| Name |
Date Built |
Where builit |
Builder |
Length |
Type |
Original Owner |
Notes |
Official No. |
Port of Registry |
| 23 |
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Capt. Gilbert
• took about 50 skaters to Salt Lakes on Wed. afternoon and a crowd in the evening. (DN Nov 26/21)
• annual overhaul at the Swanson [dock.] (DN Feb 4, 1922) |
|
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| 440 |
1945 |
Cow Bay |
Crawley Didricksen Cow Bay Boatworks |
38.5 |
|
Perry York & W. Anderson |
Chrysler 100 hp. PRDN Mar 30, 1946 |
|
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| A.J. |
1928 |
Port Essington |
|
31.9 x 10.6 x 3.6 |
|
|
1930 owner: John A. Johnson, Prince Rupert
Source: 1930 List of Shipping
(not in 1939) |
|
|
| A. P. C. |
1948 |
Cow Bay |
Crawley Didricksen Cow Bay Boatworks |
30 official: 28.2 x 7.9 x 3.1 |
cruiser / ferry |
A. P. Crawley |
Plywood cruiser used as a ferry on the Skeena River and to Salt Lake. Caught on fire while up on ways for overhaul in Nov. 1948. PRDN Dec. 1, 1948.
1953 owner: Anthony p. Crawley (100 hp)
|
178302 |
Prince Rupert |
| Acadia III |
1937 |
Prince Rupert |
Wahl, E. |
30’ off: 30.7 x 8.9 x 3.6 |
|
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(not in 1941 list)
1953 list: reg. in Vancouver. owner Alfred Lind, Vancouver.
1985 owner: L. A. Clay, Victoria.
2006 owner in Nanaimo |
179081 |
Vancouver / Nanaimo |
| Active Pass |
1945 |
New Westminster |
Star Shipyards |
52’ |
|
|
1985 owner: BC Packers |
175709 |
Vancouver |
| Ada L. |
1950 |
Ocean Falls |
|
36.2 x 10.0 x 5.6 |
|
|
1953 owner: G. Harlow, North Galiano Island
Source: 1953 List of Shipping |
193527 |
Vancouver |
| Ada No. II |
1930 |
Queen Charlotte City |
|
35.4 x 12.2 x 5.1 |
|
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1941, 1953 owner: John A. Clausen, Prince Rupert |
156813 |
Prince Rupert |
| Adanac |
|
|
McLeans rebuild |
|
police |
BC Police |
Extensive rebuilding at McLeans; new pilot house, decking interior fittings. PR Daily News, Ap 28, 1928. |
|
|
| Adelaide J. |
1926 |
Old Masset |
|
54 x 13.2 x 5.5 |
|
George Jones, Old Masset |
G. Jones still owned it in 1953.
Source: 1927 List of Shipping; Native Voice, Nov. 1948; 1953 List of Shipping |
153301 |
Prince Rupert |
| Adella II |
1947 |
Port Alice |
|
37’ |
|
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1985 owner: Manson’s Logging, Cortes Island. |
|
|
| Adjust |
1936 |
Prince Rupert |
Wahl |
30’ off: 30.6 x 9.0 x 3.3 |
|
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1941, 1953 owner: Jens K. Moen, Prince Rupert
1985 owner: D. N Cook, Prince Rupert
Registration closed March 20, 2001
Sources: List of Shipping, 1941, 1953, 1985; Registry website |
158756 |
Prince Rupert |
| Admar |
1940 |
Prince Rupert |
Matsumoto |
37’ |
|
Adrian L. Davis, Shushartie |
1953 owner: Ralph E. Willson, Bella Bella BC
1985 owner: W. R. Pitre, Sooke
Registration closed March 2, 2005 |
172028 |
Prince Rupert |
| Adriatic Breeze (ex Winnie S.) |
1962 |
Dodge Cove |
Wahl’s Boatyard |
28.0x9.0x4.0 |
|
Cassiar Packing Co. |
1963, 1985 owner: Cassiar Packing Co.
