The City of Rainbows: A Colourful History of Prince Rupert

Since time immemorial, rain has defined life
on Kaien Island, now known as the townsite of Prince Rupert. As the
rainiest and cloudiest city in Canada, Prince Rupert is the perfect
environment for rainbows—and the rainbow is an apt metaphor for the
city: a symbol of diversity and inclusion, a supernatural gateway
between worlds, and a universal sign of hope and calm after a storm.

From
its original Ts'mysen inhabitants to the first European explorers and
fur traders, the building of dozens of salmon canneries to the
construction of the transcontinental railway, the global upheaval of two
World Wars to...