Got a hire car in Prince Rupert for 2 days. Quite nice - a Mazda 3
One of the attractions of Prince Rupert is the North Pacific Cannery Museum
Some people might think this would be boring. Irene was a bit sceptical, but its a fascinating place
They are trying to keep this place from falling down. So restoration is trying to keep pace
This was one of our first rainy days!!! Didn't matter though as we were inside mostly.
It cleared later when we wanted it to though
Most of this machinery is original and in working order! This is a canning machine. The V Channel is for molten lead to seal the cans! No workplace health and safety then - just lead poisoning
A manual fish slicer
The original fish butchers were Chinese. These were eventually replaced by machines. This one dating back to 1926 was called 'THE IRON CHINK'
This is not exactly politically correct nowadays
Prince Rupert has a small floatplane terminal. Small ones like Ketchikan rather than the bigger ones at Juneau
They also have heaps of boats - both commercial and pleasure craft
This is just near Cow Bay - the tourist centre (fairly small) centre of Prince Rupert. Two women council workers couldn't work out what we were all excited about. 'These white tailed deer are everywhere dowtown. They feel safe here as there are wolves outside town that don't follow them here!' DOH! Should've known that
I thought this sign was a bit contradictory
It rains more often in Prince Rupert than not. Any sunset shot is good. This is taken from our hotel window. SLICKERS over the road sells - yep - rainwear
The Nisga'a Lava Beds are 200kms or so from Prince Rupert. Quite a spectacular drive though. These landscapes are the result of a volcanic eruption in the late 1700's
Its a pretty unique sort of landscape
Nature is slowly revegetating the land. There are few trees yet but the chunks of lava are mostly covered in thick mosses - or lichens?
We were undecided whether to turn back to Prince Rupert or carry on to the end of the road at GINGOLX. OK we carried on. Not 5 minutes later. Taken through the windscreen with a quick draw
Gingolx is a native settlement that are hoping to cash in on tourism.
Gingolx used to be Kincolith - cause thats how its pronounced in Nisga'a.
I saw this fox from 150 metres away down the beach. I snuck up on him to get a photo. He or she was a bit edgy - but didn't really give a rats. The local lady I asked couldn't work out what was so interesting either!
