The figures on this reproduction of a Haida Skedans Pole represent the background of the person who had amassed sufficient property to have the house erected. The figures are crest symbols of his family and together with oral traditions explain . . . — — Map (db m310778) HM
Figures (from bottom) on this reproduction of a Haida pole are grizzly bear with upside-down human, man with skills, bear with frog in mouth, cormorant and eagle. The man probably represents the person who instigated the pole carving. Other pole . . . — — Map (db m310775) HM
Born 16 May, 1856 in Rock Island, Illinois, Charles Hays, the visionary promoter with a remarkable talent for raising vast sums of money, spear headed this great transcontinental railroad system and its west coast port, designed to rival . . . — — Map (db m309259) HM
Carved in 1978 by Dempsey Bob and Glen Wood. The pole is the fourth incarnation of this Nishga pole. The pole shows some of the figures associated with migrations of eagle people from the north. Figures on the pole (from bottom) are eagle person, . . . — — Map (db m310757) HM
The first municipal election for the new incorporated City of Prince Rupert was held on May 19th, 1910, just four years after the first Grand Trunk Pacific Railway survey parties landed on Kaien Island, or Lax Kxeen as it is known to the local . . . — — Map (db m309875) HM
This park, formerly known as
Acropolis Hill
was re-named on April 12, 1946
Franklin D. Roosevelt Park
in memory of a great leader and in tribute to the thousands of United States Armed Forces who served here in World War II and . . . — — Map (db m309294) HM
Recarved by William Jeffrey, the original of this pole came from the Haida Village of Yan on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Figures on this pole (from bottom) are grizzly bear, supernatural grizzly with frog in mouth, 2 bear cubs, bear mother and . . . — — Map (db m310756) HM
This area, a Railway right of way, was known originally as Cameron Cove & in 1908 renamed when a Swiss man John Nehring unloaded a herd of cows for his dairy from a barge.
On these waterfront flats the first hospital was built by Railway . . . — — Map (db m309829) HM
The odyssey of the "Khau Maru" has a mystic quality. On September 25th 1985, Kazukio Sakamoto left Owase, Japan for a day of fishing aboard his beloved "Kazu Maru". Unfortunately, he never returned.
A year and a half later the "Kazu Maru" . . . — — Map (db m309064) HM
Inside this Japanese-style shelter is the fishing boat Kazu Maru, whose strange voyage was in part the inspiration for this Mariners’ Memorial Park. On the morning of September 26, 1985 a retired Japanese civil servant named Kazukio Sakamoto . . . — — Map (db m310587) HM
The Kwinitsa Station, built in 1911, was originally located along the Grand Trunk Railroad Line between Prince Rupert and Terrace. When CN decommissioned the station in 1985, the Kwinitsa Station Relocation Committee, with help from the City of . . . — — Map (db m309608) HM
For the most conspicuous bravery and skillful leadership when in attack under incense artillery, rifle, and machine-gun fire, Colonel Peck was awarded the Victoria Cross.
In September 1918 at Villiers les Cagnicourt, France (The . . . — — Map (db m309801) HM WM
A pioneer of Prince Rupert, Bud was born and raised in the only house on the Court House grounds. He worked for 33 years as a dedicated public servant with the British Columbia Buildings Corporation as a groundskeeper and took exceptional care to . . . — — Map (db m309362) HM
Hans Siniarski and his wife Naida, the designers and sculptors, donated the statue to the City of Prince Rupert for the 75th anniversary celebrations in 1985. Hans constructed the statue using donations from local citizens and businesses. . . . — — Map (db m309721) HM
This mural was completed in the summer of 2019 by Coast Tsimshian artist Russell Mather with the assistance of students at Coast Tsimshian Academy, a private school based in Lax Kw'alaams, BC. Russell Mather is an established artist and carver . . . — — Map (db m309205) HM
This mural was completed in the summer of 2019 by Coast Tsimshian artist Russell Mather with the assistance of students at Coast Tsimshian Academy, a private school based in Lax Kw'alaams, BC. Russell Mather is an established artist and carver . . . — — Map (db m309220) HM
Built by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (now CN) for Assistant Harbour Engineer Joel H. Pillsbury and his family, "Number One Pacific Place" was one of the first settler residences in Prince Rupert.
The distinctive gables of Pillsbury house . . . — — Map (db m309489) HM
"Canada's friendliest little city!"
Global location 54°19′ N 130°21′ W
In 1902 Charles Melville Hays [missing text] promoting a second Trans-Canada Railway, "The Grand Trunk Pacific" (now CN). Kaien Island was chosen by . . . — — Map (db m309807) HM
(Southwest Face):
Our Glorious Dead
In memory of the men of Prince Rupert who died in action during World War I
1914 - 1918
"Their name liveth forever more"
A. Blyth •
A. Brighton •
A. Carss •
W. Crippen •
C. . . . — — Map (db m309445) WM
In memory of
C65050 Private Allan Milton Olsen,
"D" Company, the Midland Regiment, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, Canadian Active Service Force, who lost his life, on 5 November 1942, during a patrol on the Kaien Island Highway, when his Bren . . . — — Map (db m309479) WM
Dedicated in 2002 to those people of Scandavian descent and to their influence of the development of Prince Rupert and the surrounding areas. — — Map (db m310580) HM
Prevailing westerly gales and high flood tides in the spring and fall made construction of a lighthouse here one of the most hazardous tasks in Canadian maritime history. Nevertheless, contractor J. H. Hildritch of Prince Rupert . . . — — Map (db m309148) HM
