"Fort Rupert is the site of a former Hudson´s Bay Company fort which was built and first commanded by William Henry McNeill in 1849 and later ...
by John Work. It is located near present-day Port Hardy, British Columbia on Vancouver Island.
The community was named after Prince Rupert, the first governor of the Hudson´s Bay Company. The company attempted to exploit a local coal seam in 1851 but gave up the attempt the following year and moved its operation to Nanaimo. Robert Dunsmuir, later a coal baron and father of BC Premier James Dunsmuir, began his life in British Columbia as a labourer in Fort Rupert with the Hudson´s Bay Company." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.04.2020)
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