OLIN 1889 -P75 G7x 1912 pease Hk GP io. ie Se aca - ? ! \ ENT Wr, ete Ane 1ON_ 7 StC ai a 4 IN ey [ K c on my ce Oe itt Spay wn mal ee in TIN mil Au AT Mg MOE Gi ZS Be Wala ted Nees Ea AAA Ne Pa ed i Ma / EE x “alg AE AS NS HS ve ea ». - ally < Hen 8 Sanyo ‘yy Uy ”, ea Ves A ‘ iH ENC iA GENERAL PLAN & FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF on PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. fe ns SCALE OF FEET | ey NOTE — WATERFRONT LOTS BELONGING TO eS THE B. C. GOVERNMENT ARE SHADED CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Prince Rupert BRITISH COLUMBIA THE PACIFIC COAST TERMINUS Grand Trunk Pacific Railway LUgdNd AONIYA—GALISNMOL AGNV HOPAVH JO MAIA IVUANAD Announcement In response to many inquiries on the subject which have been received by the Company from all parts of the world, this booklet is issued by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company for the purpose of giving information respecting its western terminus on the Pacific Ocean at Prince Rupert, British Columbia the new city now being built on the northern British Columbia Coast. There has been acquired in the interest of the Railway Com- pany twenty-four thousand acres of land at Prince Rupert and vicinity for the purpose of the townsite and the development of the Port, a one-quarter interest of which belongs to the Province of British Columbia, which is therefore jointly interested with the Railway Company in the development of this Mew Seaport. The first subdivision of the townsite covers an area of about two thousand acres. The first sale of Prince Rupert lots took place at Vancouver, May 25th to 29th, inclusive, 1909. Subsequent sales will be duly announced. For information about the sale of lots owned by the Company, write to G. U. Ryley, Land Commissioner, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Copies of this booklet may be obtained upon application to the General Advertising Department of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company, Montreal, Winnipeg and Prince Rupert. Sixth Edition, April, 1912. me VIEW OF PRINCE RUPERT FROM OPPOSITE SHORE Prince Rupert BRITISH COLUMBIA The Pacific Coast Terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway In the western half of this New World there is scarcely a city that does not hold one or more citizens who can boast of having seen the place grow from a village to what it is today, but here, at the western end of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, we have the rare opportunity of looking forward and fashioning in our mind’s eye a city sure to be. Prince Rupert is situated 550 miles north of Vancouver and forty miles south of the Alaskan Boundary. It is in the same latitude as London, and has a climate the mean temperature of which is about the same as that of the metropolis of the British Isles. The selection of the Pacific Coast terminus was one of the most important tasks with which the builders of this national highway had to do. Many things must be considered. It must have a harbor second to none, and lie where the rails could reach it without seriously lengthening the line, or increasing the gradi- ents. The entire north coast was searched, and every harbor sounded before a final decision was made. The very satisfactory result is that the future metropolis of the north coast will look out upon a harbor that is all that could be hoped for. Although practically land-locked, it has a mile-wide channel, and is suf- ficient in size to shelter all the ships that are likely to come to it, great as are the possibilities of this new port. And because Prince Rupert is at the end of the line, and the nearest port to Japan and the East; because it is on the shortest line from Liverpoo! to Yokohama, the shortest route around the world, it is bound to lie on the ALL RED ROUTE The city was planned in advance of any building, and nothing was overlooked which would add to the beauty and symmetry of this city to be. In 1905 a grant of 10,000 acres of land at Prince Rupert was obtained by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company from the Provincial Government of British Columbia, and 14,000 acres of Indian Reserve land was afterwards purchased, making a total of about 24,000 acres for the purpose of the townsite and the development of the port. Under the usual conditions of Crown Steel on the Docks at Prince Rupert for Grand Trunk Pacific Construction Prince Rupert Inn Grants one-quarter of all the land reverts to the Province, as also one-quarter of the water front after the townsite has been laid out. The title to the land acquired in the interest of the railway company has been vested in the Grand Trunk Pacific Devel- opment Company, Limited, a holding company organized for the purpose, among other things, of exploiting, developing and disposing of townsite lands along the Grand Trunk Pacific Rail- way, all of the stock of which is held by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company. An agreement was made