Hazelton, British Columbia

The two rivers flow through the broad forested glacial valleys. The Roche de Boule range forms the southern wall of the Skeena valley. To the north are the Skeena Mountains and to the northwest the Kispiox Range. Layered sandstone and shale lie beneath the Hazeltons area. About 25,000 years ago, the ice sheet was {{convert|2|km|mi|1}} thick. Over the past 11,000 years, the rivers have cut down through the thick moraine exposing the bedrock.{{cite report | url=https://cmscontent.nrs.gov.bc.ca/geoscience/PublicationCatalogue/GeoFile/BCGS_GF2010-09.pdf |last1=Turner |first1=R.J.W. |last2=Van Heek |first2=B. |last3=Dodd |first3=S. |pages=2, 4 |title=Geotour Guide for the Hazeltons, BC |date=2010 |website=nrs.gov.bc.ca}}

First Nations have inhabited the area for at least 7,000 years.{{Cite web | url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2024/12/04/Hazelnuts-Reveal-Secrets-Ancient-BC-City/ |title=How Hazelnuts Reveal Secrets from an Ancient BC City |date=4 Dec 2024}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326903916_Management_and_Traditional_Production_of_Beaked_Hazelnut_k'ap'xw-az'_Corylus_cornuta_Betulaceae_in_British_Columbia |page=2 |title=Management and Traditional Production of Beaked Hazelnut (k'áp'xw-az', Corylus cornuta; Betulaceae) in British Columbia |date=8 August 2018 |website=www.researchgate.net}}

In the 1840s, Simon McGillivray, a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) chief trader, led an expedition from Babine Lake to what would become Hazelton.{{cite journal | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bch/1.0190526#p43z-4r0f:%22Simon%22 |last=Klan |first=Yvonne Mearns |title=BC Historical Quarterly: The Apprenticeship of James Murray Yale |year=1999 |volume=32 |issue=4 |page=44 (42) |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1865, a survey party for the Russian–American Telegraph ventured up the Skeena to this point and left supplies for the construction crew arriving the following year.{{sfn|Stewart|1968|pp=48–49 (39–40)}} In 1866, the telegraph line was extended from Quesnel via

Fort Fraser and passed the future Hazelton that July, before terminating {{convert|25|mi|km|0|order=flip}} farther north.{{sfn|Stewart|1968|p=55 (46)}}{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1932-08-25-02 |page=2 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=25 Aug 1932 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} In 1867, the line north of Quesnel was abandoned.{{sfn|Stewart|1968|p=85 (76)}}

During 1866–1868, the HBC operated the Ackwilgate fur trading post{{cite journal | url=https://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/download/1428/1472/5896&usg=AOvVaw3EosFnqOZYI9j5e1Q7LPCM&opi=89978449 |last=Galois |first=R.M. |page=6 (64) |title=BC Studies: The Burning of Kitsegukla, 1872 |date=1992 |volume=94 |website=library.ubc.ca}} immediately south across the Bulkley at Mission Point.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1958-09-05-03 |page=3 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=5 Sep 1958 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

The abandoned telegraph trail provided access for prospectors.{{sfn|Stewart|1968|p=78 (69)}} During the Omineca Gold Rush of 1870–1871, the Hazelton settlement became strategic.{{sfn|Stewart|1968|p=79 (70)}} As many as 4,000 miners made it a base. After the goldrush ended, European residents dwindled to a handful.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1950-08-24-31 |page=31 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=24 Aug 1950 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

In 1881, William Collison founded the Anglican mission at Hazelton among the Gitxsan.{{Cite web | url=https://www.rrncommunity.org/people/272 |title=William Henry Collison | website=www.rrncommunity.org}} In July 1888, the militia was sent from Victoria to quell an indigenous uprising at Hazelton, following the killing of Kitwancool Jim. On being informed the tension had subsided, only special constables went upriver to investigate, while the militia camped near Port Essington. Weeks later, the militia returned to base.{{cite journal | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bch/1.0190643#p4z-3r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |last=Greene |first=Ronald |title=BC History: "C" Battery and the Skeena Incident |year=2007 |volume=40 |issue=1 |pages=5–8 (3–6) |website=library.ubc.ca}}

