NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA - British Columbia: Including the Alaska Highway - page 603

works, and potlatches. Among the Tsimshian artifacts on display: totem poles, pots, masks,
beautiful wooden boxes, blankets, baskets, shiny black argillite carvings, weapons, and pet-
roglyphs. The Monumental Gallery—filled with contemporary art—is worth visiting for the
sweeping harbor views alone.
Right by the Museum of Northern British Columbia is Pacific Mariner's Memorial
Park, a grassed area with benches strategically placed for the best ocean views. A statue of
a mariner staring out to sea is surrounded by plaques remembering those lost at sea. Also
in the park is the Kazu Maru, a small fishing boat that drifted across the Pacific from Japan
after its owner was lost. It washed up on Haida Gwaii in 1987, two years after it was re-
ported missing. On the other side of the museum to the memorial park and beside the fire
hall is the Prince Rupert Fire Museum (200 1st Ave. W., 250/627-4475, 9am-noon and
1pm-5pm Tues.-Sun. July-Aug., donation), which features a 1925 REO Speedwagon along
with various other firefighting memorabilia. From this museum, continue south along 1st
Avenue, then head to the foot of 2nd Street, which ends harborside. Here you'll find the
Kwinitsa Railway Station Museum (250/624-3207, 9am-noon and 1pm-5pm daily June-
Aug., donation), housed in a small railway station—one of only four such remaining build-
ings that were once part of a chain of 400 identical stations along the Grand Trunk Railway.
Displays tell the story of the railway and its implications for Prince Rupert.