Fort Rupert
Fort Rupert is the site of a former Hudson's Bay Company fort on the east coast near the northern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The unincorporated community on Beaver Harbour is about 11 kilometres by road southeast of Port Hardy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Fort Rupert, British Columbia”, “Tsaxis”, and “Tsax̱is”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Port Hardy Airport.
Port Hardy Airport
Aerodrome
Port Hardy Airport is located 5.2 nautical miles southeast of Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. Port Hardy Airport is situated 3½ km southeast of Fort Rupert.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Hardy.
Port Hardy
Photo: fouquetteaboutit, CC BY 3.0.
Port Hardy is a district municipality of about 3,900 people in the North Vancouver Island region of British Columbia. Port Hardy is a transportation hub for air, ferry and marine networks, and serves as the gateway to the Central Coast, the Cape Scott and North Coast Trails, and BC Ferry’s northern terminus for the Discovery Coast run and Prince Rupert.
Fort Rupert
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Port Hardy, Regional District of Mount Waddington, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
50.69473° or 50° 41′ 41″ northLongitude
-127.40937° or 127° 24′ 34″ westElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
942JMHVR+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 13234040001OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Italian—“Fort Rupert” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Fort Rupert, British Columbia”
- Dutch: “Fort Rupert”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فورت روبرت”
- Italian: “Fort Rupert”
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Highlights include Royal Canadian Legion - Branch 237 (Port Hardy) and Port Hardy Airport.
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