between the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company, Limited, and the Provincial Govern- ment, determining the division of the water front as indicated on the accompanying plan, which assures to the public free access thereto at all times. It will be the policy of the Company to make long-term leases of water-front facilities rather than to make sale thereof. Probably never before has there been so much money and time expended in the planning of a new city as has been devoted to the preliminary work at Prince Rupert, not only by the Railway Com- pany, but by the Dominion and Provincial Governments as well. This work was commenced in May, 1906, when the Company’s staff of engineers made a landing and clearing for the location of their camp preparatory to making the preliminary survey, after which time the work of surveying and clearing was carried on continuously, until a complete topographical survey was made of all lands comprised in the townsite covering an area of 2,000 acres, and great care was taken with this work on account of the important bearing it would have upon the final laying out of streets, etc. The Dominion Government Hydrographic Survey has made a complete survey of Prince Rupert Harbor and approaches, which shows that the entire harbor from the entrance to the extreme end of the upper harbor, a distance of 14 miles, is entirely free from rocks or obstructions of any kind and of a sufficient depth to afford good anchorage. The entrance is perfectly straight, 2,000 feet in width at the narrowest part, with a minimum depth of 36 feet at low tide, and for a width of 1,500 feet the minimum depth is 60 feet. The Brit- ish Survey Ship “Egeria,” which made the survey of the outer approaches to the harbor, reported a splendid entrance through Brown’s Passage. Messrs. Brett & Hall, of Boston, Mass., trained in that school of landscape architectural design which claims F. L. Olmstead, deceased, as its founder and inspiration, and to whose memory Mount Royal Park, Montreal, is a beautiful monument, were secured by the Railway Company to lay out the townsite. They have provided a plan which is eminently satisfactory, and will en- sure a practical development while preserving, for the future city, splendid opportunities for parks, for municipal improvements, and for architectural embellishment. It is believed by many who have I16Ol ‘UMANWALMAS—LUAdOU AONId ‘AONAAV GUIHL studied this plan that Prince Rupert will be one of the most beauti- ful cities on the American Continent. Two hundred thousand dollars was appropriated by the Pro- vincial Government of British Columbia for preliminary improve- ments, which amount was expended in the construction of plank sidewalks and roadways, sewers and water mains, before the opening of the townsite, so that, unlike most new towns, ample provision was made in advance for the sanitary welfare and comfort of a population of at least ten thousand people, as well as providing other accommodations which would be required un- til the population should have sufficiently increased to warrant the construction of extensions of these facilities. It is also characteristic of the energy and enterprise which is so much in evidence in the Western country and on the Pacific Coast, that within the short space of a few months during the year rgtr the rough and broken surface of the streets laid out in that portion of the townsite adjacent to the steamship wharf where the first settlement has taken place, was converted into a permanent grade and level roadway, replacing the plank road at first in use. The result of these splendid improvements can be seen in the photograph on page 8 and is an example of what will undoubtedly be accomplished throughout this embryo city within the period of a few short years. The site is a picturesque one. The land slopes back gradually for distances ranging from half a mile to two or three miles. Here and there the ground rises abruptly, providing the necessary fall for drainage and sewerage, while a shore line five or six miles in extent sweeps around the front of the city. The view from these elevated stations and from back of the townsite is a charming one. On the opposite shore mountains slope down to the water. To the northwest, through a channel studded with islands, is situated the famous Indian village of Metlakatla, known on the coast as the “Holy City.” Upon the completion of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. the fishing industry at Prince Rupert and vicinity, which is now in its infancy, will be one of the greatest in the world, and will furnish employment, not only to the railway company and its em- ployees, but to hundreds of fishermen and laborers who must necessarily establish their homes at Prince Rupert. At the present time a company has completed the erection of a fishing and cold storage plant which is said to be the largest of its kind in Amer- ica. The main building is constructed of reinforced concrete insulated with tiling and