reg. in Vancouver, 1993 |
0313085
http://www.tc.gc.ca/ShipRegistry/detail.asp?lang=e&ShipID=313085 |
Prince Rupert |
| Adriel |
1958 |
Prince Rupert |
Brown, William F. |
33’ |
|
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Rebuilt 1980
1985 owner: J. M. Tokarek, Vancouver |
189638 |
|
| Advance II |
1940 |
Prince Rupert |
Matsumoto |
51’ |
halibut |
Magnus A. Hedvig, Prince Rupert |
Type as in Western Fisheries November 1949
1953 owner: Herman C. Rensvold, Prince Rupert
Rebuilt 1955
1985 owner: K. E. Farrington, Mission
Registration closed June 3, 1998 |
172026 |
Prince Rupert |
| Advise |
1949 |
Prince Rupert |
Wahl, Edward |
40’ |
|
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1953 owner: Martin Berg, Prince Rupert
1985 owner: J. P. Moore, Dawson’s Landing
2006 owner: Strait
Oyster Ltd, Coquitlam
|
190083 |
Vancouver |
| Agnes B |
1913 |
Ketchikan AK |
|
33.2x11.4x4.4 |
|
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1916 owners: Mrs. Jenny Fritz et al, Prince Rupert |
138176 |
Prince Rupert |
| Aileen O. |
1931 |
Oona River |
Group, John |
32’ |
|
Oscar Olsen |
1941 owner: Carl Olsen, Prince Rupert
1953 owner: Hans Opsahl, Prince Rupert
Oona River notes say 37’
2006 owner: George Kelly, Port Simpson |
156822 |
Prince Rupert |
| Aina |
|
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|
|
|
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Fish packer, John Clausen.
• new 15 hp Vivian ordered. (DN Jan 11/30) |
|
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| Aix |
1908 |
Port Essington |
|
41 x 9.6 x 3.5 |
|
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Original size: 30.1 x 9.6 x 3.4 (1915 List of Vessels)
Owner, 1915: Henry J. F. Anderson, Westham Island BC
Owner, 1916: Henry E. Troup, Nanaimo
Post-1920 lists say originally built in 1910
Rebuilt 1920 Nanaimo
Owner, 1927: W. Newman, Turgoos PO, Victoria
1953 owner: Alexander Dodds, Sidney BC (Victoria registration)
Source: 1927, 1953 List of Shipping |
126782 |
New Westminster, Victoria |
| Aladdin II |
1938 |
Prince Rupert |
Matsumoto Boat Builders |
37.8 x 11.3 x 5.2 |
|
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1941 owner:Theodore Sorenson, Quatsino
1953 owner: Lawrence Chisholm, Bamfield
1985. 2006 owner: D. P. Rogers, Campbell River |
171611 |
Victoria |
| Alarm |
1893 |
Georgetown |
|
52 x 13.8 x 7 |
|
|
1915 owner: Mrs. Jeannie Fenton, Port Hardy
(not in 1941 list) |
103484 |
Victoria |
| Alberta G. |
1927 |
Cow Bay |
Suga |
45.3 x 12.4 x 5.4 |
seine |
R. G. Johnston, Inverness Cannery |
50 x 12.5. 30 h.p. Union engine. To work out of Klemtu Cannery. PR Daily News Ap 23, May 7, Jy 2, 1927
Owners: R. G. Johnston & H. W. Chamber, Inverness. (1927 List of Shipping)
1953 owner: JH Todd & Sons |
154509 |
Prince Rupert |
| Alco |
1919 |
Fisherman’s Bay |
|
44’ |
|
|
1953 owner: Martin Egeland, Sidney |
151180 |
Vancouver |
| Alco III |
1941 |
Cumshewa Inlet |
|
36.5x11.2x6.1 |
|
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1953 owner: Bartlett Webb, Quathiaski Cove |
|
Victoria |
| Alden |
1934 |
Prince Rupert |
Suehiro |
31 |
|
|
1940 owner: Herman Andersen, Prince Rupert
1953 owner: George Fritz, Prince Rupert
1985 owner: C. D Hare, Nanaimo.
