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55-514: Bute Inlet took its name from John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763. His grandson Charles Stuart was a master's mate on Vancouver 's Discovery . Bute Inlet had an interesting role in the early history of the Colony of British Columbia . Entrepreneur Alfred Waddington sought to build a route to the Cariboo goldfields that was shorter and easier than

110-520: A community, despite relative proximity to Vancouver and other populous areas of the BC Coast . The city is the location of the head office of the qathet Regional District . The Powell River was named for Israel Wood Powell . Powell was B.C.'s first superintendent for Indian Affairs and a chief architect of colonial policies, including the establishment of residential schools in British Columbia and

165-578: A house for forty-five pounds per annum. He met Frederick, Prince of Wales , in 1747 at the Egham Races and became a close friend. After the Prince's death in 1751, Bute was appointed tutor to Prince George, the new Prince of Wales (later George III). Bute arranged for the Prince and his brother Prince Edward to follow a course of lectures on natural philosophy by the itinerant lecturer Stephen Demainbray . This led to an interest in natural philosophy on

220-462: A mansion called High Cliff near Christchurch . From there he continued his pursuit of botany and became a major literary and artistic patron. Among his beneficiaries were Samuel Johnson , Tobias Smollett , Robert Adam , William Robertson and John Hill . He also gave considerably to the Scottish universities. He financed Alberto Fortis 's travels into Dalmatia . His botanical work culminated in

275-475: A population density of 482.3/km (1,249.1/sq mi) in 2021. The median household income in 2005 for Powell River was $ 46,777, which is below the British Columbia provincial average of $ 52,709. According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Powell River included: The city has an exceptional Mediterranean climate of the warm-summer type ( Köppen : Csb ), resulting in the most northerly location in

330-536: A posse of volunteers from the Cariboo and a long bait-and-wait game ensued known to history as the Chilcotin War of 1864. It ended with the surrender on terms of amnesty by Klattasine , who was betrayed and hanged at Quesnellemouthe (near modern-day Quesnel ). The Bute Inlet route was later considered for the mainline of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), which would have seen extensive blasting down

385-502: Is a city on the northern Sunshine Coast of southwestern British Columbia , Canada. Most of its population lives near the eastern shores of Malaspina Strait , which is part of the larger Georgia Strait between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. With two intervening long, steep-sided fjords inhibiting the construction of a contiguous road connection with Vancouver to the south, geographical surroundings explain Powell River's remoteness as

440-664: Is located 23 km south on Highway 101 and provides access to the Sunshine Coast on the Malaspina Sky via route to Earl's Cove near Skookumchuck Narrows . Powell River has a small airport with a single 1,200 meter long runway and indoor waiting terminal. It is serviced by Pacific Coastal Airlines , which offers 20- to 25-minute flights between Powell River Airport and the South Terminal of Vancouver's International Airport . Charter flights and private aircraft also make use

495-576: Is named for Stuart. Bute purchased Luton Hoo , or Luton Park, from Francis Herne MP in 1763 for the sum of £94,700. Recognising that the existing buildings were unsuitable, Bute commissioned the neoclassical architect Robert Adam to oversee the redesign of the estate house. Initial designs were unsatisfactory and, coupled with the sale of Bute House, Adams submitted new designs for a larger complex, which Bute further adjusted to include five book rooms and seven water closets. The building also housed an extensive art collection, particularly paintings of

550-780: Is part of the Sunshine Coast Forest District of the Coast Forest Region, which is headquartered in Powell River , and the Lower Mainland Ministry of Environment Region, headquartered in Surrey . It is also within the mainland portion of the Strathcona Regional District , which has only municipal powers such as sewage and building permits on non- Indian reserve lands in rural areas. The inlet lies in

605-624: The Clan Campbell (his mother was a daughter of the 1st Duke of Argyll ), Bute succeeded to the Earldom of Bute (named after the Isle of Bute ) upon the death of his father in 1723. He was brought up thereafter by his maternal uncles, the 2nd Duke of Argyll and Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, 1st and only Earl of Ilay. In August 1735, he eloped with Mary Wortley Montagu , whose parents Sir Edward and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu were slow to consent to

