engine, at the Firehall Museum. Explore the community, searching out the many totem poles erected at public buildings and sprinkled through city parks. Explore the sophisticated galleries, boutiques, restaurants, cafes and shops of Cow Bay, a busy harbour and cosmopolitan shopping district. Visit the North Coast Artists’ Cooperative in the Atlin Terminal at Cow Bay, and take in a show at Prince Rupert’s state-of-the-art Performing Arts Centre. Enjoy a quiet moment in the tranquil, volunteer-maintained Sunken Garden, which faces the provincial courthouse built in 1923. Explore the lush coastal rainforest in nearby provincial parks, such as Prudhomme Lake and Diana Lake. Complete exceptional, short hikes in McClymont and Moresby parks. Enjoy interpretive trails at Butze Rapids and Grassy Bay, view dwarfed, bonsai-like trees at Oliver Lake, and stroll lovely trails within the city itself. Challenge your golf skills at the 18-hole Prince Rupert Golf Course – but try not to get distracted by the gorgeous views! Find out more: Call Tourism Prince Rupert at 1-800-6671994 or visit www.tourismprincerupert.com Port Edward Located at the mouth of the salmon-rich Skeena, Port Edward is home to about 775 people. For a century beginning in the 1880s, Port Edward and adjoining Inverness Passage were home to several thriving fish canneries, providing thousands of seasonal jobs to a multicultural work force of fishermen, boat builders and cannery workers. The area’s unique history lives on at a fascinating national heritage site: the North Pacific Historic Fishing Village, well worth the 12-km side-trip from Prince Rupert. What to see and do in Port Edward Tour the North Pacific Historic Fishing Village, May to October. Enjoy walk-through displays, working antique equipment, authentic houses, wooden boardwalks, a company store, café, live entertainment and on-site accommodation. Picnic, swim and canoe at Diana Lake Provincial Park, just off Highway 16. Watch spawning salmon here August to September. Find out more: Call the District of Port Edward at (250) 628-3667, and visit www.district.portedward.bc.ca 70 North West British Columbia www.Norther nBCtourism.com http://www.tourismprincerupert.com http://www.bitemecharters.com http://www.district.portedward.bc.ca http://www.cannery.ca http://www.cannery.ca http://www.bitemecharters.com http://www.northernbctourism.com

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Northern British Columbia 2008 Travel Guide Contents Northern BC Introduction North East - British Columbia North West - British Columbia Northern BC Map - Regional Area Northern BC Golf - Special Feature Haida Gwaii / Queen Charlotte Islands - British Columbia Outdoor Adventure Guide Travel Information - Things You Should Know Advertiser Directory

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