Port Essington was a cannery town on the south bank of the Skeena River estuary in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, between Prince Rupert and Terrace, and at the confluence of the Skeena and Ecstall Rivers. It was founded in 1871 by Robert Cunningham and Thomas Hankin   (father of the interpreter Constance Cox) and was for a time the largest settlement in the region.
Port Essington was a cannery town located on the south bank of the Skeena River estuary in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, between Prince Rupert and Terrace, at the confluence of the Skeena and Ecstall Rivers. It was founded in 1871 by Robert Cunningham and Thomas Hankin (father of the interpreter Constance Cox) and was once the largest settlement in the area.