City of Powell River qathet Regional District, British Columbia
City - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a city municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. E side Strait of Georgia, NW of Jervis Inlet, New Westminster Land District
Mapped Location
City of Powell River: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
Information
General information on City of Powell River
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Powell River
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| City of Powell River | Official |
Origin Notes and History of City of Powell River
References to City of Powell River that document the origin of its place name
Powell River (Town) adopted 31 December 1945 on C.3591. Incorporated as a District Municipality 15 October 1955, called The Corporation of the District of Powell River, and including the former villages of Cranberry Lake and Westview. Re-incorporated as a City Municipality per Order in Council #724, 5 October 2005, effective 15 October 2005.
After Dr. Israel Wood Powell, who, among other things, donated the site of Vancouver's first city hall. See Powell River (river). Also see the Powell River municipal website.
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A Bibliography for City of Powell River, qathet Regional District, British Columbia
The Sunshine Coast from Gibsons to Powell River by Howard White
British Columbia's Sunshine Coast is a sublimely scenic 160-kilometre stretch of waterfront between Howe Sound and Desolation Sound, reached by a 40-minute ferry ride from West Vancouver. Join Howard White, award-winning humorist and lifelong coast denizen, on a guided tour from Gibsons, where the long-running TV series The Beachcombers was filmed, to Powell River, the largest community in the region. Along the way, sojourn in Roberts Creek, whose patron saint, the irrepressible Harry Roberts, invented the name "Sunshine Coast." Stop over in Sechelt, named for the Shi'sha'lh or Sechelt Nation who once occupied the bulk of the Sunshine Coast territory. Follow the seriously twisty highway to visit Pender Harbour, where some local fishing folk still do their Saturday shopping in kicker boats. Drop anchor in Princess Louisa Inlet, and discover why the likes of John Barrymore and Andrew Carnegie once came to marvel at its canyon-like splendour. With paintings by local artists, poems by local poets, tall tales by local characters, miracles by Sechelt medicine men, tips on predicting the weather, a fair share of risqué gossip about historical figures, a good mix of bold opinions and hard facts and over 150 beautiful colour photographs, The Sunshine Coast is a book to be treasured, not just by residents and visitors, but by anyone with an eye for fascinating places. First published in 1996, this fully revised edition contains updated text and all new photographs of coast life from the area's most talented photographers including Dean van't Schip and Keith Thirkell.
127 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 29 cm
CIRC [ 1 ]
Boats, bucksaws, and blisters pioneer tales of the Powell River area by G. W. Thompson, Powell River Heritage Research Association
qathet Regional District
- Bliss Landing
- Blubber Bay
- Brem River
- Brew Bay
- Cranberry
- False Bay
- Gillies Bay
- Lang Bay
- Larsons Landing
- Lasqueti
- Lund
- Malibu
- Marshall School Junction
- McCalls Landing
- Myrtle Point
- City of Powell River
- Saltery Bay
- Sliammon
- Stillwater
- Theodosia Arm
- Van Anda
- Westview
- Wildwood
Political Boundaries
Last updated: 2023-10-01