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Terrace BC
aka "Hockeyville"
2009
Originally called Littleton by the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway Co.
In honour of George Little, who donated 50 acres of land to start the
town.
Name was
changed to Terrace, when the Post Office was established,
as there was already a Littleton back east.
First Grand Trunk Pacific Train, Aug 1914
Established as a Village as early as 1912
Legally Incorporated as a village, Dec 31, 1927
Celebrating 75th Anniversary in 2012
George Little House ca 2005
Home of the Via Rail Station / Terrace Tourism Society Offices
Original home of the founder of Terrace, George Little.
It has been moved a few times before resting on this spot.
George
Little
b- Nov 9, 1878, on a farm near Attwood, Huron, ON
d- Dec 30, 1955, in Terrace BC, age 77
buried in Terrace Pioneer Cemetery
George was a man of numerous
occupations.
General Store Operator, Post Master, Railway Foreman,
Sawmill Owner, Miner, and Financier.
but best known as George Little Town Maker!
End of the Century, he left Ontario to search
for gold in the Yukon,
during the 1898 rush. Not finding any gold,
he returned south to Kitimat, blazed a trail inland for 40 miles,
Arrived at what would become Terrace, on snowshoes, Mar 10, 1905
Heading originally to the Bulkley Valley.
He laid claim to thousands of acres,
and set about building himself a town.
Streets were laid out, some 80 ft wide,
Trees from Quebec were even planted on the sides of the streets.
In 1909 when the Grand Trunk Pacific was ready to expand to
Prince Rupert, he started a sawmill to cut railway ties for them.
In 1910 he started the first store here.
In 1912 he went to Seattle to be married
to Clara Beste, on June 26, 1912.
they had 5 children
The Kermodie Bear
is the Official Emblem of the City
Terrace is my Home Town Now
All of my Children were born here.
I moved here in August 1969.
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Please Check out some Terrace Pictures below Click on any of the
Thumbnails below
to view a full size picture.
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Placing your mouse over the picture
you will see a brief description on some
Dudley Little "New Skeena" Bridge
opened ca 1975
Actually 2 bridges built, photo above first part described below
One from Thornhill 4 way stop, on Yellowhead Highway 16, to Ferry Island
Other from Ferry Island to Terrace, joining with Keith Ave. (Highway 16)
Official opening by NDP MLA Frank Howard.
Old Skeena Bridge
opened July 1925
Metal Rivet- Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss,
and Deck Truss Construction types used.
Before this bridge, a small Car Ferry went from Thornhill Creek,
to Ferry Island, then across a one lane wooden bridge to theTerrace
side.
The Railroad bridge, built ca 1953, in the foreground in this picture,
was added later, to complete the railroad to Kitimat when Alcan was
built.
Last spike to Kitimat, July 8, 1955.
The old Skeena bridge was completely renovated in 1953,
when the railroad bridge was constructed beside it.
When I came to Terrace in 1969, it had a wood planking deck,
which required changing quite often, as the wood would deteriorate,
and I remember driving on nail heads after a while.
Highways then installed an Iron Wood deck, and it lasted many years.
Last addition a few years ago, was a metal grating deck.
The curved bridge was also widened at this time.
when the New Bridge was built I lived in the trailer court,
which was where the Tom Thornhill memorial is today.
I believe it was called "Riverside Trailer Park".
The owners rented small cabins/motel units as well.
It was one row of trailers, with the backs facing the river,
and the fronts facing Queensway.
My trailer a 8ft by 30ft was located where the cement pillar
holding up the new bridge, is today.
We were only given a short time (1 month?) to move our trailers.
The land was expropriated by the Government, and we were gone.
I called a tow truck, and had mine moved across the old bridge,
and into "The Motel" Trailer park on the opposite side of the bridge.
I remember them hauling even this short of a trailer, was a chore,
and there wasn't any clearance going around the 2 bends.
I wasn't sure if it was going to make it, but others were hauled in this
way.
My trailer sat in "The Motel" with the back to the ball diamond.
No more trailers for me, ever!
Sleeping Beauty Mountain
Sleeping Beauty Mountain
from the Doctor's Office,
Morning Sunrise, Jan 11, 2011
Little better quality
Taken from the Terrace, off Kalum St.
where the Senior Citizen development is today (2012)
Terrace gets it's name from the Terraces in the area.
   
More views of George Little
House
  
  
From Lookout off Highway 16, a short distance West of Terrace
Views of
Skeena River
all taken 2005 by myself
Sept 10, 1919 land ad, 160
acres for $2500.00
3 1/2 miles from town, Mr. John King owned it
A big secret of the Terrace area is the ability to grow fruit here.
Everyone thinks this happens in BC
in the Okanagan only.
We don't like to tell too many folks,
or everyone will want to live here!
When the Railroad first went thru here,
whole refrigerated car loads of strawberries,
were shipped straight thru
to Winnipeg,
and probably on to Chicago.
Some of the berries went west to Prince Rupert,
and some south to Vancouver and Victoria.