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660-659: The Malahat began taking on water while being towed in the Barkley Sound . She was then moved to Powell River where she was made part of the breakwater . The mill in Powell River was at one time the largest pulp and paper mill in the world. In its prime, one in every 25 newspapers in the world was printed on paper from the Powell River mill. However, since then it has significantly cut back on production and now produces newsprint and specialty papers for Catalyst Paper . In 2019, Paper Excellence Group acquired Catalyst Paper. In 2023,

715-610: The Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763 under King George III . He became the first Tory to hold the position and was arguably the last important royal favourite in British politics. He was the first prime minister from Scotland following the Acts of Union in 1707. He was also elected as the first president of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland when it was founded in 1780. He

770-664: The Tla'amin Nation of the Mainland Comox branch of the Coast Salish peoples, who still reside there to this day. Their village is commonly referred to as Sliammon (the usual English adaptation of Tla'amin). In May 2021, Tla'amin Nation submitted a request to Powell River city council to change the name of the city. The request comes because city namesake Israel Powell, B.C.’s superintendent of Indian affairs from 1872 to 1889, helped to ensure that

825-521: The government of British Columbia to support tourism in the town. Nearby, Texada Island with quiet beaches and lakes provides tourism opportunities and is a common weekend destination for the cities' residents. Both Texada Island and Powell River are popular for fishing, hunting, sailing, power boating camping and remote hiking. The Spanish renaissance-style Patricia Theatre is Canada's oldest continuously operating theatre, first built in 1913 and then rebuilt in 1928. The qathet Museum and Archives depicts

880-580: The Blackberry Festival, Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy (PRISMA) Festival, Logger Sports, Townsite Jazz Festival, International Choral Kathaumixw, and the Sunshine Music Festival. The Cty of Powell River and surrounding area are home to over 300 Km’s of cycling trails. Volunteer built and maintained, the two largest areas for cycling are Duck Lake (XC riding) and Mount Mahony (Enduro riding). In 2023 after many years of work by

935-458: The CWH is the rainiest biogeoclimatic zone in British Columbia. The zone typically has a cool mesothermal climate: cool summers (although hot dry spells can be frequent) and mild winters. Mean annual temperature is about 8 °C (46.4 °F) and ranges from 5.2 to 10.5 °C (41.4 to 50.9 °F) among the CWH subzones. The mean monthly temperature is above 10 °C (50 °F) for 4–6 months of

990-837: The Dutch and Flemish schools. A fire in March 1771 "did considerable damage" according to contemporary reports. The project was completed by 1773 but not according to the full plan, the second phase of which was abandoned. He died on 10 March 1792, from a fall he had a year and a half prior. He fell 30 feet (9.1 m) down cliffs in Hampshire while collecting plants. He died in his mansion on South Audley Street off Grosvenor Square . In 1736 he married Mary Wortley Montagu, daughter of Edward and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , daughter of 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull . They had at least eleven children: Powell River, British Columbia Powell River

1045-742: The Garden City Design Movement and the Arts and Crafts philosophy. When the British Columbia Credit Unions Act was passed in 1939, a study club organized by local millworkers secured the first charter with a deposit of $ 48.30. The mill provided a small office space at very low rent in the early years. By 1955, when the Powell River Credit Union (now 'First Credit Union') moved into a permanent office, it had over 3,000 members and $ 1 million in assets. In March 1944,

1100-642: The King decided that Britain's military expenditure should not exceed its prewar levels, but they thought a large presence was necessary in America to deal with the French and Spanish threat. They therefore charged the colonists for the increased military levels, thus catalysing the resistance to taxes which led to the American Revolution . Bute also introduced a cider tax of four shillings per hogshead in 1763 to help finance

1155-478: The King, Bute manoeuvred himself into power by first allying himself with Newcastle against Pitt over the latter's desire to declare war on Spain. Once thwarted in his designs against Spain by Bute and Newcastle, Pitt resigned his post as Secretary of State for the Southern Department. Next, Bute forced Newcastle's resignation as prime minister when he found himself in a small minority within the government over

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1210-627: The Prussian monarchy. Bute's premiership was notable for the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris (1763) which concluded the Seven Years' War. In so doing, Bute had to soften his previous stance in relation to concessions given to France in that he agreed that the important fisheries in Newfoundland be returned to France without Britain's possession of Guadeloupe in return. After peace was concluded, Bute and

