Pemberton, British Columbia
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| Province : | British Columbia | ||
| Regional District : | Squamish Lillooet | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 19 ′ N , 122 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 210 m | ||
| Area : | 10.89 km² | ||
| Residents : | 2369 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 217.5 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific Time ( UTC − 8 ) | ||
| Postal code : | V0N | ||
| Foundation : | 1956 ( incorporated ) | ||
| Mayor : | Jordan Sturdy | ||
| Website : | www.pemberton.ca | ||
Pemberton is a place with around 2,300 inhabitants in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is located in the valley of the Pemberton River below Mount Currie, in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District . It is the administrative seat of the St'at'imc or Lilwat Nation .
The granting of local self-government for the municipality took place on July 20, 1956 ( incorporated as Village Municipality ).
history
Early history
The area is home to the St'at'imc, whose members now mainly live in Mount Currie and D'Arcy, as well as villages along Lillooet Lake .
Gold rush
The place was named after Joseph Despard Pemberton (1821-1893), Surveyor General of the Hudson's Bay Company , or the colony of Vancouver Island . The name Port Pemberton first appears on a map from 1859. As a supply station for the gold prospectors who came to the region from 1858 ( Fraser Canyon gold rush ), the post was built on the northern edge of Lillooet Lake , from where the prospectors continued their journey overland to Lillooet .
Meanwhile hit the smallpox epidemic of 1862 , the Indians , and killed a large number of them. In 1884 the Cayoosh Gold Rush followed , which got its name from the site near Lillooet. In addition, the British Columbia Game Act of 1898 banned tribes from traditional hunting, and hunt guards prevented them from performing this vital activity, imposing fines and imprisonment. To this day, the numerous small tribes, some of which have come together to form larger alliances, grapple with the provincial government over land rights.
Potato country
The first farmer was John Curry. With the end of the gold rush, Port Pemberton lost its importance and the region was used more for agriculture. Therefore, the settlement was moved to its current location.
In 1914 the first passenger train reached Pemberton, attracting more settlers and lumberjacks. In the same year the Pemberton Hotel was built , which still exists today and has 34 rooms. In the valley of the river, seed potatoes flourished, a fact that gave the valley the nickname Spud Valley (Knollental).
Demographics
The 2011 census showed a population of 2,369 inhabitants for the settlement. The population of the settlement increased by 8.1% compared to the 2006 census, while the population in the province of British Columbia grew by 7.0% at the same time.
economy
Around 2001 the once dominant industry, forestry and logging, only employed 1.8% of the local population. By contrast, 24.3% of them worked in the catering and food industry. In addition, there are 13.3% who work in the arts and entertainment industry as well as in the recreation sector or in trade.
traffic
In addition to a connection through Highway 99, Pemberton has an airfield. The airfield Pemberton ( ICAO : CYP) is located about 10 kilometers southeast of the community. The airfield only has an asphalt runway 1,194 meters long.
tourism
In 1975 the Whistler Strait , Highway 99 , reached Pemberton. With the world exhibition in Vancouver , the number of bus travelers to Whistler and further north increased sharply. In the late 1980s, the road at Duffey Lake was paved, completing the last section of the Coast Mountain Circle Tour . This increasingly opened the region to tourism.
From July 25th to 27th, 2008, the Pemberton Festival took place with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers performing. Its predecessor, the Stein Voices for the Wilderness Festival, attracted around 35,000 visitors from 1989 to 1990 who wanted to hear about Gordon Lightfoot , Bruce Cockburn and Spirit of the West .
The Pemberton Heritage Museum , open June through September, houses a canoe from Lillooet Lake, two homes of the local First Nation, and artifacts from the gold rush period.
See also
literature
- Frances Decker: Pemberton. The History of a Settlement , Pemberton Pioneer Women 1977
Web links
- Pemberton , britishcolumbia.com
- City map of Pemberton (PDF, 164 kB)
- Greg Lange, Smallpox Epidemic of 1862 among Northwest Coast and Puget Sound Indians, February 2003, with sources
Individual evidence
- ^ Origin Notes and History. Pemberton. In: GeoBC . Retrieved August 11, 2012 .
- ^ Pemberton Community Profile. Census 2011. In: Statistics Canada . July 30, 2012, accessed August 11, 2012 .