Kitselas, British Columbia

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Kitselas
railway point
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Location of Kitselas in British Columbia
Coordinates: 54°33′59″N128°27′05″W / 54.56639°N 128.45139°W / 54.56639; -128.45139
CountryCanada
Province British Columbia
Region Skeena
Regional district Kitimat–Stikine
Time zone UTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
Area codes 250, 778, 236, & 672
Waterways Skeena River

Kitselas is a railway point on the northwestern shore of the Skeena River in the Skeena region of west central British Columbia, Canada. [1] The former name was Vanarsdol. Across the Skeena to the southwest is the mouth of the Zymoetz River (commonly called the Copper River). This river bridge on BC Highway 16 is by road about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast of Terrace.

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Railway

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP) surveyors considered two routes between present day Telkwa and this vicinity. One was via the Telkwa and Zymoetz rivers and the other was via the Bulkley River and Hazelton. Although the former was 129 kilometres (80 mi) shorter, the BC government influenced the decision to select the latter. [2]

In early November 1910, the eastward advance of the GTP rail head from Prince Rupert passed through mile 100 (Vanarsdol), [3] reaching Newtown [4] at mile 102 (western end of the tunnels), [5] where it halted for over a year. After Foley, Welch and Stewart (FW&S), the GTP prime contractor, handed over control of the line west of Vanarsdol to the GTP (which commenced scheduled service in June 1911), [6] the construction work east of that point was regarded as the ongoing extension. [7] In mid-January 1912, the FW&S Newtown temporary terminal ceased to exist when tracklaying proceeded through the tunnels. [8]

Vanarsdol station was named after Cassius Cash Van Arsdol, GTP chief engineer. [9] His directive to the route surveyors, especially for the Canadian Rockies segment, was to ensure the grade did not to exceed four-tenths of one percent. Consequently, his nickname thereafter was "Four-tenths Van". [10]

By 1911, the Copper River siding existed. [11] The planned station locations in the vicinity had been Kitsum, Copper River, and Kitselas. [12] Stations quickly eventuated at Littleton (Terrace) (but not Kitsum just to the west) and at Vanarsdol (rather than opposite old Kitselas (Kitselas Canyon), but not for the Copper River siding at Stewart's Landing. [13] Later that decade, the latter opened as the Dobies station.

In the 1936 flood, the Canadian National Railway (CN) pumphouse stopped working and the foundations of the railway depot and water tower were so badly undercut, that the structures were overhanging the river. [14]

Train Timetables (Regular stop or Flag stop)
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^a . A flag stop from at least 1918, which continued throughout the 1920s. [32]

Newtown

Newtown referred to the temporary railway terminal vicinity on the west shore. [33] This more significant construction camp is best regarded as a general area rather than a specific place. In 1911, Frank Bowness opened a restaurant and bunkhouse, [34] which unlikely survived much beyond that year.

The earlier use of Newtown to designate a First Nation reserve [35] could refer to either the Kitselas 1 [36] or Kshish 4 [37] or both.

Kitselas (formerly Vanarsdol)

This location on the northwest side of the Skeena is surrounded by the Kitselas Kshish First Nation Reserve 4. The First Nations school, which existed 1904–1959 [38] at Vanarsdol, [39] was initially administered by the Methodist mission. [40] Fire destroyed the schoolhouse in 1933 [41] and its vacant replacement in 2010. [42]

The earliest newspaper mention of the Vanarsdol place name is June 1911. [6] The post office existed 1913–1927. [43]

About 1924, William Hagan opened the Vanarsdol Lumber Co and his wife Wilhelmina opened a general store, which contained the post office. [9] In 1927, fire destroyed the Hagan sawmill, adjacent buildings, and 180,000 metres (600,000 ft) of lumber. [44] A mention of the mill site as Copper City in 1928 is likely a reference to the general area. [45]

In 1931, the rebuilt mill diversified into box making. [46] Strawberry crops also thrived. [47] The sawmill operated at least until the mid-1930s. [48]

Dobies

This location was on the northwest side of the Skeena, downstream from the Zymoetz River. In the 1890s, pioneer settlers John (David) Stuart and family arrived. On their homestead, they developed an exceptional orchard. [49] Steamboats called at Stuart Landing for cordwood fuel. Simeon Wilson Dobbie came in 1898 and married Jemima Stuart in 1905. The Dobbies purchased part of the Stuart property in 1908, and the wharf became Dobbie Landing. [50] Ferries, a railway flag stop, and a school have existed in the vicinity.