1265-524: The Seven Years' War. The journalist John Wilkes published a newspaper, The North Briton , in which both Bute and the Dowager Princess of Wales were savagely satirised. Bute resigned as prime minister shortly afterwards, although he remained in the House of Lords as a Scottish representative peer until 1780. For the remainder of his life, Bute remained at his estate in Hampshire , where he built himself

1320-790: The Sunshine Coast is similarly isolated from the rest of the BC mainland, vehicles from Vancouver must take two ferries to reach Powell River (across Howe Sound and the Jervis Inlet, if travelling via Sechelt ; and across Georgia Strait twice if going via Nanaimo ). The surrounding inlets ( fjords ) banked by mountainous terrain have made land based road connections to other areas of the BC mainland an expensive proposal. One land based route connecting Powell River to Highway 99 near Squamish has been studied, but would require two tunnels (4.5 km and 8.0 km long) and cost around 5 billion dollars. All of

1375-529: The Vancouver Island Soccer League. Powell River also has many youth sports teams and associations. PRMHA is the minor hockey associations with house & rep teams. Powell River's youth baseball league is called the PRMBA. It consists of divisions for are groups 5 and 18. Powell River's gymnastics association has produced many reputable gymnasts. In 2020, Powell River received a $ 10,000 grant from

1430-545: The banning of the Potlatch. He was traveling up the coast of BC in 1881 and the river and lake were named after him. Powell was a supporter of B.C. being part of the union with Canada and brought the first Canadian flag to BC on June 17, 1871. The pulp mill was started in 1908, with a corresponding townsite company town commenced in 1910: the first roll of paper was produced at Powell River Mill in 1912. Similarly, large logging companies had earlier moved in to take advantage of

1485-544: The city's roads are two-lane residential roads, and Highway 101 merges with Marine Avenue to form the city's main street. Powell River has two ferry terminals, both of which belong to BC Ferries . The Westview Ferry Terminal is located near the city's downtown and provides service to Comox and Vancouver Island on board the Salish Eagle, and to Texada Island on the Island Discovery. The Saltery Bay Ferry Terminal

1540-724: The existing routes via the Fraser Canyon and the Douglas Road . In competition with the projected Cariboo Road , still under construction at that time, Waddington got a license from the colonial government to undertake the construction of a wagon road from the head of Bute Inlet via the Homathko River to the Chilcotin Plateau, thence east across the Fraser to the Cariboo goldfields. The plan

1595-526: The head of Elliot Creek, generating a magnitude 5.0 earthquake and a 100 m (330 ft) high megatsunami that rushed down Elliot Creek and the Southgate River to the head of Bute Inlet, covering a total distance of over 60 km (37 mi) and destroying over 8.5 km (5.3 mi) of salmon habitat along Elliot Creek. Bute Inlet is located in the Coast Land District, Range 1 and

1650-548: The huge timber. Brooks, Scanlon & Obrien; Bloedel, Stewart and Welch ; and Theodosia Logging were but a few logging companies, with the Brooks brothers and M.J. Scanlon forming the Powell River Company, western Canada's first pulp and paper mill. The Historic Townsite was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1995, recognizing the exceptionally well preserved early 20th Century planned community, rooted firmly in

1705-554: The incumbent prime minister (the Duke of Newcastle ) and arguably the even more powerful Secretary of State for the Southern Department ( William Pitt the Elder ). The Government of the day, buoyed by recent successes in the Seven Years' War , was popular, however, and did well at the general election which, as was customary at the time, took place on the accession of the new monarch. Supported by

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1760-540: The inlet, ~95%, is supplied by the Homathko River and the Southgate River at the head of the fjord. An underwater channel system is incised in the fjord basin sediments which carries sediment to the fjord. John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute ( / b j uː t / ; 25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792), styled Lord Mount Stuart between 1713 and 1723, was a British nobleman who served as

1815-480: The interactions between the pioneers and First Nations as well as showing the tools and items that would have been used by those groups. The Townsite Heritage Society was formed in 1992 to maintain and promote the historical character of the traditional neighbourhood and business section of the Powell River Townsite. Powell River hosts a number of festivals that highlight local interest and culture, including