Registration closed December 15, 1995 |
170926 |
Prince Rupert |
| Aledor |
1931 |
Prince Rupert |
Dry Dock |
34 |
Powerboat |
Dr. L. W. Kergin |
“fine new power cruiser” Red Wing 40 hp engine. PRDN Mar 7, 21, Ap 18, 1931 |
nr |
|
| Alern |
1943-1945 |
Cow Bay, Prince Rupert |
|
32.0x10.0x4.2 |
pleasure
|
Ernest Phillips
|
 Built from modified Monk plans by Ernest Phillips in one of the Cow Bay boatsheds.
Link for more about the Alern |
|
|
| Alert Bay (became Twins Islands) |
1927 |
Alert Bay |
|
40.6 x 13.6 x 5.9 |
|
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1941 owner: Julian Onley, Alert Bay |
154381 |
|
| Alexander |
1876 |
Port Essington |
McAllister Brothers |
180 x 27 |
steam tug |
McAllister Brothers |
built of yellow cedar at Cunningham’s mill. Operated out of Victoria for about ten years, then was sold for a log barge. (Harris, p. 151.) |
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| Alice May |
|
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|
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halibut |
|
“Capt. John Morrison, who made the first halibut tirp into Prince Rupert this season, makes his home at Port Simpson. With him on the Alice May are Charles Henry, Joe McKay and the skipper’s son Victor Morrison.” WF June 1946:30 |
|
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| Alken (became Narvik) |
1925 |
Prince Rupert |
McLeans |
36 |
halibut |
Andrew Hanson |
Keel laid. (says will be 45’) PRDN Feb 28, 1925
Installed the first Fabco-Tuxham engine here. (DN Ja 10/31) Previously had a Vivian 20 hp, which he sold to Capt. Kohrt. (DN F7, 1931)
1985 owner: J. Scott, Bamfield
Source: !927 List of Shipping |
152665 |
Prince Rupert (1927) Victoria (1985) |
| All Star |
1946 |
Prince Rupert |
|
40.0x11.8x4.8 |
halibut |
|
1953 owner: Fritz Mostad, Prince Rupert
Type (halibut) given in Western Fisheries November 1949. |
176243 |
Prince Rupert |
| Allouette No. 1 |
1958 |
Prince Rupert |
|
28.6x8.8x3.7 |
|
|
1963 owner: Cassiar Packing Co. |
311887 |
Prince Rupert |
| Alna |
1927 |
Seal Cove |
|
|
troller |
John Lundstorm |
“built during the winter at Seal Cove” it was at Cow Bay floats for final fitting out. PR Daily News June 18, 1927.
Name presumed from Jy 9 report: “The new trolling boat Alna, built at Seal Cove during the winter, was down at Cow Bay floats this week outfitting for work.” PR Daily News Jy 9, 1927. |
|
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| Alp |
|
Oona River |
Quist, Emil |
|
|
|
30-32’ double-ender |
|
|
| Alpaca (ex Chisholm) |
1922 |
Bella Coola |
Mack & Sons |
31 x 8.5 x 3.2 |
troller |
|
1927 owner: Edgar A. Winkworth, Valdez Isl. Source: 1927 List of Shipping
1963 owner: Albert Haskins, Courtenay
registered in Nanaimo June 20, 1963
1985 owner: T. M. Dyck, Errington.