Copper City

In 1908, William John Sanders, prospector and Sergeant-at-arms in the BC Legislature, chose the name of Copper City for the new townsite, which would occupy 118 hectares (292 acres) of his 523-hectare (1,292-acre) property immediately south of the Zymoetz River mouth. [51] In 1909, a Prince Rupert syndicate paid $45,000 for over 40 hectares (100 acres) of the site for immediate marketing. [52]

In 1907, Harry Creech opened a hotel. [53] He was the inaugural Copper River postmaster 1909–1914 [54] and also ran a general store. [12] In 1909, a second general store opened, [55] which Percy Ralph Skinner and his brother ran [12] as a HBC agency. [56]

In 1910, W.J. Sanders built a hotel. [57] By 1913, no hotels operated. [58] In 1915, the school opened. [59] [60] In 1929, a new schoolhouse was erected. The former one had been a small frame building with broken windows and no toilets. [61] The one-room school stood in the Dobies area on the northwest side of the Skeena. [62]

In the early 1930s, the only outside road link was with Terrace. [63]

Eastward View of Copperside Estates, 2011. Copper Estates, Terrace.jpg
Eastward View of Copperside Estates, 2011.

In 1950, the school closed. [64] The post office closed in 1956, [54] and the Skinner family store existed at least until this time. [65]

Copperside Estates

About 1971, the Copperside Estates subdivision opened [66] immediately north of the Zymoetz River mouth.

In 1994, the Copperside Stables were established. [67]

In 2019, a hydraulic hose failed on a BC Hydro truck, resulting in a 10-to-15-litre (2.2 to 3.3 imp gal; 2.6 to 4.0 US gal) spill of hydraulic fluid in the area. The private Copper Estates water system provider advised the almost 400 residents to avoid using their water for about a week because the spill occurred close to a well. [68] Boil water advisories prompted residents in 2021 to request the regional district take over the water supply system. [69]

The current passenger transit provider is BC Transit. [70]

Ferries

Stewart Ferry across the Skeena

Stuart Landing (alternative spelling Stewart) was also a ferry location. Existing from the 1890s, Stewart's Ferry was different from the Copper River mouth locale, which suggests a positioning distinctly to the southwest. [71] This ferry operated into the earlier years of the following century. [72]

Copper City Ferry across the Skeena

In 1908, a subsidized [73] two-year ferry charter covering 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) up and downstream was tendered. [74] No evidence exists that any such service began. W.J. Saunders installed and commenced a reaction ferry in 1910. [75] [76] However, residents would have preferred the government operate the service. [77]

The new 4.5-tonne; 4.5-long-ton (5-short-ton) ferry installed in 1923–24 was operated by residents rather than a government employee. [78] The northwest ferry dock was in the general vicinity of Dobies station. [79]

In 1933, an automobile overran the far end of the ferry while loading, and the three passengers inside drowned. [80] In 1934, a new ferry operator residence was built. [12] In 1938–39, two new landing pontoons were constructed. [81]

During flooding in 1945, the ferry lost its northern landing pontoon. [82] In 1947–48, a new 9.1-tonne; 8.9-long-ton (10-short-ton) ferry with steel pontoons was installed. [83]

In 1950, spring floods damaged the ferry. [84] During winters, a rowboat was employed. [85] When the ice thickness was sufficient, an ice crossing served pedestrians. [86]

Around 1969, the ferry was discontinued, [87] which ended road access to Kitselas.

Lower Copper River Ferry

By the 1920s, a cable crossing existed 5 to 6 kilometres (3 to 4 mi) from the river mouth. [88] It is unclear if the basket ferry operating at least 1927–1934 was at this or another location. [89]

About 3 kilometres (2 mi) from the mouth, a one-lane bridge dating from the early 1910s [90] was replaced in 1929. [88]

Upper Copper River Ferry

About 45 kilometres (28 mi) from the mouth, an aerial passenger ferry existed in 1914, [91] which was upgraded to a ferry in 1921. [88] [92]

