Did you know?
- Powell River had the first dial phones in B.C.
- Powell River had the first Sick Benefit Society in B.C.
- Powell River had the first totally wheel chair accessible lake - Inland Lake
- Powell River had the first forestry lookout, in Canada, on Mt. Pocahontas, Texada 1924
- Powell River has the oldest operating movie theatre in B.C., which has been entertaining us since 1928
- The Powell River is the second shortest river in the world. It is 5/8ths of a mile
- Powell River had the first Credit Union in B.C.
- Powell River had the first Radio-Telephone in B.C.