With hybrids now, there isn't hardly a fruit
that can't be grown here, including Peaches.
Raspberries, Currants, Gooseberries, Blueberries,
Apples, Pears, Grapes, and Plums to name a few.
Wild Saskatoon Berries are abundant here also.
A May 17, 1921 newspaper I found online, had an article titled,
"Strawberries Grow to Giant Size in Sunny Mountain Oasis"
sub heading, Ripened in Mountain Sunshine.
Terrace was famous for it's Big, Luscious Strawberries,
they called "Skeena Wonders", only 7-9 filled a box!
They ripened after other berries,
and had the market to themselves.
The article claimed a $500 per acre profit,
and land was subdivided into 10 acre farms.
A lot of money in 1921!
Add the fact our frost free days are higher than
just about every town or city in the North.
Frost free days are the key to a great garden.
Other areas have to rely on hybrids,
bred to grow quick, with less flavour, or hardiness,
usually the result.
Average Frost Free Days (FFD) in
Terrace= 160
Vancouver has the highest with 216.
Prince George for instance has 68 FFDs.
Calgary 114.
Kamloops and Kelowna 156.
Check it out yourself, there is not many places
in Canada that can match the FFD here.
We are between a 4 or 5 on the Hardiness Zone.
another big deal to gardeners.
With Organic and Grown Locally the 2 big items,
in all grocery shopper's lists these days,
I will match Terrace to most other places
where both of these options can be attained easily.
But remember, Please don't tell everybody!
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Below is a selection of old 8mm movies, converted to .avi,
taken by Mr. Bud Walker, who lived and worked at Kemano and Kitimat,
submitted by his son Grant Walker, from CA, USA.
Content is PWA's DC3's, taking off from Terrace Airport
and landing at Vancouver Airport.
these were all taken ca 1956-1957
PWA,
DC3, CF-EPI loading at Terrace Airport, winter 1956-57
PWA DC3 Taking Off from Terrace Airport, ca 1956-57
Taking off from Terrace Airport, taken from inside the DC3, 1956-57
PWA- DC3 landing at Sea Island Vancouver BC airport, ca1956-57
Then I made one of the original film
PWA DC3 Combined movies
from below
and this one of a 4 engine prop plane flying over
Terrace-Kitimat area
Probably the plane shown in the long video above
4 Engine
Plane flying over Terrace Kitimat area, possibly PWA Electra, ca 1956-57 |
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Terrace Town Plan, Oct 1911
Captain Maitland Lockhart Gordon, BC Land Surveyor (Bio below)
DL 361 and DL 369
North of Grand Trunk Railway, today CNR tracks
West to East- L/R: Emerson St, Kalum St., Atwood St., Clinton St.,
Apsley St.
South to North- Bottom to Top: Greig Ave, Lakelse Ave, Lazelle Ave.,
Park Ave
Captain
M. L. Gordon Bio
b- Sept 27, 1882 in London England, reg in Kensington dist.
d- May 7, 1917 in WWII, killed in Action at Bullecourt, age 35
buried at Arras Memorial, Pas De Calais, France
Maitland lead an attack on the German Trenches at Bullecourt France
Civil Engineer when he enlisted Sept 23, 1914
Next of kin- W. H. Lockhart Gordon,
who lived at 221 George St.,
Toronto, ON
Maitland was not married when he enlisted.
Came to Canada in 1886
Came to Vancouver in 1907
attended McGill University.
He attended Royal Military College, Kingston ON, graduated in 1902
Served in Army, British Infantry, 3rd Batt, Gordon Highlanders.
son of William Henry Lockhart Gordon
b- Mar 30, 1845 in Edinburgh, Scotland
d- Jan 1, 1929 at home, 221 George St, Toronto ON, age 83
Immigrated in 1870
1881 census in St. Thomas Ward, Toronto, York, ON
His father was a Barrister and Solicitor, 79 Adelaide St East, Toronto
ON
son of Henry Gordon and Emily Gordon
Mother- Emily Gordon Smith
b- Oct 4, 1847 (in South Africa in 1901 census) (b- England in 1881
census)
d- June 7, 1923 in Toronto, York, ON
Immigrated in 1872
married July-Sept 1872, Reg Dist Lewisham, London, England
Lots of siblings:
Brother- Lieut-Col Harry Duncan Lockhart Gordon, DSO, VD, FCA
b- July 20, 1873 in Toronto ON
d- 1967
He received the D.S.O., and the only brother to survive the war.
Chartered Accountant
In 1915 he married Kathleen Mary Hamilton Cassels
brother- Frank Maskelyne Lockhart Gordon
b- Mar 18, 1875 in Toronto, York, ON
sister- Louisa Molyneal Sarah Lockhart Gordon
b- Nov 30, 1876 in Toronto, York, ON
sister- Edith Willoughby L. Gordon
b- Jan 12, 1880 in London England, reg Kensington dist.
