Share via Share via... Twitter Facebook Pinterest × Pacific Pacific, British Columbia, Canada Pacific BC Unincorporated area Railway Point in Range 5, Coast Land District Latitude- 54º 46' N Longitude- 128º 15' W Established in 1909 Area Homesteaded by Jens Anderson from Asase Denmark Originally called Nicholl BC, changed to Pacific by GTP Nicholl named after the Superintendent at the Pacific Terminus, George Alexander McNicholl Pacific Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Station, ca 1915 Credit: William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada/PA- 011225 There is a Nichol BC closer to Prince George, so imagine they changed the name because of confusion in the mail to each of these places. an article I found claimed Mr. Anderson, who owned the land at Mile 119, was going to call the new Townsite Amundsen Anderson sold his land to the GTP, and what he didn't sell to them, he sold to Charles W. D. Clifford and F. Jones. They were preparing to auction the lots off down south. Propsed townsite had room for around 150 lots. GTP roundhouse was built for 12 engines Pacific Station 120 mi from Rupert Elevation- 372 ft above sea level 1626.7 miles from Winnipeg First Divisional Point on the GTP Government Telegraph Station. Railroad Round houses, Machine shops etc. Headquarters for the Lorne, Fiddler, Chindemash, Hardscrabble, Carpenter, Legate and Oliver Creeks. All of these were within 11 miles of Pacific 1926 they had a tennis court in Pacific. R. G. Gammon was Secretary of the Tennis club Pacific shown top of this map Post Office History Name of Office: Pacific Federal Electoral District: Skeena (BC) Office opened as Nicholl BC Mar 1, 1913 Office name changed to Pacific Jan 1, 1914 Office closed Apr 14, 1958 Postmaster Information: Name of Postmaster Date of Appointment Date of Vacancy Cause of Vacancy Thomas Hazle McCubbin 1913-03-01 1939-02-08 Death John Carmichael McCubbin 1939-02-09 Acting “ 1939-03-10 1941-11-06 Resignation Peter Mark 1941-12-31 Acting ” 1942-04-07 1948-08-30 Resignation Hans William Sorensen 1948-09-23 Acting “ 1948-12-27 1958-02-22 Resignation This reproduction is NOT represented as an official version of the materials reproduced, nor as having been made in affiliation with, or with the endorsement of the National Archives of Canada. The source of this material is the National Archives of Canada Thomas Hazle McCubbin b- Nov 14, 1877, Ayr Scotland d- Feb 8, 1939 in Prince Rupert, age 61 son of John McCubbin and Elizabeth Stevenson married Elizabeth Shirra Dougall June 18, 1912 in Prince Rupert John Carmichael “Jack” McCubbin b- Apr 7, 1913, Prince Rupert BC McCubbin History see link below plus a great history article on Pacific Please refer there for further info on this family Peter Mark b- Dec 24, 1895 in Denmark d- Aug 14, 1977, at MSA General Hospital, Municipality of Matsqui BC He lived in Aldergrove BC when he died, retired CN Railway worker Section Foreman when he married son of Andres Peter Mark, b- Denmark and Johane Krestine Andersen, b- Denmark married Hilda Kilgour Styan Apr 8, 1931, at Longworth BC b- Sept 3, 1908, Vancouver BC (age 22 when she married) d- May 9, 1990, Langley Memorial Hospital, Langley BC, age 81 Teacher when she married daughter of Charles Leopold Styan, b- Newcastle, England and Lillian Kilgour, b- Tynemouth, England Hans William Sorensen b- Nov 9, 1907 South Lourup, Denmark d- Dec 4, 1965 at Yale Rd. E. , Chilliwack BC, age 58 Storekeeper and Railway worker CNR Section Foreman son of Niels Peter Sorenson and F. Fredrickson married to Jean Langlois I will add some history on John Walker “Jack” Paterson here. Co-Owner of the Nicholl Hotel Confused here as Postal Record for Kitselas says surname was