Title: City of Prince Rupert fonds

This record describes the City of Prince Rupert fonds.

Creator: City of Prince Rupert

Date: 1909 -1929, 1943 - 2016

Physical Description: ["ca. 1.6 m of textual records", "30 cm of architectural material", "244 photographs"]

History/Biography: The City of Prince Rupert was incorporated on March 10, 1910. The first election was held on May 19, 1910 and Alfred Stork defeated William Manson to become Prince Rupert's first mayor. The first council included aldermen G.R. Naden, F. Mobley, A.A. McIntyre, W.R. Lynch, J.H. Hilditch, V.W. Smith, Thomas D. Pattullo, and A.R. Barrow. Ernest A. Woods was the first city clerk. In 1910, the first City Hall was located on Center Street and in 1912 a new City Hall was built on Fulton Street. The building was torn down in 1964. The City went bankrupt in May 1933 and W.J. Alder was assigned as commissioner for the City of Prince Rupert by the Provincial Government. In October 1942 the Province announced that municipal government could be restored and an election was called for December 17, 1942. The City Hall moved into its present location in the Federal Building on Third Avenue in 1964 after the new Federal Building on Second Avenue was completed in 1963.

Scope & Content: The fonds consists of annual reports, (1910-1916,1932-1933, 1942-44, 1949, 1966 - 2016), financial statements (1987 - 1991), Budget (1990), building inspector's diary (1913), a plan book from the Engineering Dept. from 1911- 1922 showing City datum, elevations, bench marks, plans, and blueprints. Includes correspondence from engineer F.S. Clements, a 1910 fire insurance plan, a 1914 assessment roll, wage records for the city (1921-1922, 1928-1929), a balance sheet for December 1911, and records relating to auction sales in 1909. Includes Water Supply and Electric System (Woodworth Lake) from 1911, an agreement between the Prince Rupert Hydro Electric Company Limited and the City of Prince Rupert from 1913, sewer system reports (1912), a garbage collection report (1947), voters lists, building permits (1949-1976), blueprints and plans relating to wartime housing, Fairview Cemetery, a plan of naval buildings (1943), architectural records (blueprints and plans) of Knoxville (1909), Index Map - Townsite (1910), Morse Creek Bridge (1910), water & sewer system, City Hall alterations (1962), Wantage Road, Civic Centre, aerial photographs of Kaien Island, Prince Rupert General Hospital,proposed deep-sea terminal (Fairview) (1972), and records relating to the activities of the Canadian National Railways (in particular, the Prince Rupert Dry Dock), records of construction projects in Prince Rupert, Centennial Park plans, and a Prince Rupert Centennial Library drawing. The fonds also includes records of the local Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1965-1967), economic development report (1963), planning study and housing survey - Prince Rupert: Economic Prospects and Future Development prepared by Associated Engineering Services Ltd., Freedom of the City certificate for William B. Hick, an Italo Canadian Club certificate from 1961, and the Museum of Northern BC constitution and bylaws (1973). Includes photographs of the first city council in March 1910, City Hall on Fulton Street, aldermen, drydock site, Grand Trunk Pacific construction, sternwheeler "Hazelton" the yacht club's first boat house, fire truck and firemen, waterworks and road construction, Duke of Connaught, Charles M. Hays, Mayor Sam Newton, Alderman G.W. Kerr, L. Bullock-Webster, T.R. Maitland, D.W. Morrisey, H. Douglas, Dr. W. B. Clayton, John Dybhaven, Booth School, aerial views, Fairview Terminal, waterfront, Vickersville, first passenger train, Methodist Church, government buildings, ships, GTP Hotel, Totem Park, Canadian Fish & Cold Storage, Seal Cove Sawmill, industrial site, Mayor Harry Daggett, and Queen Charlotte City council members from 2006 and 2009, Mt. Hays Chalet after the fire, colour aerial photographs of Kaien Island (1995), RCMP detachment 6th West blueprints (1977).

Note: Title based on the contents of the fonds.

Name Access:
City of Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert Drydock and Shipyard
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Canadian National Railways
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Italo-Canadian Club
Hick, Dr. William B.M.
Mason, W. George
Max Downing, Architect
Birmingham & Wood Architects
Chatham House
Imperial Oil Ltd.
Morse Creek Bridge
Prince Rupert General Hospital
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Seal Cove School
Wantage Road

Subject Access:
Voters Lists
Building Permits
Wartime Housing
City Council
Fairview Cemetery
Knoxville
Sewer system
Drydock
Cemeteries
Hospitals
Police Stations
Schools

Geographic Access:
Prince Rupert, B.C.
Kaien Island, B.C.

Accession Number: 980-07; 980-11;1983.06; 983.10; 984-02; P984-41-1926 to 1959; 984-44; 984-45; 985-40; 985-42; 986-2; 986-15; 986.33; 986.42; 987-01; 987-07; 987-023; 987-39; 987-41; 988-01; 988-02; 1989-07; 1989-022; 989-25; P989-45-4760-4762;1990-034; 991--06; 991-042; 991-046; 993-001; 1991-042; P991-75-6213 to 6296; 1992-012; P992-17-6773 to 6786; P992-19-6807 to 6821; 992-043; 993-002; 993-003; 993-005; 1993-029; P995-55-8523 to 8613; 1996-010; 1996-025; P996-113A-1190; 997-002; 1998-005; 1998-020; 1998-033; 2000-046; 2001-003;P2005-111-11176; 2012.008; 2012.028; 2012.039; 2014-002; 2014-007; 2014.009

Record ID: 638


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