GTPR- 1-Prince Rupert to Exstew

• (Mile 1746.1 from Winnipeg)
• *Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
• Prince Rupert Station (in 1911 list) starting point for all railway mileage shown below.
  

• Railway Point
• Latitude- 54º 15' N, Longitude- 130º 19' W
• Named after Rt. Reverend William Ridley, D.D.
• Ridley became the Bilmor Station, shown on a 1959 map.
• Name rescinded in 1974

Latitude- 54º 15' N, Longitude- 130º 20' W
Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1740.7 miles from Winnipeg
5.4 miles from Prince Rupert
“Kaien” supposedly means “Bog” in the local native Tsimpsean language.
Another source says it means “Wolf”
It was a name given to the Island in Tuck Inlet time immemorial.
Adopted by the Geographic Board of Canada in 1905
Tuck Inlet named after Samuel Parker Tuck, Provincial Land Surveyor, in 1892, adopted on Admiralty Charts in 1896.
Oldfield Mountain, on Kaien Island, named after Capt. Radulphus Bryce Oldfield R.N., H.M.S. Malacca, who was here in 1866-1867.

Railway Point

Six spans, length 645 ft, It was completed in July 1910.
Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1739.6 miles from Winnipeg
6.5 miles from Prince Rupert
named after Charles Zenardi, per one source, who was Inspector of the Wharf at Prince Rupert.
Spelling was changed along the way maybe.
1911 census shows a Charles Zanardi
b- Jan 1876 in Italy
shown as a Real Estate Broker in Vancouver, right guy?

Note- seems 2 locations for same name in the history books
in 1911 it was Phelan at mile 37.61, (see below)
Location described here is another one, with the same name?
Latitude- 54º 12' N, Longitude- 130º 16' W
Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1735.4 miles from Winnipeg
10.7 miles from Prince Rupert
It was named after John Theodore Phelan Supt. of the Yukon Telegraph Line
After researching GTP Railway Contractors I thought maybe it was named after a partner in the “Phelan and Shirley Company”
or Edward “Ed” Phelan, but this turned out not to be true.

Latitude- 54º 12' N, Longitude- 130º 16' W
Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1734.7 miles from Winnipeg
11.4 miles from Prince Rupert

Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1731.1 miles from Winnipeg
15 miles from Prince Rupert

Latitude- 54º 9' N, Longitude- 130º 8' W
Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1729.4 miles from Winnipeg
16.7 miles from Prince Rupert
(Shown at mile 16.61 in 1911)
North Pacific Cannery located here

Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1728.1 miles from Winnipeg
18 miles from Prince Rupert
Latitude- 54º 13' 14“ N, Longitude- 130º 17' 22” W
Subdivision on Porpoise Harbour.

aka: Boneyard Creek,
aka: Mile 21
21 mi from Prince Rupert
see EXT link at the bottom for history here)
After researching GTP Railway Contractors I am pretty sure it was named after a partner in the “Phelan and Shirley Company”
or Michael Shirley

23 mi from Prince Rupert,
Latitude- 54º 10' N, Longitude- 130º 0' W
Telegraph Station
opposite Port Essington

Latitude- 54º 12' N, Longitude- 129º 57' W
Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1719.6 miles from Winnipeg
26.5 miles from Prince Rupert
(shown at mile 21.28 in 1911)
Residents of Port Essington applied for the Tyee Station
Rather than using the Haysport Station near Ecstall River
Only station on Skeena Sub on south side of the tracks
Tyee became famous for the location of Canada's Secret No 1, Armoured Train.

(Located at mile 26.49 in 1911)

Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1717.3 miles from Winnipeg
28.8 miles from Prince Rupert
Aberdeen / Windsor Cannery located here

One article says the Townsite of Mann was in this area.
between Tyee and Kwinitsa
I can't find a trace of it anywhere.

became Skeena City Station
(Station #4 on old 1910 map)
Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1713.3 miles from Winnipeg
32.8 miles from Prince Rupert
(shown at 32.66 miles in 1911 name list)
Latitude- 54º 14' N, Longitude- 129º 50' W
Unincorporated area.

(1910 map shows this as Telegraph station #5, after Skeena City)
Latitude- 54º 11' 29“ N, Longitude- 129º 39' 15” W
Today there is a big rest area, pull out there off of Highway 16.

(shown 37.61 miles from Prince Rupert in 1911)
Location here shown in a list in 1911.
It was definitely named after John Theodore Phelan Supt. of the Yukon Telegraph Line
After researching GTP Railway Contractors
I thought maybe it was named after a partner in the “Phelan and Shirley Company”
or Edward “Ed” Phelan, but this turned out not true.

(Shown as Quinitsa Station in 1911)
Kwinitsa Station now located in Prince Rupert
(old 1910 map shows Quin-its-a River here, station #6)
Elevation- 19 ft above sea level
1699.7 miles from Winnipeg
46.4 miles from Prince Rupert
(shown at mile 46.41 in 1911)
Latitude- 54º 13' N, Longitude- 129º 33' W

(Located at mile 52.62 in 1911)
There is a Kasiks River, so possibly Kasiks Station here?

Elevation- 40 ft above sea level
1688.0 miles from Winnipeg
58.1 miles from Prince Rupert
(shown at mile 57.99 in 1911)
Definitely named after Contractor Peter Salvus
Latitude- 54º 19' N, Longitude- 129º 20' W
Flag Station

58 mi from Rupert,
Telegraph Station here,
1910 map shows this as station #7 just west of the mouth of the Ex-cham-siks River
At the mouth of Exchamsiks River.
1911 book claims it was named for a break in the Cascade (Coast) Mountain range here.
Only break or “Hole” in the “Wall” of mountains along the Skeena in 60 miles.
C. W. Mitchell Dominion Telegraph Operator ca June 1918

Elevation- 55 ft above sea level
1685.7 miles from Winnipeg
60.4 miles from Prince Rupert

(Located at mile 62.14 in 1911)
Assume this is Station #8 on old 1910 map
Note Hubert appears further down the list later on

Exstews Station (in 1911 list)
old 1910 map shows station #9, near the Exstew's River
Elevation- 71 ft above sea level
1676.2 miles from Winnipeg
69.9 miles from Prince Rupert
(located at mile 69.54 in 1911)
Latitude- 54º 23' 7“' N, Longitude-129º 6' 10” W
Unincorporated area.

Elevation- 88 ft above sea level
1675.6 miles from Winnipeg