Patterson, same as other history articles, but other vital records say Paterson? with one t, note in 1911 census, family name shown as Paterson Headstone for his wife says Paterson Wedding Certificate says Paterson, ad in a newspaper shows one t, but 1898 BC voter's list says Patterson I am going with one t. John Walker “Jack” Paterson b- Oct 1864 in Aberdeen Muie, Scotland, (1862 in 1911 census) d- Feb 29, 1936 in Vanderhoof, age 72 Immigrated in 1868 per 1911 census General Store Merchant in 1911 He was also Deputy Mining Recorder in Kitselas He was age 46 when he married, living at Kitsalas Canyon son of John Paterson and Elizabeth Walker married to Eveleen Paterson, nee Fenwick, Nov 12, 1909, at Port Essington BC b- Sept 1880, in Westmoreland Rd., Newcastle upon Tyne, England birth registered Jan-Mar 1881 in Newcastle upon Tyne d- Apr 2, 1980 Florence Nightingale Private Hospital, Surrey BC, age 99 she is buried in Vanderhoof Municipal Cemetery but her husband is not in the index there? strange since he died there, but many years earlier? Immigrated in 1907 per 1911 census daughter of John Mack Fenwick, b- Apr-June 1849 Newcastle upon Tyne, England and Lydia Hills, who were married Jan-Mar 1873, Newcastle on Tyne, England b- England she was age 29 when she got married, living in Vancouver They had a daughter- Marjory Paterson b- Nov 1910 in BC 1916 Hotel Jens Anderson- Nicholl Hotel Prop. b- June 26, 1877, Asase (Aalborg?) Denmark d- Served in WWI, Enlisted Feb 18, 1916 in Prince Rupert Reg # 703741 Private 102nd Batt., Canadian Infantry, Army next of kin, wife, Marie Anderson Hotel Keeper when he enlisted GTP F. A. Widemow- GTP Agent J. Donahue- Section foreman Edward “Ed” Barnes - Car Inspector b- Aug 3, 1882, Calton Notts, England d- Feb 3, 1958, at home, CNR Junction, Kamloops BC, age 75 Immigrated 57 years before he died 38 years as Car Inspector, retired in 1948 son of Arthur Barnes and Alice Sheppard both born in England. married Edith Hilton she died before him. W. H. Barnes- Pump Inspector Dave Ross- Machinist H. J. Matthews- Lather W. J. Taper- Locomotive Engineer son?- Robert Henry Taper b- ca 1912 d- Nov 7, 1918 in Pacific, age 6 daughter?- Lillian Taper b- ca 1912 d- Sept 16, 1930 in Tranquille BC, age 18 Prospector / Miner J. Brand- Prospector J. Baruba- Prospector J. N. Gillis- Miner Harry Jones- Prospector b- Birmingham England d- Drowned breaking thru ice prospecting, ca Jan 1931 Summit Lake dist. Sioux Lookout, ON He left end of May, 1926 to the new gold fields there. Mack Orr- Prospector b- age 51 in 1921, b- in USA Karl Whitmore- Prospector (1931 he was in Sioux Lookout, ON area.) b- age 37 in 1921, b- in ON Dominion Telegraph E. H. Fagerlund- Telegraph Operator Misc M. Brown J. Burns Steve Colway- Labourer Christopher “Chris” Combes- Cook b- ca 1881, England, (age 40 when he married, living in Smithers) son of John Combes, b- Edinburgh, Scotland and Elizabeth Gates, b- England married Ethel Coombes, May 18, 1921, St. James Church, Smithers BC b- ca 1890, Perth Scotland, (age 31 when she married, living in Smithers) daughter of George Charles Coombes, b- England and Alexandra Robertson, b- Scotland E. Caspinson (E. C. Casperson?) F. G. Forest- Clerk W. Kane- Labourer Thomas William Wilson Littlefair- Blacksmith b- Oct 5, 1877, Middlesborough, Yorks, England d- Aug 27, 1953, Tranquille BC, age 75, from TB, buried in Hillside Cemetery in Kamloops BC Immigrated to Canada in 1905 Permanent residence, Prince Rupert, retired Longshoreman when he died. Served in WWI, enlisted in Prince Rupert, July 18, 1916, not married next of kin, Mrs. T. Muse, his Aunt, Wall, Northumberland, England son of William Littlefair and Jane Tweddal a relative of Thomas tracked down a