1870-448: The level of funding and direction of the Seven Years' War. Re-elected as a Scottish representative peer in 1760, Bute was appointed the de facto prime minister after the resignations of Pitt and Newcastle, thus ending a long period of Whig dominance. The Anglo-Prussian Alliance , which was established in 1756 was dissolved in 1762. Frederick the Great accused Bute of a plot to destroy

1925-489: The liaison, but the rumours were almost certainly untrue, since Bute held sincere religious beliefs against adultery and, by all indications, appeared happily married. In 1780, Bute was elected as the first President of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland . Because of the influence he had over his pupil, Bute expected to rise quickly to political power following George's accession to the throne in 1760, but his plans were premature. It would first be necessary to remove both

1980-495: The location of Powell River Christian School), Kelly Creek, and Texada (elementaries) as well as Westview Learning Centre. In 2013, A brand new $ 15.6 million Elementary school named Westview Elementary was opened. It is the replacement of the old Grief Point School. The Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique operates two Francophone schools: école Côte-du-soleil (primary and junior high school) and école secondaire Brooks . Private Other elementary schools in

2035-494: The mainland and not an island by definition, Powell River is a community isolated by ocean and mountains and is only accessible by water ( BC Ferries ) or by air ( Powell River Airport ). Powell River is located on Highway 101 but driving the length of the highway requires two ferries before arriving at Horseshoe Bay in West Vancouver. The alternative access to the town is a ferry crossing from Comox on Vancouver Island. Since

2090-670: The marriage. In 1737, he was elected a Scottish representative peer ; despite being in London in December of that year, he did not participate in deliberations in the House of Lords . Because of his support for Argyll against Walpole , he was not re-elected in 1741. For the next several years he retired to his estates in Scotland to manage his affairs and indulge his interest in botany . In 1745, Bute moved to Twickenham, Middlesex where his family rented

2145-400: The mill was permanently curtailed. The subsequent diversification of the local economy led to an increased focus on ecotourism and the arts, in addition to more traditional resources like mining, fishing, and general forestry. In recognition of its strong arts and cultural programs, Powell River was named a "Cultural Capital of Canada" in 2004. The Powell River area is the current home to

2200-510: The northern hemisphere, being that in Europe it is 5° further south. Although the hot season is dry, the vegetation reflects its location west of the mid-latitudes and who can describe the climate differently being situated within a temperate rainforest , Coastal Western Hemlock biogeoclimatic zone the mild winters and high humidity (although it has a defined dry season) it owns a wide zone of growth with firs , cedars and conifers . On average,

2255-522: The overlapping traditional territories and land claims of the Homalco , Klahoose , Kwiakah and We Wai Kai First Nations. Bute Inlet in British Columbia is a classic fjord formation formed during the Holocene by glacial erosion. Bute Inlet is one of the deepest fjords in British Columbia with its depth of 660 m (2,170 ft), with a sill of 220 m (720 ft). The majority of freshwater entering

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2310-461: The part of the young prince and may have led to George III's collection of natural philosophical instruments. Bute furthermore became close to Prince Frederick's widow, Augusta of Saxe-Gotha , the Dowager Princess of Wales , and it was rumoured that the couple were having an affair. Indeed, one of the Prince of Wales's associates, John Horne Tooke , published a scandalous pamphlet alluding to

2365-615: The publication of Botanical Tables Containing the Families of British Plants in 1785. Even after his retirement, Bute was accused by many Americans in the years leading up to the American Revolutionary War as having an undue corrupting influence over the British government. He died at his home in South Audley Street, Grosvenor Square , Westminster , from complications of a fall suffered while staying at Highcliffe , and

2420-593: The qathet Regional Cycling Association, the province of BC granted authority to the club to establish a new parking lot and professionally built climb and descent trails that continue to expand. Powell River is home to the Sunshine Coast Trail , Canada's longest hut-to-hut hiking trail. The free-access 180 kilometre back-country trail meanders through a wide variety of landscapes, including coastal shorelines, old-growth forest , panoramic mountaintops, pristine creeks and lakes and salmon streams. While located on

