Prince Rupert

Prince Rupert, city (1991 pop. 16,620), W British Columbia, Canada, on Kaien Island, in Chatham Sound near the mouth of the Skeena River, S of the Alaska border. A railroad and highway terminus and an ice-free port, it serves the mining, lumber, and agricultural areas of central and W British Columbia. It is a major fish-processing center, and there are wood-processing plants. The city's growth dates from the arrival (1914) of the railroad. During World War II the city was a major supply base for U.S. forces in Alaska.

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Prince Rupert

a port in W Canada, on the coast of British Columbia: one of the W termini of the Canadian National transcontinental railway. Pop.: 14 643 (2001)

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Prince Rupert 

a city in western Canada, in the province of British Columbia, on the island of Kaien. Population, 15,700 (1971).

After Vancouver, Prince Rupert is Canada’s most important port on the Pacific. It is the terminus of trans-Canadian railroad lines and highways as well as Alaskan combined highway-railroad-sea links. Prince Rupert’s industries include fish processing, cellulose and paper, lumber, chemicals, and ship building. It exports fish products, grain, cellulose, and nonferrous ore concentrates.