Port Alice
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 Aerial view of Port Alice (ca.1950) |
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| Location in British Columbia | |||
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| Province : | British Columbia | ||
| Regional District : | Regional District of Mount Waddington | ||
| Coordinates : | 50 ° 26 ′ N , 127 ° 29 ′ W | ||
| Area : | 7.04 km² | ||
| Residents : | 805 (as of 2011) | ||
| Population density : | 114.3 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific Time ( UTC − 8 ) | ||
| Postal code : | V0N 2N0 | ||
| Foundation : | 1965 ( Incorporated ) | ||
| Mayor : | Jan Allen | ||
Port Alice is a small community in the northern area of Vancouver Island , in the Canadian province of British Columbia . The parish is approximately 54 kilometers west-southwest of Port McNeill and is part of the Regional District of Mount Waddington . The village stretches over a stretch of about 8 kilometers along the banks of Neroutsos Inlet , a branch of the Quatsino Sound . The community consists of the northern district of Jeune Landing and the southern district of Rumble Beach and then the industrial area with the pulp mill.
history
Originally the country was settled by the First Nations , so the history goes back further than the historiography dominated by European immigrants. In the area around what is now Port Alice lived and still live the Hoyalas of the Quatsino First Nations .
The “European” part of history in this region begins with the arrival of Spanish and British seafarers in the 1770s. Except for the fur trade, this part of Vancouver Island remained largely untouched by European settlers for the next 100 years. This only changed in the early 1900s when the timber industry began to spread on the island's west coast as well.
In 1917 the Whalen brothers built a pulp mill here. They named the emerging settlement after Alice Whalen, their mother. Shortly after the establishment of the settlement, a post office opened on October 1, 1917.
Demographics
After it was founded, the population of the municipality grew strongly at times, but has fallen considerably since the peak in the second half of the 20th century. Since the peak, the number of residents has fallen by around half. The last census in 2011 showed a population of 805 inhabitants for the municipality. The community's population has decreased by 1.6% compared to the 2006 census and is thus still in the opposite trend to the average for the entire province of British Columbia, where the population grew by 7.0% at the same time. With an average age of 48.9 years, the population here is also significantly older than in the rest of the province, with an average of 41.9 years.
education
Port Alice is part of School District # 84 - Vancouver Island West . In the small community there is only one school, a combined elementary school / secondary school .
politics
The local self-government for the settlement was only granted on June 16, 1965 ( incorporated as a District Municipality ). Since January 1, 1971, the settlement has the status of a Village Municipality .
Mayor of the municipality is Jan Allen. Together with four other citizens, he forms the council of the municipality for three years.
economy
The main industries in Port Alice are forestry and the local pulp mill.
The median income of workers in Port Alice in 2005 was slightly below average C $ 22,699, while at the same time the average for the entire province of British Columbia was C $ 24,867. The income gap between men (C $ 25,002) and women (C $ 20,246) in Port Alice is smaller than the provincial average (men = C $ 31,598, women = C $ 19,997).
traffic
Port Alice has a direct connection to the East Coast via the highway 30 which is halfway between Port McNeill and Port Hardy in the Highway 19 (Vancouver domestic Iceland Highway) opens.
On the southern outskirts of Port Alice is the local sea airport on Neroutsos Inlet ( IATA airport code : -, ICAO code : -, Transport Canada Identifier: CAL8).
The tidal range of the Quatsino Sound continues in Neroutsos Inlet and has an impact on port operations. As a rule, it is still between 3 and 5 meters there.
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climate
According to the effective climate classification according to Köppen, Port Alice has a warm, moderate rainy climate (Cfb), which is also referred to as an oceanic climate . The weather is characterized by a very high average amount of precipitation (the place is one of the wettest places in Canada with a total of 3300 mm of humidity per year) with moderate temperatures in both summer and winter.
Trivia
Port Alice bears a striking resemblance to Port Annie, a fictional small town on Vancouver Island, which the Canadian writer Jack Hodgins described in his novel "The Resurrection of Joseph Bourne".
Web links
- Community website
- Port Alice on the tourism side of BritishColumbia.com (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ^ Port Alice Community Profile. Census 2011. Statistics Canada , January 2, 2013, accessed February 18, 2013 .
- ^ Schools. School District # 85 - Vancouver Island North, accessed May 8, 2019 .
- ^ Origin Notes and History. Port Alice. GeoBC , accessed February 18, 2013 .
- ↑ City website: Village Office. Retrieved February 18, 2013 .
- ^ Port Alice Community Facts. BCStats , accessed February 18, 2013 .
- ↑ Port Alice (# 8750) Tidal Prediction. Fisheries and Oceans Canada , accessed April 29, 2016 .