One problem that I have with the celebration of the City of Prince George BC is that it ignores both previous towns in this area, ie; South Fort George, and Central Fort George. Both established in 1909. South Fort George was the terminus of the paddle wheelers into this area, plus the first town to establish sawmills, business, etc;

Of course once Prince George was established at the Railhead, people from Central Ft George and South Ft George moved to the new town, and the older areas started to lose residents. The Village of South Ft George was eventually folded into the City in the early 70’s as part of the amalgamation, however just because it was amalgamated, doesn’t mean it had no history.

We need to ensure that part of our celebrations acknowledge these towns as the first established in this area, so that we have a comprehensive knowledge of the history of the area.

South Ft George, and Central Ft George established in 1909 Prince George established in 1915. Seems like we missed the 2009 celebration.

Take time to read the editorial in today’s Citizen regarding changing the name of Prince George!!!

Fort George was established by the Hudson Bay Co. in 1807?? on what is now called Fort George Park. South Ft George was established South of Ft George and called South Ft George in 1909. Prince George was established in 1915.

We shouldn’t be confused between Fort George and South Ft George.

I doubt that we would change the name of Prince George, just because of an editorial by the PG Citizen, however when we consider that the name Prince George came from the Railway, then perhaps we could have the Railway changes its station name to Lheidli T’enneh, and the City would follow suit.

Somehow I don’t think that will happen.

Unfortunately the history on Prince George area only goes back to the European population. Curious to know for how long the first nation had used the confluence of two major rivers.

Visited the Lheidli T’enneh pavilion during the winter games, and was surprised at the number of times they had been decimated by small pox.

Giving of blankets is believed to be traditional, but I do believe that is how they first got infected with Small pox. So politicians should be careful with that choice….. Another common gift would be tobacco…. however if a politician were to hand out tobacco, the media would have a field day. So, I suppose the only solution is, Yes we took the land with out ever coming through with a treaty agreement, we bad, we sorry.

A centennial celebration with no fireworks? You’d think that instead of having two fireworks shows for the closing of the CWG, one of which was in the daylight, someone might just think of saving some for the centennial day.