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Prince
Rupert
Dry
Dock
and
Shipbuilding
Plant
a
Grarf
Future
Part
of
Prince
Rupert
Fishing
Fleet
Prince
Rupert
Grain
Elevator
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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
stands
prominent
among
the
developed
Seaports
of
the
country,
being
the
terminus
of
a
great
railway
the
entrepot
of
a
great
continent
As
a
port
Prince
Rupert
already
has
extensive
docking
facilities
both
for
deep
sea
and
coasting
trade.
She
has
a
modern
grain
elevator
with
capacity
of
1,250,000
bushels
and
with
grain
cleaning
and
drying
plant
complete.
The
port
is
equipped
with
a
modern
floating
dry
dock
capable
of
accommodating
ships
up
to
2Q,000
tons
and
with
shipbuilding
and
repair
yards.
There
are
numerous
supply
houses
for
handling
coal,
building
materials,
ship
chandlery,
provisions
and
other
commodities.
Catering
to
the1
largest
fresh
halibut
market
of
any
port
in
the
world,.
Prince
Rupert
has
the
largest
fish
cold
storage
plant
in
the
world
and
the
large
fish
companies
of
Canada
and
United
States
have
buying
and
shipping
departments
along
the
waterfront.
Within
the
city
limits
is
a
lumber
mill,
planing
mill
and
box
factory
that
cuts
many
thousand
feet
of
lumber
a
day
and
supplies
high
grade
airplane
spruce
to
the
markets
of
the
world.
The
terminal
shops
of
the
Canadian
National
Railway
as
well
as
many
of
the
company's
offices
are
located
at
Prince
Rupert.
Prince
Rupert
is
in
the
centre
of
the
most
prolific
salmon
fisheries
in
Canada
and
a
supervising
and
purchasing
office
of
the
largest
company
is
located
in
the
city.
Hundreds
of
fishing
boats
and
other
mosquito
craft
ply
in
and
out
of
the
port
daily.
The
shipping
clearances
last
year
amounted
in
all
1,782,762
tons.
With
all
these
port
advantages
there
is
now
added
an
unlimited
supply
of
cheap
hydro-electric
power
that
will
give
an
impetus
to
development.
.
Within
the
past
few
weeks
incorporation
has
been
granted
to
the
Prince
Rupert
Lumber,
Pulp
and
Paper
Mill
Ltd.,
which
is
planning
the
building
of
a
pulp
mill
in
the
city,
and
other
industries
are
being
contemplated.
The
city
is
expected
to
become
the
chief
outlet
for
the
rich
Peace
River
grain
country
and
a
line
of
steamships
to
the
Orient
will
probably
be
established.
The
city
has
a
limited
supply
of
industrial
sites
(not
waterfront)
which
she
is
prepared
to
give
free
of
cost
to
encourage
new
industries
not
competing
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INQUIRY
AND
INSPECTION
IS
INVITED
BY
The
Chamber
pf
Commerce
Prince
Rupert,
British
Columbia
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