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There's rail access to Port Edward (just a couple miles from Prince Rupert) currently, going by what you can see in Google Maps. Looks like it follows a pretty

by elihu 4y ago

There's rail access to Port Edward (just a couple miles from Prince Rupert) currently, going by what you can see in Google Maps. Looks like it follows a pretty flat route, though it winds around to follow the shorelines / rivers. I wonder how much sea level rise or flooding it would take to inundate that rail line and the Yellowhead highway? They seem like they're barely above water level now. Using Kisault as a port is an interesting idea. Worth mentioning that the tides in that area are huge, which makes for dangerous currents. (Random personal trivia: I once passed within about 20 miles of Kisault while travelling to the Queen Charlotte islands by way of Prince Rupert. The 800 passenger ferry we took, The Queen of the North, some years later got off course on a different route and struck a rock at full speed and sank. Almost everyone got off.)

moistly 4y ago
> Almost everyone got off. Rumour is that the acting Captain was getting his rocks off instead of doing his job of not crashing into rocks at full speed. https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/captain-of-b-c-ferry-that-sank-after-crew-allegedly-had-sex-on-bridge-makes-case-for-what-caused-disaster https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/captain-of-b-c-... In the end there was no hard proof. Two people died, bodies never found. The officer was convicted with a four-year jail term (I’ve no idea how long he actually served.)
scythe 4y ago
>There's rail access to Port Edward (just a couple miles from Prince Rupert) currently, going by what you can see in Google Maps. Looks like it follows a pretty flat route, though it winds around to follow the shorelines / rivers. There is a railroad, but that is a windy, two-track railroad for the last ~200 kilometers from Kitwanga to Port Edward, with associated capacity limits and costs. To reach Kitsault from the relatively wide, flat Nisga'a Highway corridor, you need a tunnel of about 25 kilometers, but this could fit four or more tracks and run a much straighter, faster course. You can clearly see the difference: https://i.postimg.cc/RhBLxfQx/railbc.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/RhBLxfQx/railbc.jpg

by elihu 4y ago

moistly 4y ago

> Almost everyone got off. Rumour is that the acting Captain was getting his rocks off instead of doing his job of not crashing into rocks at full speed. https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/captain-of-b-c-ferry-that-sank-after-crew-allegedly-had-sex-on-bridge-makes-case-for-what-caused-disaster https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/captain-of-b-c-... In the end there was no hard proof. Two people died, bodies never found. The officer was convicted with a four-year jail term (I’ve no idea how long he actually served.)

scythe 4y ago

>There's rail access to Port Edward (just a couple miles from Prince Rupert) currently, going by what you can see in Google Maps. Looks like it follows a pretty flat route, though it winds around to follow the shorelines / rivers. There is a railroad, but that is a windy, two-track railroad for the last ~200 kilometers from Kitwanga to Port Edward, with associated capacity limits and costs. To reach Kitsault from the relatively wide, flat Nisga'a Highway corridor, you need a tunnel of about 25 kilometers, but this could fit four or more tracks and run a much straighter, faster course. You can clearly see the difference: https://i.postimg.cc/RhBLxfQx/railbc.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/RhBLxfQx/railbc.jpg