corkboard and has a cold storage ca- pacity of 13,600,000 pounds. This company is also constructing a large cannery and fertilizing plant at Prince Rupert and have several steam trawlers under construction in Great Britain, de- livery to be made this year. This plant is only one of the many which will undoubtedly establish their headquarters at Prince Rupert, in fact, at the present time three large companies with THE HARBOR AND DOCKS, PRINCE RUPERT—SEPTEMBER, 1o11 foreign capital are completing their negotiations to construct plants similar to the above. The salmon pack on the Skeena River, which is one of the greatest salmon rivers in the world, situated 12 miles south of Prince Rupert, was for 1910, 221,031 cases, and for 19!1, ap- proximately 230,000 cases. The pack for the Naas River, situated 60 miles north of Prince Rupert, was for 1910, 39,720 cases and IQITI, 50,805 cases. This product exceeds $1,000,000 in value and furnishes em- ployment to at least 5,000 people during the canning season, and this will naturally constitute a valuable and important feeder to Prince Rupert. In the past, on account of the absence of railway transportation facilities, this product has, for the most part, gone to Vancouver and Victoria by water, but upon the completion of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway it will naturally seek the most rapid means of reaching the Eastern markets and will consequently be handled through and from Prince Rupert. The canned salmon industry ranks among the leading industries of this country, but in the last few years cold-storage plants have been installed with excellent results, and by the time the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway is completed refrigerators will hold and refrigerator cars will carry and deliver this, the king of fish foods, to the tables of the people of the United States and Canada, in the East as well as the West, and, in fact, to the markets of the world. On the Queen Charlotte Islands which are tributary to Prince Rupert there are two whaling stations in operation ten months in the year, which is an important industry and feeder to Prince Rupert, as it has been found that more whales abound and have been taken in the waters of the coast of British Columbia during the terms the whaling stations have been in operation than in any other waters of the world. In fact, during the winter months whales abound in the waters of Prince Rupert Harbor; these, with all other fish industries, including cod, herring and oola- chan, now only in their infancy, are capable of immense growth and advancement, and will be a great factor, not only in the building up of this city, but as a source of lucrative employment to the fishermen, merchants, steamboat owners, laborers and others who will purchase, rent and have their homes in Prince Rupert. The value of these fisheries lying at the gateway of this, one of the finest harbors in the world, cannot be estimated. The timber industry of this part of the country is also.in its in- fancy, and within a radius of one hundred miles much good spruce, hemlock and cedar are to be found. It is safe to say that the forests within this radius will produce timber enough to sup- ply twenty-five mills with all the timber they can cut and market for the next twenty years. : ; ; At Swanson Bay, about one hundred miles distant, is located a pulp mill which represents an investment of one million dollars. This industry employs about one thousand people, and the busi- II VIEWS IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS OF PRINCE RUPERT ness arising, not only from the production, but in the transporta- tion of its manufactures, will largely pass through Prince Rupert. At Ocean Falls, about 180 miles from Prince Rupert, another very large pulp and saw mill has been constructed and will be in operation during the coming season. This company purposes to erect a dry kiln and planing mill at Prince Rupert where they intend to establish large distributing yards. Unless one is conversant with the development of the Pacific Coast, has seen its seaports grow, particularly Victoria, Van- couver, Tacoma, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los An- geles, to say nothing of some of the smaller ones, such as Bell- ingham, Everett, Aberdeen, Astoria, San Pedro and San Diego, and has watched the commerce and shipping expand year by year, until the figures of each of the larger ones are simply astounding, one can not fully realize the possibilities and probabilities of Prince Rupert, which has an empire in itself tributary to it. What were Vancouver, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Los Angeles fifteen years ago? Some of them were hardly on the map. Look at them today—each a splendid example of what energy, brains and money can and will do in the Golden West, and who can pre- dict what Prince Rupert will be in the next fifteen or twenty years, or even in five or ten years? 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