Stewart, British Columbia
- Stewart, British Columbia
Stewart is a small town at the head of the Portland Canal in western British Columbia, Canada. In 2006, its population was about 496.
History
(see Alaska boundary dispute)
The Nisga'a, who lived around the Nass River, called the head of Portland Canal "Skam-A-Kounst," meaning safe place, probably because it served them as a retreat from the harassment of the Haidas on the coast.Fact|date=February 2007 They travelled in the area seasonally to pick berries and hunt birds.
The area around the Portland Canal was explored in 1896 by Captain D.D. Gaillard of the United States Army Corps of Engineers (after whom the Gaillard Cut in the Panama Canal was later named). Two years after Gaillard's visit, the first prospectors and settlers arrived. Among them was D. J. Raine, for whom a creek and a mountain in the area are named. The Stewart brothers arrived in 1902. In 1905, Robert M. Stewart, the first postmaster, named the town Stewart.
Gold and silver mining dominated the early economy. Nearby Hyder, Alaska boomed with the discovery of rich silver veins in the upper Salmon River basin in 1917 and 1918. Hyder became an access and supply point for the mines, while Stewart served as the center for Canadian mining activity.
Stewart had a population of about 10,000 prior to World War I, which then declined to about 700 in 2000. As of 2005, its population had reduced to less than 500. Stewart is accessible by highway from the British Columbia highway system, via Highway 37A.
Climate
Stewart has a coastal rainforest climate, with about 1832 mm (72 inches) per year of precipitation, much of it as snow, and an average yearly temperature of 6 degrees Celsius, according to Environment Canada [ [http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_e.html?Province=ALL&StationName=Stewart&SearchType=BeginsWith&LocateBy=Province&Proximity=25&ProximityFrom=City&StationNumber=&IDType=MSC&CityName=&ParkName=&LatitudeDegrees=&LatitudeMinutes=&LongitudeDegrees=&LongitudeMinutes=&NormalsClass=A&SelNormals=&StnId=434& Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000 ] ] . Stewart is Canada's most northerly ice-free port.
References
External links
* [http://www.stewart-hyder.com/ Stewart and Hyder International Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://stewartbchyderak.homestead.com/homepage.html Stewart Community Information]
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