2006 owner: Errington |
151133 |
Vancouver / Nanaimo |
| Alpha Bay |
1979 |
Dodge Cove |
Iverson, Norm |
36’ |
|
Krist Iverson |
1985 owner: Krist Ivereson, Prince Rupert |
372371 |
Prince Rupert |
| Alpine |
|
Port Hardy |
Butcher, Leo & R. V. Hunt |
28’ 5” x 7 3” |
troller |
R. V. Hunt, Port Hardy |
WF November 1953 |
|
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| Alpine Fir |
1926 |
Prince Rupert |
Prince Rupert Dry Dock |
40 x 9.5 x 4.1 |
patrol |
Minister of Lands (Forestry Dept) |
rebuilt at McLeans Cow Bay shop April 1927 after an explosion on board at Butedale.
1953 owner: John Houlahan, Vancouver
2006 owners: Nelson
Source: 1927, 1953 List of Shipping
Image link: http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/northwest/boatbuilding/drydock02.htm |
153305 |
Vancouver (1927= Prince Rupert) |
| Alrita |
1947 |
Sunnyside [Cannery] |
Alvin Leask? |
42 |
halibut |
Alvin Leask? |
1953 owner: Alvin Leask, Sunnyside BC
1985 owner: Cassiar Packing Co.
Closed Sept 16, 1992
Type as in Western Fisheries November 1949 |
177978 |
Prince Rupert |
| Ambassador III (ex Rividis) |
1924 |
Prince Rupert |
Dry Dock |
60 |
Fisheries |
Dept. of Fisheries |
2 built. PRDN May 10 1924.
headquarters in Swanson Bay. PRDN Aug 2, 1924.
1953: Ambassador III, registered in Vancouver. Owner: Shantyman’s Mission of British Columbia, Vancouver |
152568 |
Vancouver |
| Amor |
1927 |
Oona River |
Group, John |
30 |
|
|
Oona River notes |
|
|
| Analore |
1943 |
Prince Rupert |
Wahl |
32’ |
|
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1953 owner: Owen Murray, Prince Rupert
1985 owner: G. John, Ahousat
Closed: August 23, 1991 |
175451 |
Prince Rupert |
| Andyk (ex Betty W. |
1948 |
Masset |
|
37’ |
|
|
1953 owner: Bruno Wachsmuth, Prince Rupert
became Andyk.
1985 owner: Wally Saharko, Surrey.
Registration closed April 12, 2000 |
179562 |
Prince Rupert |
| Anit |
1961 |
Prince Rupert |
|
35.9x7.9x2.9 |
|
|
1963 owner: Alie Sundin, Prince Rupert |
313072 |
Prince Rupert |
| Anker A. |
1940 / 1967 |
Prince Rupert |
Suehiro, Y. |
35’ |
halibut |
Otto A. Gjerstad, PR |
 1953 owner: O. Gjerstad
1985 owner: R. Melin, Prince Rupert (also 2006)
Type as in Western Fisheries November 1949 |
172025 |
Prince Rupert |
| Anna |
|
Oona River |
Quist, Emil |
|
|
|
30-32’ double-ender, pre 1930 |
|
|
| Anna L. (ex Snux) |
1946 |
Dodge Cove |
Wahl, Edward |
32.1x9.3x4.7 |
|
|
Registered April 17, 1951
1953 Owner Mikkol Kekalainen, Vancouver
1985 & 2007 owners in Campbell River |
176795 |
Vancouver |
| Anna No. 1 |
1949 |
Oona River |
Group, John |
33 |
|
John Bergman |
2006 owner: John Bergman |
193629 |
