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  2. Powell River, British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    In May 2021, Tla'amin Nation submitted a request to Powell River city council to change the name of the city. The request comes because city namesake Israel Powell, B.C.’s superintendent of Indian affairs from 1872 to 1889, helped to ensure that the sale of Lot 450, land that included tiyskʷat village, went through, as well as overseeing the removal of children from their homes to be sent ...

  3. Powell River - Wikipedia

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    Powell River, British Columbia, a city in Canada Powell River Airport; Powell River Regional District, a former regional district in British Columbia, Canada, now known as the qathet Regional District; Powell River School District, a school board on the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia, Canada; Powell River (Tennessee River), a tributary of ...

  4. Blubber Bay - Wikipedia

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    The ferry from Powell River docks at Blubber Bay, which sits beside quarry offices, pits and workings which stretch up the hill. The north rim of the bay has the disused workings of BC Cement Company with dock, work area, and various pits stretching out to the headland. There is a museum and archives and a small store located above the ferry ...

  5. Little River, British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Little River Ferry Terminal. Little River is a community in the Comox Valley region of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Its namesake, Little River, is a short stream of the same name which enters Little River Bay. The community lies to the east of the river's confluence with the bay.

  6. Houston, British Columbia - Wikipedia

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    Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ HEW-stən) is a forestry, mining and tourism town in the Bulkley Valley of the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its population as of 2021 was 3,052, with approximately 2,000 in the surrounding rural area. It is known as the "steelhead capital" and it has the world's largest fly fishing rod.

  7. qathet Regional District - Wikipedia

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    The district was formerly known as the Powell River Regional District. Because of frequent confusion between the identical names of Powell River district and city, the district's name was changed in 2018 to qathet, from q̓at̓ᶿɛt , meaning "working together, bringing together" in the ʔayʔaǰuθəm language of the ɬəʔamɩn , k̓ómoks ...

  8. Powell River (British Columbia) - Wikipedia

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    Along with Powell Lake, it was named for Dr. Israel Wood Powell, a medical doctor and educator who was a veteran of the Cariboo Gold Rush. Dr. Powell was Commissioner for Indian Affairs for British Columbia from 1873 to 1881. [1] In 2021 the city of Powell River entered into negotiations with the Tla'amin Nation regarding a potential name ...

  9. Powell Lake - Wikipedia

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    Powell Lake is a lake in the northern Sunshine Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, adjacent to the city of Powell River, which sits on the low rise of land forming a natural dam between the lake and the Strait of Georgia. The lake flows to the ocean through Powell River and features Goat Island, a large mountainous island. It serves as a ...

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