PR- Archive Page 1

Prince Rupert BC
Archive Photos- Page 1

All Postcards below courtesy Grant Walker, CA

Prince Rupert BC, Steamship passing in the harbour
photo watermarked courtesy Canadian National Railways,
plus it has my watermarks to stop copying to facebook etc.

Stork Block Building, 708-712 2nd Ave., can be seen on left side
First Mayor was Alfred Stork

• George D. Tite Furniture
• Kaien Hardware building, located on 3rd ave between 5th and 6th st.
• 1909 Alder Block, located on NW corner of 6th st on 3rd ave

General View of Prince Rupert

• Fraser St in the Foreground
• Borden St School at left front corner.
• First Perm City Hall on 4th st / Fulton St.
• First Fire Hall on 4th st / Fulton St.
• BC Govt Court House
• H. S. Wallace Co. Ltd, Dept. Store- 443 3rd Ave. on corner of Fulton St.

H. S. Wallace Co. Ltd.
Howard S. Wallace- President and Manager

Prince Rupert Wharf, ca 1911, Steamship at Dock

• Kelly Douglas Warehouse on right edge
• Pillsbury House visible, between the roof of the GTPR No 2 building and the warehouse.

Prince Rupert BC I believe this photo was originally taken by the RCAF

Grand Trunk Pacific Wharf and buildings, in foreground, are all gone, today (2017, This is now the location of the Kwinitsa Station.

• GTPR Wooden Ramp, Located on the left, half way up, built down from the Bench area, and across the tracks.
  

My Grand Trunk Pacific Page 2 shows views of this ramp.

• Pillsbury House can barely be seen at the top end of the ramp, Today this is on Bill Murray Drive.

• The Rupert Hotel, aka Hotel Prince Rupert can also be seen.

• BC Govt. Court House is visible

• CNR Station, which can be seen on my Grand Trunk Pacific Page 1

• Central Hotel on 1st Ave

• Oceanview Hotel on 1st Ave.

• First Firehall on Fulton st

• First Permanent City Hall on Fulton St.

• Grand Trunk Pacific Inn & Annex,
  

Note they had a walkway from the hotel down to the tracks, Location of this would be the back of the Rupert Mall.
Rupert Mall location would have wiped out a lot of historical areas.

City of Prince Rupert BC, Postcard, no 22
Hotel Prince Rupert marked with an x on left.

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