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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 tiyskĘ·at village, went through, as well as overseeing the removal of children from their homes to be sent ...
Westview is a ferry terminal in Powell River, British Columbia, Canada. It is located on Malaspina Strait, part of the Strait of Georgia, on the northern Sunshine Coast and provides connections to Texada Island and Vancouver Island. The ferry port is connected to Highway 101 via a short access road.
Cranberry, formerly Cranberry Lake, is a community and neighbourhood within Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.It was incorporated as the Village of Cranberry Lake in 1942 and was merged into Powell River in 1955 as that District Municipality was expanded.
Across the United States, Christmastime meals mean different things for different people. For residents of South Carolina, Christmas means it is time to roast oysters.
Oyster farming is an aquaculture (or mariculture) practice in which oysters are bred and raised mainly for their pearls, shells and inner organ tissue, which is eaten. Oyster farming was practiced by the ancient Romans as early as the 1st century BC on the Italian peninsula [1] [2] and later in Britain for export to Rome. The French oyster ...
The Powell River-class ferry is a class of ships formerly operated by BC Ferries.The open deck vessels were mostly used on low-to-moderate volume routes, with Mayne Queen having operated permanently on Route 5, [1] connecting the Outer Gulf Islands with Swartz Bay, Powell River Queen having served on Route 23, [2] Campbell River to Quadra Island, and Bowen Queen having been on relief duty ...
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Visitors travelling by car to Desolation Sound can take BC Ferries from Vancouver or Courtenay to Powell River, and drive the short distance northward to Lund. Savary Island Ferry at Dock By boat or kayak from Lund, one can access the Copeland Islands ( Copeland Islands Marine Provincial Park ), Desolation Sound (which includes Desolation Sound ...