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Kitselas (railway point)". BC Geographical Names .
  2. ↑ Lower 1939, p. 75 (67).
  3. ↑ "Prince Rupert Optimist". library.ubc.ca. 12 Nov 1910. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "Omineca Herald". library.ubc.ca. 3 Dec 1910. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Fort George Tribune". pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca. 31 Dec 1910. p. 1.
  6. 1 2 "Gazette". www.newspapers.com. 15 Jun 1911. p. 9.
  7. ↑ "Omineca Miner". library.ubc.ca. 2 Dec 1911. p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Omineca Herald". library.ubc.ca. 19 Jan 1912. p. 1.
  9. 1 2 3 "Vanarsdol". www.gent.name.
  10. ↑ Lower 1939, pp. 141–142 (132–133).
  11. ↑ "Prince Rupert Journal". library.ubc.ca. 31 Mar 1911. p. 6.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Copper City". www.gent.name.
  13. ↑ "Omineca Miner". library.ubc.ca. 2 Sep 1911. p. 1.
  14. ↑ Septer 2007, p. 33.
  15. 1 2 "Timetable" (PDF). streamlinermemories.info. 28 Apr 1943. p. 62 (TT226).
  16. ↑ Timetable. 1 Mar 1914. p. 15 (TT14).
  17. ↑ Timetable. 3 Oct 1920. p. 12.
  18. ↑ Timetable. Jan 1925. p.106 (TT156)
  19. ↑ Timetable. 1932. p.58 (TT226)
  20. ↑ Timetable. 1935. p.60 (TT226)
  21. ↑ "Timetable". www.scribd.com. 30 Apr 1950. p. 59 (TT226).
  22. ↑ "Timetable" (PDF). streamlinermemories.info. 30 Sep 1956. p. 55 (TT138).
  23. ↑ "Timetable" (PDF). streamlinermemories.info. 30 Oct 1960. p. 54 (TT139).
  24. ↑ "Timetable". pre.timetableworld.com. 25 Apr 1965. p. 41 (TT92A).
  25. ↑ "Timetable". pre.timetableworld.com. 7 Jan 1970. p. 29 (TT50).
  26. ↑ "Timetable". pre.timetableworld.com. 27 Apr 1974. p. 18 (TT49).
  27. ↑ "Timetable". pre.timetableworld.com. 26 Oct 1975. p. 11 (TT16).
  28. ↑ "Timetable". pre.timetableworld.com. 3 Feb 1980. p. 41 (TT57).
  29. ↑ "Timetable". pre.timetableworld.com. 1 Jun 1985. p. 49 (TT39).
  30. ↑ "Timetable". pre.timetableworld.com. 30 Oct 1988. p. 55.
  31. ↑ "Timetable". pre.timetableworld.com. 30 Apr 1989. p. 55.
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  35. ↑ "Prince Rupert Optimist". library.ubc.ca. 15 Feb 1911. p. 4.
  36. ↑ "Kitselas 1 (reserve)". BC Geographical Names .
  37. ↑ "Kshish 4 (reserve)". BC Geographical Names .
  38. ↑ "List of Federal Indian Day Schools" (PDF). indiandayschools.com. p. 10.
  39. ↑ "Omineca Miner". library.ubc.ca. 1 Jan 1916. p. 1.
  40. ↑ "1918 BC Directory". www.bccd.vpl.ca.
  41. ↑ "Province". www.newspapers.com. 20 Jan 1933. p. 1. …the destruction by fire of the Indian Mission School at Kitselas…
  42. ↑ "Terrace Standard". www.newspapers.com. 28 Apr 2010. p. 8. A piece of First Nations history burned to the ground… school was used in the 1930s and 1940s by Kitselas students who lived on the reserve before shutting down in the 1950s when families moved to Terrace…
  43. ↑ "Postmasters (Vanarsdol)". www.bac-lac.gc.ca.
  44. ↑ "Prince George Citizen". pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca. 7 Jul 1927. p. 1.
  45. ↑ "Interior News". www.newspapers.com. 31 Oct 1928. p. 6. Interior mills that have operated throughout the year…Vanarsdol Lumber Co., Copper City.
  46. ↑ "Vancouver Sun". www.newspapers.com. 8 May 1931. p. 8. Hagan's mill at Vanarsdol…will make a speciality of box wood for the fish…and fruit business..
  47. ↑ "Interior News". www.newspapers.com. 15 Jul 1931. p. 6.
  48. ↑ "Terrace News" (PDF). core.ac.uk. 5 Jun 1935. p. 3.
  49. ↑ "John "David" Stuart Bio". www.gent.name.
  50. ↑ "Stuart and Dobbie's Landing". www.terracelibrary.ca.
  51. ↑ "Daily Colonist". archive.org. 23 Apr 1908. p. 7.
  52. ↑ "Daily Colonist". archive.org. 25 Apr 1909. p. 3.
  53. ↑ "Victoria Daily Times". www.newspapers.com. 6 Nov 1907. p. 2. Harvey Creech…to look after the opening of a hotel which he is starting at Copper River City.
  54. 1 2 "Postmasters (Copper River)". www.bac-lac.gc.ca.