She immigrated in 1886 with Maitland
brother- Molineux Lockhart Gordon
b- Oct 31, 1884 in Toronto, York, ON
sister- Elsie Lockhart Gordon
b- Sept 30, 1886 in Toronto, York, ON
brother- Erskine Lockhart Gordon
b- Sept 15, 1883, Toronto, York, ON
Maitland's youngest brother, Captain Walter Leslie
Lockhart Gordon
b- Sept 30, 1890 in Toronto, York, ON
d- Apr 28, 1915 at the 2nd battle of Ypres., age 24.
2nd Batt C.E.F.
enlisted Sept 22, 1914, shown as a Law Student
He was qualified for the Bar when he enlisted.
Attended 3 yrs Royal Military College in Kingston.
We can see the family went back to England for a
few years,
then returned to ON |
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Terrace
Post Office History
Federal Electoral
District: Skeena (BC)
Name of
Postmaster |
Military
Status |
Date of
Appointment |
Date of
Vacancy |
Cause of
Vacancy |
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George Little
(small article above)
(see links below for more detail) |
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1912-01-01 |
1931-04-22 |
Resignation |
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Samuel Neil Gibson Kirkaldy
(see below) |
OAS |
1931-08-22 |
1955-09-30 |
Retirement |
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William James "Bill" McKenna
(see below) |
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1955-10-01 |
Acting |
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Philip Lyth Watson
(see below) |
OAS |
1956-06-09 |
Acting |
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R. A. Dumma |
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1966-11-15 |
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This reproduction is NOT
represented as an official version of the materials reproduced,
nor as having been made in affiliation with,
or with the endorsement of the National Archives of Canada.
The source of this material is the National Archives of Canada
Samuel Neil Gibson Kirkaldy
b- Sept 20, 1894, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia (enlistment info)
(Sept 21, 1895 in death reg, and his headstone)
d- Sept 23, 1984 in Matsqui BC, age 89
buried in Terrace Pioneer Cemetery, Terrace BC
Enlisted in WWI in Prince Rupert, Sept 27, 1915
Reg # 154333
shown as a cook, not married.
Next of Kin, John Kirkaldy, father- living in Terrace at the time
b- ca 1874
d- Nov 15, 1921, in Prince Rupert, age 57
buried in Terrace Pioneer Cemetery, Terrace BC
Mother- Annie Jean Fairweather
b- ca 1876
d- Nov 15, 1965 in North Vancouver, age 89
buried in Terrace Pioneer Cemetery, Terrace BC
Samuel married Isabella
Onnolee "Isabelle" Greig, Oct 30, 1925 in Prince Rupert BC.
b- July 30, 1906 in Carievale SK.
d- 1994
buried in Terrace Pioneer Cemetery, Terrace BC
daughter of John Greig,
b- Apr 1874, in Scotland, immigrated in 1883, Train Buyer,
and May Almira "Mary Almina" Little,
b- Nov 1876, in ON (1875 in burial record)
d- 1947
buried in Terrace Pioneer Cemetery, Terrace BC
1911 living on Antler St., Carievale, SK.
brother- John Lawrance Greig, b- Feb 1910 in SK.
William James "Bill" McKenna
b- Dec 22, 1905 in Kelowna BC
d- Feb 23, 1977, in Burns Lake BC, age 71
married to Jean Margaret
Linton
father- James "Jim" "Jimmy" McKenna
mother- Mary Fraser
The McKenna family came to
Burns Lake
by horse and wagon, from Kelowna in August 1911
Mr. Jim "Jimmy" McKenna worked in the Burns Lake Post Office
until he was very old.
His son Bill took over from him.
They were early settlers in the Burns Lake area.
McKenna Ave. in Burns Lake, named after this family
Philip Lyth Watson
b- Oct 9, 1912 in Woodgreen, England
d- Oct 17, 1964, Terrace BC, age 52
buried in Terrace Pioneer Cemetery
married Helen Mary Coldwell
father- Philip Watson, a tailor in Whitby England
mother- Catherine Price
grandfather- George Leo Watson, also a tailor
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Links below
Note- not my pages,
links may or may not work in the future
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrace,_British_Columbia
Kitsumkalum First Nation Band
http://www.kitsumkalum.bc.ca/
George Little House
http://www.terrace.ca/residents/recreation_culture/george_little_house
Old Kitsumgallum Cemetery History
http://www.terracelibrary.ca/trhs/kitsumgallum.html
Library Links
http://www.terracelibrary.ca/list/local
http://www.terracelibrary.ca/history1/index.htm
Museum, and it is a great one!
http://www.terrace.ca/residents/recreation_culture/heritage_park_museum
Terrace Beautification Society
http://www.terrace.ca/residents/recreation_culture/greater_terrace_beautification_society
George Little Photo bio etc
http://www.terracelibrary.ca/history1/little_family/ourfounder_of_terrace.htm
Great 1910 GTP map
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/1910_GTP.jpg
History of Pacific BC
http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/northwest/skeena_river/pacific.htm
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