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Prince Rupert, often referred to as just Rupert, is a small port city on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
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Tells the story of early Prince Rupert and the role of the railway in its development. Built in 1911, Kwinitsa Station was one of 400 identical rail stations along the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway from Winnipeg to Prince Rupert. Today, it is one of only four surviving stations.
There are two focal points of the park: one being the bronze Mariner's statue and Memorial Walls, the other the Shinto Shrine which was built for the "Kazu Maru", a Japanese fishing dingy that drifted across the Pacific Ocean from Prince Rupert's sister-city Owase in Japan.
The museum tells the 10,000-year-old history of the Haida, Tsimishian, Tlingit, and Nisga. It also operates the Carving Shed and the Kwinitsa Station.
A national historic site, it is the oldest, most completely preserved cannery remaining of two hundred-or-so that once dotted BC's Northwest Coast. BC Transit runs the number 60 bus in the summer to the cannery from the Visitor Information Centre in Atlin Terminal in Cow Bay, which takes about 40 minutes.
Home to many of Prince Rupert's totem poles.
Heritage gardens with a spectacular display of colourful, lush flowers, shrubs and trees. The gardens were begun in a hole left behind when the city's courthouse was relocated in the 1920s.
Offers deep sea and freshwater fishing expeditions.
Fishing charters around Prince Rupert and the Haida Gwaii, with departures from both locations.
Has two 23′ Grady Whites boats.
Experience Prince Rupert fishing in the coastal waters off Northern BC. Charters and excursions including salmon fishing, halibut fishing, and crabbing which highlight the beautiful coastal region of Northwestern British Columbia.
Sport fishing charters.
Not bad sushi.
Phở '88
Vietnamese restaurant, featuring pho, and a good variety of Vietnamese and Canadian-Asian cuisine.
Decent enough place, slow meal service.
Great little coffee shop and internet cafe. Beautiful building inside and out. Homemade desserts!
Somewhere between a hostel and a hotel, you can rent from a private queen room to a bunk in a shared room. A bit up the hill from downtown, though.
Options here are a little pricier, but has authentic Native art and some really beautiful items.
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By car
Highway 16 (Yellowhead Highway) travels west from Prince George. The drive takes roughly eight hours.
By boat
Prince Rupert is a port-of-call for cruise ships plying the inland passage, serving over 50,000 visitors each season.
By bus
By train
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