Living in Prince Rupert in 1906 must have been really hard because there were tents being put up and people were exploding rock to make more land area to build houses, stores, etc. The Grand Trunk Pacific went from Prince Rupert to Winnipeg to Montreal. The Pillsbury house is a historic place I think because the building still exists.
Today our town has changed a lot because the streets are different, lots of buildings back then have been knocked down, and we have more houses and people. On Third Avenue in 1911 the street was very deep, and there were railways underneath, and they had catwalks to cross the road; now today we have it filled in.
Charles Hays came here in 1910 for a visit; he died on the Titanic. Hays would have changed a lot for us. Today Cow Bay is still called this name. This name was given because we had cows living down there.
My favourite picture in the slide show was Third Avenue because I never knew that the ground used to be very deep. I think we should still have the arches. I also think it is good we learned about Prince Rupert because I never knew lots of its history, and I learned new things. Many people should learn our history; it should also be talked about more often.
Paige
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