Prince Rupert |
| Anna S. |
1927 |
New Westminster |
|
50.0x14.6x6.3 |
seine |
Elias Skog |
 1953 owner: Elias Skog
|
154392 |
Prince Rupert |
| Annabelle |
1928 |
Ketchikan AK |
|
31.4’ |
|
|
Rebuilt 1947, Prince Rupert
1953 owner: William G. Jeffrey, Prince Rupert |
158259 |
Prince Rupert |
| Annie L. |
|
|
|
|
|
Kitkatla |
brought in a catch of beaver. PRDN Ap 5 1924. |
|
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| Annie Louise D. |
1927 |
Cow Bay, Prince Rupert |
Suga, S. |
40.3 x 10.7 x 3.8 |
seine |
BC Fishing & Packing Co. |
to have 16 h.p. Vivian engine. To work out of Oceanic Cannery. PR Daily News May 7, 1927
1941 owner: Ernest F. Dudoward, Port Simpson
1953 owner: Nelson Bros. Fisheries
1985 owner: R. Smith, Port Simpson (also 2007)
Sources: 1927, 1953, 1985 List of Shipping |
154400 |
Prince Rupert |
| Annie O. |
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph Offut, Port Simpson |
brought in a load of oolichans, sold to local retailers. PR Daily News, Ap 1, 1922 |
|
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| Antoinette |
1928 |
Cow Bay |
Suga |
48 x 12.5 |
halibut/packer |
|
Launched Feb. 22, 1928. “negotiations for the sale are now on.” PRDN Feb. 25, 1928. |
|
|
| Arctic I (ex Imperiuse) |
1937 |
Victoria / Prince Rupert |
|
41.5’ |
|
|
Rebuilt Prince Rupert 1945
1953 owner: Percy Pierce, Prince Rupert
became Ocean Tradar |
126513 |
Prince Rupert |
| Argo II |
1931 |
Prince Rupert |
Prince Rupert Drydock |
33’ |
pleasure |
|
2006 owner: Vancouver |
188344 |
Vancouver |
| Argonaut Hill |
1949 |
Massett |
|
48.8x14.3x5.1 |
|
|
 1953 owner: Nelson Brothers |
193626 |
Prince Rupert |
| Aristocrat No. 1 |
1964 |
Prince Rupert |
Prince Rupert Boatyard Ltd. Wahl |
34 |
|
|
1985 owner: BC Coastal Charter, Vancouver
2006 owner: BC Coastal Charter, Prince Rupert |
320885 |
|
| Arlington I |
1936 |
Prince Rupert |
|
32.1 x 10 x 4.2 |
|
|
1941 owner: George R. McLean, Prince Rupert
1953 owner: BC Packers |
159034 |
Prince Rupert |
| Armoco |
1907 / 1945 |
Vancouver / Prince Rupert |
|
64.0x14.5x8.1 |
|
|
Registered in PR in 1945
1953 owner: Quatsino Navigation Co. |
122537 |
Vancouver / Prince Rupert |
| Arne A. |
1948 |
Prince Rupert |
Axel Anderson |
39 |
|
Axel Anderson, Prince Rupert |
2007 owner: Norm Ostrom, Prince Rupert
Read more about the Arne A at Living Landscapes |
178306 |
Prince Rupert |
| Arnold No. 1 |
1937 |
Prince Rupert |
|
32.1x9.3x3.9 |
|
|
1953 owner: Ludvik Pettersen, Prince Rupert |
193623 |
Prince Rupert |
| Arrandale M. |
1937 |
Arrandale |
|
45.8 x 13.2 x 5.2 |
PBT |
|
1941 owner: Toranosuke Miki
1953 owner: Canadian Fishing Co.