2475-575: The runway on a regular basis. The City of Powell River also has a small network of public transportation bus routes, run by BC Transit with 6 routes. The City of Powell River includes the original Townsite, which became designated a National Historic District in 1995, one of only seven in Canada. There is also the more populous Westview, and the Cranberry and Wildwood areas. On October 15, 2005, coinciding with its 50th anniversary of incorporation, Powell River

2530-707: The sale of Lot 450, land that included tiyskʷat village, went through, as well as overseeing the removal of children from their homes to be sent to residential schools, and the banning of potlatch, language and other Indigenous customs. Powell River is host to the Powell River Kings , a member team of the British Columbia Hockey League , and the Powell River Regals , a Senior Men's hockey team, founded in 1955 and winner of 3 national and several provincial championships. The Powell River Villa play in

2585-514: The severe grades required in the canyon of the Homathko River in order to reach the elevation of the Chilcotin Plateau on the inland side of the Coast Range , as well as the cost of blasting along the inlet and the deep water bridges needed below it. On 28 November 2020, unseasonably heavy rainfall triggered an 18,000,000 m (24,000,000 cu yd) landslide into a glacial lake at

2640-694: The south, but as much as 40-50% in the northern parts of the zone. A regional campus of Vancouver Island University is located in Powell River. This campus is called tiwšɛmawtxw (tyew-shem-out), which means house of learning. The name was a gift to the institution from the Tla’amin Nation Executive Council to acknowledge VIU's "readiness and willingness to participate and engage in meaningful reconciliation." The Powell River School Board ( School District 47 Powell River ) operates eight schools which includes Brooks Secondary School (high school), James Thomson, Henderson, Edgehill, Grief Point (now

2695-448: The warriors, who had been working as labourers due to famine in their country, which is over the mountains on the inland side of the range. Discussing his threats that night, the warriors, led by Klattasine of the Xeni Gwet'in of Nemaia Valley near Chilko Lake , rose up and slaughtered Waddington's work party. Three men escaped despite severe injuries. As a result of their reports, expeditions were launched by troops from Victoria and

2750-399: The west shore of the inlet and a series of bridges to reach Vancouver Island near Campbell River via Seymour Narrows . This route was passed over in favour of the Fraser Canyon route to a new port-city at Burrard Inlet , which was to become the city of Port Moody . The residual political impact of the Chilcotin War was one factor dissuading the CPR from using Bute Inlet; the other was

2805-400: The year. The mean temperature of the coldest month is 0.2 °C (32.4 °F) and ranges from −6.6 to 4.7 °C (20.1 to 40.5 °F) among the subzones. Mean annual precipitation for the zone as a whole is 2,228 mm (87.7 in), and ranges from 1,000 to 4,400 mm (39.4 to 173.2 in) (and probably more in some areas). Less than 15% of total precipitation occurs as snowfall in

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2860-440: Was born in Parliament Close, near to St Giles Cathedral on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on 25 May 1713, the son of James Stuart, 2nd Earl of Bute , and his wife, Lady Anne Campbell. He attended Eton College from 1724 to 1730. He went on to study civil law at the Universities of Groningen (1730–1732) and Leiden (1732–1734) in the Netherlands, graduating from the latter with a degree in civil law. A close relative of

2915-508: Was buried at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute . The flowering plant genera Butea and Stewartia are named after him. In 1761, Bute was appointed Ranger of Richmond Park by King George III, a post he held until his death; Bute Avenue in Petersham near the park is named after him. According to historian John Naish, the 18th-century expression "Jack Boot" meaning a stupid person originated as disparagement of Stuart's performance as prime minister. Stuart Island (British Columbia)

2970-440: Was officially designated a city. Townsite and Cranberry are connected by three roads by the names of Lombardy Ave, Timberlane Ave, and Hemlock Street. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Powell River had a population of 13,943 living in 6,402 of its 6,718 total private dwellings, a change of 6% from its 2016 population of 13,157. With a land area of 28.91 km (11.16 sq mi), it had

3025-469: Was that steamers from Victoria would voyage to the head of the inlet, and travellers would take what was to be a toll road overland from there. He was granted a townsite at the head of the inlet (still on maps as Port Waddington but as nothing more than a land survey) and commenced construction up the Grand Canyon of the Homathko from there. Conflict with warriors of the Tsilhqot'in Nation quickly ensued when Waddington's foreman threatened smallpox on

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