patent #110530, he applied for ca Aug 1907 in Portage La Prairie MB, re: Bridles for Railroad Track Laying. If you know anything of this man, please contact me. C. D. Little- Restaurant S. Meaney- Labourer J. Miller- Labourer C. O'Malley- Labourer Thomas Hazle McCubbin- Storekeeper (see above) R. G. Shively- Farmer A. E. Smith- Bricklayer A. Smith- Carpenter F. A. Stewart Nels Thompson- Contractor b- May 28, 1880, Gorum, Denmark d- Aug 18, 1972, Skeenaview Hospital, Terrace, age 92 buried in Terrace Cemetery J. Vernon- Cook George E. Warwick- Hostler 1918 some are same names above and below J. O. Melville- Farming Roy Moore- Mining Optioned his MK Group claim on Legate Creek Had a brother Tom Moore, both in Kitwanga ca1926 Thomas Snell- Mining Feb 1924 moved to Pitman 1925 he was cutting ties and poles at Chiminess Creek then rafting them to the USK siding. He was married Miss Mary Teeple- School Teacher (1923 she returned to her home in Vancouver BC) A. A. Hutchinson- GTP Agent 1922 Population= 50 They had Public School Anglican and Presbyterian Missions Sub Recorder for Omineca Mining Division Government Ferry CN Telegraph Prospectors Central Skeena Prospectors Association James Bell- Prospector John Burns- Prospector b- age 53 in 1921, b- in Ireland Alexander “Alex” Halliday- Prospector b- age 49 in 1921, b- abt 1872, in Scotland Immigrated in 1905 Harry Jones- Prospector James W. McPherson- Prospector (at Lorne Creek in 1918) Thomas McMananon- Prospector Roy Moore- Prospector Mack Orr- Prospector James Brown- Prospector b- ca 1866 d- Jan 3, 1927 Pacific BC, age 61 Jim Brown was Ferryman at Pacific in 1926 CN - GTP Samuel Alger- Section Foreman (See Usk Page) Sydney George Gardiner - CN-GTP Car Inspector b- age 51 in 1921, b- in England daughter- Doris Annie Louisa Gardiner b- ca 1906 in ON W. B. McDonald - CN - GTP Lineman Frederick A. Rogers - Locomotive Foreman b- age 30? in 1921 in ON wife- Hilda Rogers, nee ? b- age 34 in 1921, b- in Quebec Robert Taper - CN-GTP Watchman age 32 in 1921 born in PEI wife- Barbie Louise Taper age 31 in 1921 in PEI son- Charles Daniel Taper b- ca 1912 in PEI daughter- Lillian Jeanette Pearl Taper b- ca 1913 in PEI Robert Hurrell Gammon b- Dec 3, 1875 England d- July 14, 1946 Prince Rupert General Hospital, Prince Rupert, age 70 buried in Fairview Cemetery, Prince Rupert Immigrated ca 1912 Car Inspector for 29 years, single son of Bentley Gammon and Frances Hurrell Brother lived in Wilkie SK in 1946 W. W. Noonan- CN - GTP Agent William Winson Noonan b- Jan 28, 1884, St. John, Newfoundland d- Oct 4, 1956 near Kwinitsa, CNR, age 72 buried in Telkwa BC son of John Hyacinthe Noonan and Annie A. Winson Dominion Telegraph Operator in 1911 in Kitselas Lived in Telkwa when he died. Operator, CNR Telegraph, over 50 years in the business never did retire. Married Annie Elizabeth Leaver, Nov 3, 1913, Kitsumkalum BC b- age 28 in 1921 in ON daughter- Frances C. L. Bates, nee Noonan daughter- Mary Elizabeth Noonan b- ca 1915 in BC daughter- Louise Jean Noonan b- ca 1918 in BC Telegraph Humphrey “Harry” William Clark - CN Telegraph Operator b- age 30 in 1921, b- in ON married- Edith Elizabeth Clark, nee Buchanan, Aug 16, 1913, Lorne MB b- ca 1995 in MB daughter- Mildred Emma Clark b- ca 1914 in MB son- Roy Victor Clark b- ca 1916 in MB son- Arthur Purald? Clark b- ca 1920 (age 11 mo in 1921) in MB Hotel Nicholl Hotel - Mrs. Jens Anderson Prop Restaurant Norman Barker - Manager, Restaurant b- age 37 in 1921 b- in ON wife- Minnie Helena Barker b- age 38, in 1921 in ON daughter- Phyllis Margaret Barker b- ca 1913 in USA Mining BC Exploration Co. Ltd.- Mining School J. A. Colbert- School Teacher Store Thomas H. 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