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Port Alberni
Port Alberni is a city in British Columbia. It is located at the base of Mount Arrowsmith and is practically surrounded by mountains.
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Hiking. Hike one of the many trails around the town and in the mountains.
Port Alberni is a city located in the province of British Columbia in Canada. It is the seat of the Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District. The city has a total population of 17,743, and the census agglomeration area a total of 25,396.
Port Alberni lies within the Alberni Valley at the head of the Alberni Inlet, Vancouver Island's longest inlet. The other end of the inlet is located on Barkley Sound, Clayoquot Sound. Port Alberni has been dubbed the "Salmon Capital of the World", a distinction also claimed by nearby Campbell River.
Port Alberni is sister-city to Abashiri in northern Japan.
History
Port Alberni was named for Captain Don Pedro de Alberni, a Spanish officer, who commanded the fort at Nootka on Vancouver Island's west coast from 1790 to 1792. Alberni and the West Coast of Vancouver Island is the traditional territory of the Nuu-Chah-Nulth Nation.
The first European settlers in the area were with the Anderson Company (a sawmilling company) from London, England in 1860. The original mill failed but several others were established in the 1880s. It was the first sawmill in BC. Port Alberni was incorporated in 1912 with the arrival of the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, and planned arrival of the Canadian National Railway, and the Trans-Pacific telegraph cable at Bamfield. Mining took place on the Alberni Canal, as with many fish camps and outports that depended on Port Alberni as a base.
The forest industry was the dominant force, with prime cedar and Douglas fir tracts nearby. Large logging operators moved
in namely Bloedel, Stewart and Welch. Sawmills were built at Alberni, Great Central Lake, and the McLean Mill.
By the second world war plywood mills and a nascent pulp industry started. For the next forty years, the forest industry reigned
supreme. MacMillan Bloedel Limited became the large lumber player in the valley. Then came industry modernization, business mergers overcutting and nearby logging protests.
Port Alberni's main industries were once mining and logging, but today the town is also reinventing itself as a major tourist
and fishing destination for those who enjoy outdoor recreation.
In 1964, Port Alberni was hit by two tsunamis during the Good Friday Earthquake. About 375 homes were damaged and 55 were washed away, however there were no injuries or fatalities.
In 1967 the twin cities of Alberni (to the north) and Port Alberni (to the south) amalgamated to form the town of Port Alberni.
The Alberni Valley has a legendary museum and many ancillary attractions. It is often said that Port Alberni is the rainiest spot in the Province. Sproat Lake, located just outside of Port Alberni is the present home of the massive Martin Mars water bombers.
Geography
Located at the head of the Alberni Inlet, Port Alberni lies adjacent to this natural harbour as well as the Somass River....
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