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Early History of Stewart
BY J. W. STEWART
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II was on I he 41 li day of May 1898.
(hat Portland Canal District received
its first prospectors, when a party of
61 men landed at the head of the
Canal, bound for a reported placer
area in the neighborhood of the Naas
headwaters, but owing to various dif
ficulties the territory was not reached,
and the expedition was abandoned.
Possibly had the party been composed
of experienced miners, and their ob
jective area reached, paying placers
might have been found as it is now
known that this section of country is
to a considerable extent gold bearing.
Several of the party were attracted
by visable evidences of local min
eralization, one of them, D. J. Rainey
located what is now the Roosevelt
' group of claims on Hitter Cri ek in
I 1899. This was the first mineral lo
| cation recorded in the district and
the first from which ore was shipped.
The Mountain Boy and other claims
were located on American creek in
1902.
As the years passed and the district
became favorably known for its min
eral possibilities, the Influx of pros
pectors and others continued to in
crease. A Mining Recorder's office
was opened in 1903 in charge of Joint
Conway, and a Post Office in 1905.
The Postmaster was Robert. M. Stew
art. after whom the town was named,
when it was founded in 1906 by the
Stewart Land Co.. Ltd. who bought
tiie land from the locators, J. VV.
Stewart and I). J. Rainey.
In 1909, Sir D. D. Mann and as
sociates became interested in the
district and acquired a charter for
EARLY DAY VIEW IN STEWART
a line of railway from Stewart east
ward to the Alberta boundary, four
teen miles of which was built up
the Bear Hlver valley to Red Cliff
and operated for some time; consider
able concentrates being shipped from
tile Portland Canal mine and thirteen
hundred tons of ore from the Red
Cliff.
From 1909 to 1912 a period of great
activity was manifested. The town
grew rapidly during these years but
progress was halted In 1913 when a
period of depression set in which
continued until the Premier Mine be
gan to demonstrate its exceptional
richness, and a renewal of confidence
in the district caused a resumption
of mining and other activities.
On May 16th, 1930, the town Was
incorporated under the Villige Act
with H. P. Gibson, W. R. Tooth and
W. L. Newell as first Commissioners,
marking another step forward in the
march of progress which should ul
timately place Stewart in a prom
inent position among the towns on
the Western seaboard, its strategic
position has long been recognized in
relation to the development of the
potentially rich territories to the
North and East which have already
lain too long unproductive.
“Many celebrated ocean ports have
attained and held positions of import
ance solely by reason of their strateg
ic positions on the routes of the trades
of the world. Only those, however, de
velop into cities of great magnitude
which, in addition to holding such
commaning positions, have in them- *
selves or in their immediate environ
ment extensive and valuable assets in
mineral wealth, in manufactures or it:
settled and prosperous agricultural
district. ***** ‘Stewart is the nat
ural, almost the only possible, port for
the whole of northern interior llritist
Columbia. ***** *That position
alone guarantees the future of Stew
art as a great sea port.”
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* CANADIAN GOVERNMENT *
* OFFICIALS *
H. M. CUSTOMS AND
IMMIGRATION
W. G. Broad, J. McMillan
J. P. SCARLETT
Government Agent, Stipendiary Mag
istrate, Judge of the Small Debts
Court; Registrar Vital Statistics;
Marriage Commissioner, Mining Re
corder.
Miss M. Mellor, Deputy M. R.
L. A. N. Potterton, B. C. Police
Firewarden and Game Warden
POST OFFICE
G. P. Heinekey, Postmaster
GOVT. TELEGRAPH SERVICE
S. G. Lawrence
GOVT. ROAD FOREMAN
H. J. McDonald
PORTLAND CANAL
Electric Laundry and
Dry Cleaning Company
J. P. HAWKINSON,
Manager
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Commissioners
Incorporated, May 1930
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
Harry P. Gibson
W. R. Tooth, Samuel Deschamps
Municipal Clerk Edward T. Applewhaite, P. O. Bex 38, Stewart, B. C.
Population of the Municipality - 500. Population of the District Served
Assessed value of Real Property - $430,321.00
Land Tax Rate 10 mills. Schocl Tax (1931) 6.01 mills.
Area 790 acres. Streets mileage 4.10 miles.
Surplus at end of first year (1930) - $3,080.19
STEWART B. C. IS -
The only incorporated municipality in the Atlin Riding.
The business center for one of British Columbia’s richest Mineral Districts.
The Key to the Peace River District.
A Town of Homes.
The largest northern B. C. town on the proposed Alaska-Pacific Highway.
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STEWART B. C. HAS .
Unequaled scenic attractions at its very door.
A wealth of undeveloped hydro-electric energy within a few miles.
L An ’ce'^ree seaport, all the year round, a perfect natural harbor capable of accomodating
the larg est ships cn the Pacific, the most Northerly Canadian port cn the Pacific.
A good Superior School, three churches, bank, local newspaper, electric
electric laundry, hotels, good stores, telegraph office, telephone service.
Regular steamship connections with the south by Canadian National and Union Steamship
light, hospital,
Company diips.
Fraternal and social activities of various kinds.
Opportunities for the investor, the business man and the home-seeker.
A perfect townsite and room for unlimited expansion.
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* BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL '*
directory *
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EDWARD T. APPLEWHAITE
Barrister and Solicitor-Notary Public
K. H. GRAY, L. L. B.
Barrister and Solicitor-Notary Public
P. S. JACK
Notary Public
DR. H. A. WHILLANS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Dr. J. S. SHUTE
Dentist
C. M. BRYANT
Provincial Assayer,
Mine Examinations
WM. YOUNKIN
Assayer
DALBY B. MORKILL
British Columbia Land Surveyor
Mine Surveyor
FRED RISCH
Cabinet Shop Mill Work
Building Contractor
DUNCAN MCLEAN
Contractor.Carpenter
TAXI SERVICE
PREMIER STAGE
Johnny Kasper,—Mgr.
General Taxi Service
PHONES 19 and 75
Stewart—Hyder, B. C.
SAM POTTS
Regular Hyder—Stewart Service
Phone 38
Taxi—Hyder, B. C.
F. R. NAGLE
Special Trips
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Fresh Milk Buttermilk
BUTTER
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WHIPPING CREAM
TABLE CREAM
Fourth and Columbia Sts.
Northern Drug Company, Limited
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