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Transportation Assessment of the Central & North Coast of BC Census year. 7 The First Nations that inhabit or and/or have territorial claims on the Central Coast are the following: • Kitasoo/Xai’xai – live in Klemtu; • Heiltsuk – principal community is Waglisla (Bella Bella); • Nuxalk – main village near Bella Coola; • Wuikinuxv – at Rivers Inlet; and, • Gwa’Sala-Nakwaxda’xw - located in Port Hardy with territorial claims on Mid Coast. Bella Coola, situated at the head of the North Bentinck Arm of Burke Channel, has a single road link to the rest of the province (Highway 20), and is served by both air and ferry transportation. Ferry service is curtailed during winter months, and poor weather during the winter often makes the Central Coast difficult to reach by air. Bella Bella is the major outer island transportation hub on the Central Coast, located on Campbell Island beside Seaforth Channel. It is linked to Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland by year-round ferry service (both Route 40 and Route 10) and scheduled airline service from Vancouver and Port Hardy. Klemtu, Denny Island/Shearwater (a non-native community situated across from Campbell Island) and Ocean Falls (at the head of cousins Inlet) are all served at least once per week by BC Ferries’ Route 40 Discovery Coast service during the summer months, but have curtailed ferry service on Route 10 (Inside Passage service) during the winter months. There is no road access to any of these communities, although Pacific Coastal provides scheduled flights to these smaller communities out of its secondary hub in Port Hardy. NORTH COAST The North Coast includes the Tsimshian Nation communities of Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla, Kitkatla and Hartley Bay and the incorporated municipalities of City of Prince Rupert and District of Port Edward. The area’s total population is approximately 15,900, and an estimated 6,300, 40%, are either First Nation members or self-identify as Aboriginal persons. Prince Rupert’s population peaked in the mid 90s and slipped by approximately 22% over the 1996-2006 decade. Port Edwards population has tumbled by about 15% during the same period. The population trends for both municipalities are presented in the following table. 7 Statistics Canada. Census 2006. Chisholm Consulting 6
TABLE 2-3: MUNICIPAL POPULATION TRENDS ON NORTH COAST Source: BC Statistics. Transportation Assessment of the Central & North Coast of BC Future population growth is expected to be positive, but comparatively slow. The 25-year population forecast, prepared by BC Stats, for the Prince Rupert School District, projects a 15.5% rise from 2006 to 2030. Based on a 2006 census by Skeena Native Development Society, approximately 1,700 Aboriginal persons in total resided in the communities of Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla, Kitkatla and Hartley Bay. TABLE 2-4: POPULATION AND TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES, 2006 Hartley Bay Kitkatla Lax Kw’alaams Metlakatla Total Population on reserve 190 582 828 114 First Nation population 186 567 761 113 Total First Nation membership 661 1,806 3,067 732 Source: Skeena Native Development Society (2006). Year Prince Rupert Port Edward 1981 16,652 1,018 1986 16,318 731 1991 17,098 761 1996 17,432 732 2001 15,376 694 2003 14,962 667 2004 15,059 659 2005 14,974 653 2006 13,588 612 2007 13,435 607 Note: The estimate for 2007 is slightly different from the Census figure cited earlier, due to different sources. Both Lax Kw’alaams (Port Simpson) and Metlakatla are on the Tsimshian Peninsula. The latter is connected to Prince Rupert by a scheduled water taxi, and the former Chisholm Consulting 7
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3. SWOT ASSESSMENT Transportation A
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KITIMAT Strengths • Northwest Reg
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Opportunities Central Coast: • Im
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Opportunities • New Fairview dock
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3.4 Rail Strengths • Improved CN
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3.6 Major Ports PRINCE RUPERT Stren
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