1985 owner: Nels Gordon, Campbell River
Closed May 25, 1989 |
170531 |
Prince Rupert |
| Arranmore |
1912 |
Vancouver |
|
36.7 x 10.2 x 4.9 |
|
|
1941 owner: Norman McLean, Prince Rupert |
131027 |
Prince Rupert |
| Arvilan |
1939 |
Cascade Harbour |
Cholbert, G. [Cholberg, Chris?] |
33’ |
|
|
1941, 1953 owner: Herbert North, Winter Harbour
1985 owner: G. Minard, Port Alberni. |
171624 |
Victoria / Port Alberni |
| Asawalgit |
1908 |
Port Simpson |
|
32.4 x 9.2 x 3.3 |
|
|
1915 owner: W. H. Miller, Prince Rupert
1927 owner: Wellington H. Miller, Prince Rupert
Source: 1915, 1927 List of Shipping
(not in 1941 list) |
126321 |
Vancouver |
| Asbjurg |
1937 |
Prince Rupert |
|
32.6 x 11 x 4.4 |
halibut |
|
1941, 1953 owner: Hans Andreas H. Antonsen, PR
Type as listed in Western Fisheries November 1949 |
159038 |
Prince Rupert |
| Astrid |
|
Oona River |
Group, John |
32 |
|
J. P. Hansen |
|
|
|
| Atlalautk |
1909 |
Hartley Bay |
|
31.5 x 8 x 3.3 |
|
|
1927 owner: Charles A. G. Robinson
Source: 1927 List of Shipping |
126612 |
Prince Rupert |
| Atlas No. 2 |
1933 |
Prince Rupert |
Wahl |
30’ |
|
|
rebuilt 1950, Prince Rupert
1953 owner: Anton Anderson, Prince Rupert
1985 owner: M. Abrahams, Masset.
Closed Jan 15, 1985 |
193621 |
Prince Rupert |
| Atlaulk II |
1926 |
Prince Rupert |
|
34 x 9.6 x 3.2 |
|
Packers Shipping Co. |
Source: 1927 List of Shipping
(Not in 1941 list) |
153157 |
Prince Rupert |
| Attela |
1928 |
Port Essington |
Reinhold, C. |
28’ |
|
|
Reg. 1954
1985 owner: W. Stuart, Prince Rupert
2007: W. Stuart, PR |
195770 |
Prince Rupert |
| Audrey G. |
1957 |
Dodge Cove |
Wahl |
33 |
passenger |
|
1985 owners: Queen Charlotte Fisheries Ltd, Richmond.
Vessel reg web: owners still QC Fisheries. |
189627 |
Prince Rupert |
| Audrey J. |
1971 |
Prince Rupert |
Wahl Boat Yard Ltd. |
28’ |
|
|
1985 owner: Northern Native Fishing Corp.
2006 owner: Alert Bay |
344763 |
Prince Rupert |
| Audrey W. |
1936 |
Prince Rupert |
|
42.3 x 10.4 x 4.2 |
|
|
1941:Wm J. Johnston, Vancouver |
159031 |
Prince Rupert |
| Autumn Venture |
1977 |
Masset |
Dixon, F. |
40 |
fb |
|
1985 owner: L. Iverson, Richmond |
383454 |
|
| Awaji |
1920 |
Nass Harbour |
Yoshitaro |
39 x 11 x 5.4 |
packer |
|
 Owner, 1929, 1941: Masao Miki, Arrandale.
“Awaji. Nass harbour. Built first winter 1912 (sic) by Yoshitaro and his sons (Ichitaro, Masdo)” NP Archives P996.02.04 (photo caption).
1953 owner: Sig Wallstad, Prince Rupert
1963 owner: Gordon Olsen, Prince Rupert
|
150574 |
Prince Rupert |
| Awake (became Charkay) |
1920 |
Prince Rupert |
|
52 x 12.8 x 8 |
|
|
1927 owner: Herbert Kergin & Narry Fowler, Alice Arm
1942, 1944 (Charkay): Charles Harris, Vancouver |
141279 |
Prince Rupert |
| Azurite |
1912 |
Tacoma |
|
57.1 x 15.8 6.7 |
tug |
|
ex Columbus.
1941, 1944: PR Fisherman’s Co-op
1946: Capt Pettersen (Co-op); McLeans installed new wheelhouse (WF April 1946: 56; WF May46:16)
1963 owner: PR Fisherman’s Co-op
1985 owner: Sharon Allison, Queen Charlotte City.
Closed June 27, 1989
|
134217 |
Prince Rupert |