  55. ↑ "Calgary Albertan". www.newspapers.com. 22 Nov 1909. p. 2.
  56. ↑ "Terrace Standard". www.newspapers.com. 4 May 1994. p. 28.
  57. ↑ "Daily Colonist". archive.org. 5 Jul 1910. p. 11.
  58. ↑ Minister of Lands annual report, 1913. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 426 (D361).
  59. ↑ Stortz 1988, p. 83 (71).
  60. ↑ Public Schools annual report, 1914–15. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. A42.
  61. ↑ Stortz 1988, p. 118 (106).
  62. ↑ "Terrace Standard". www.newspapers.com. 15 May 1996. p. 17.
    "Terrace Standard". www.newspapers.com. 6 Mar 1996. p. 18. …Copper City – the school was on Dobie's property across the river from Skinner's Corner
  63. ↑ "Northern Sentinel". www.newspapers.com. 9 Aug 1957. p. 10. In 1933…the only road…was an 8-mile stretch from Terrace to Copper City and about 20 miles between Lakelse and Kitsumkalum Lakes.
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  65. ↑ "1955 Prince Rupert Directory". www.bccd.vpl.ca.
  66. ↑ "Terrace Herald" (PDF). core.ac.uk. 8 Mar 1971. p. 7.
  67. ↑ "Terrace Standard". www.newspapers.com. 27 Apr 1994. p. 8.
  68. ↑ "Terrace Standard". www.terracestandard.com. 17 Jan 2020.
  69. ↑ "Terrace Standard". www.terracestandard.com. 28 Jan 2021.
  70. ↑ "Route 14: Gitaus/Queensway". www.bctransit.com.
  71. ↑ Commissioner of Land and Works annual report, 1899. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 102 (380).
  72. ↑ Department of Agriculture annual report, 1902. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 104 (A91).
  73. ↑ Commissioner of Land and Works annual report, 1907–08. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. H35.
  74. ↑ "Week". library.ubc.ca. 9 May 1908. p. 6.
  75. ↑ Clapp, Frank A. (1991). Ministry of Transportation and Highways, Lake and River Ferries. Ministry of Transportation and Highways. p. 18. ISBN   0-7726-1364-8.
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    "Prince Rupert Journal". library.ubc.ca. 9 Aug 1910. p. 3.
  77. ↑ "Daily Colonist". archive.org. 8 Aug 1911. p. 14.
  78. ↑ Minister of Public Works annual report, 1923–24. library.ubc.ca (Report). pp. 7, 37 (L7, L23).
  79. ↑ Minister of Mines annual report, 1927. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 134 (C123).
  80. ↑ "Province". www.newspapers.com. 20 Jun 1933. p. 1. …Mildred Clarke, 18; Gerald Clarke, 12; and George Dobbie, 12, all of Copper City, who were drowned in the Skeena River…when an automobile plunged from the government ferry. Harry Clarke…while driving on to the ferry…over-ran the apron…
  81. ↑ Minister of Public Works annual report, 1938–39. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 39 (Z29).
  82. ↑ Septer 2007, p. 46.
  83. ↑ Minister of Public Works annual report, 1947–48. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 45 (N29).
  84. ↑ Septer 2007, p. 55.
  85. ↑ Minister of Highways annual report, 1958–59. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. G61.
    "Minister of Highways annual report, 1961–62". library.ubc.ca. p. J104.
  86. ↑ Minister of Highways annual report, 1964–65. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. C106.
    Minister of Highways annual report, 1965–66. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. C106.
  87. ↑ Minister of Highways annual report, 1968–69. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. C122.
  88. 1 2 3 "Copper River Bridge". www.gent.name.
  89. ↑ Public Accounts annual report, 1927–28. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 289 (T253).
    to Public Accounts annual report, 1933–34. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 217 (L185).
  90. ↑ Minister of Mines annual report, 1914. library.ubc.ca (Report). p. 126 (K115).
  91. ↑ Minister of Mines annual report, 1914. library.ubc.ca (Report). pp. 136–137 (K124–125).
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