The Anglican Church ran the federal government-funded Hazelton First Nations school 1889–1950.{{Cite web | url=https://indiandayschools.com/en/wp-content/uploads/schedule-k.pdf#page=9 |page=9 |title=List of Federal Indian Day Schools | website=indiandayschools.com}}

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In 1958, the original museum, called the House of Treasures was built in town{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1972-07-14-15 |page=15 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=14 Jul 1972 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} to display indigenous artifacts. In 1968, the building was moved half a mile to the Ksan Historical Village, which was being developed as a combined campsite and village where area First Nations would produce, display, and sell, their arts and crafts.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1968-06-20-15 |page=15 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=20 Jun 1968 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} A special totem pole was carved and erected for the 1969 opening of the village.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1972-07-07-15 |page=15 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=7 Jul 1972 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} Items were carved on site from wood or animal horn and displayed for sale. By 1972, six houses stood in a line beside the original tiny museum, creating an authentically rebuilt indigenous village.

In 1994, the Wet'suwet'en Education Society broke into the vacant, former Hazelton High School building, intending to commandeer the premises for indigenous programs.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1994-01-13-02 |page=2 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=13 Jan 1994 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

In 2012, a six-month blockade of the Gitxsan Treaty Society office ended peacefully.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:2012-06-12-07 |page=7 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=12 Jun 2012 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

The Ksan Historical Village and Museum has expanded into seven decorated tribal houses fronted with several carved totems. Carvers demonstrate their skills to visitors, and the Ksan Dancers, who perform local native dances, present scheduled performances.{{Cite web | url=https://britishcolumbia.com/plan-your-trip/regions-and-towns/northern-bc-and-haida-gwaii/hazelton |title=Hazelton | website=britishcolumbia.com}}

The earliest newspaper reference to The Forks, the original name, was 1859,{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist18591129uvic/page/n1/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Forks |page=3 |title=Daily Colonist |date=29 Nov 1859 | website=archive.org}} and to Hazelton, was 1872.{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist18720704uvic/page/n3/mode/2up?q=Cunningham |page=4 |title=Daily Colonist |date=4 Jul 1872 | website=archive.org}} Thomas Hankin, who staked the settlement in 1857, named it after the numerous hazelnut bushes in the vicinity.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1950-08-24-31 |page=31 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=24 Aug 1950 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} However, the former name remained predominant initially,{{cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/chungpub/1.0056153#p119z-4r0f:%22designated%22and%22store%22 |last=Horetzky |first=Charles |pages=120, 124 (102, 106) |title=Canada on the Pacific : being an account of a journey from Edmonton to the Pacific by the Peace River Valley, and of a winter voyage along the western coast of the dominion |publisher=Dawson Brothers |year=1874 |website=library.ubc.ca}} before the two names became used together or interchangeably until the end of that century.{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist18990131uvic/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater&q=hazelton |page=7 |title=Daily Colonist |date=31 Jan 1899 | website=archive.org}}

In 1870, the Cunningham & Hankin partnership, which would become R. Cunningham & Son, opened a branch store.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0083216#p1z-4r0f:%22Cunningham%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Herald |date=22 Apr 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}} By the early 1870s, a saloon and stores existed. By 1874, two stores remained, after one closed the prior winter.{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist18740524uvic/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Cunningham |page=3 |title=Daily Colonist |date=24 May 1874 | website=archive.org}}

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In 1880, the HBC purchased the W.J. Walsh store. This warehouse became the place from which supplies were forwarded via the Hazelton–Babine portage and Fort Babine to other HBC posts.{{cite book|last=Large |first=R.G. |page=51 |title=The Skeena, River of Destiny |publisher=Heritage House |year=1996 |isbn=1-895811-19-8}} Charles William Digby Clifford was the resident HBC postmaster 1885–1887.{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/c/clifford_charles_william_digby.pdf |title=Clifford, Charles William Digby |archive-date=7 Nov 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107212435/https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/biographical/c/clifford_charles_william_digby.pdf}} By the late 1880s, a police officer was based in the community,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/dbc/1.0346674#p3z-2r0f:%22Washburn%22 |page=4 |title=Daily British Columbian |date=30 Jul 1888 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and a jail was built at the time.{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0062840#p69z-2r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |page=70 (67) |title=Public Accounts, 1888–89 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

During 1890–1915, Hazelton was the largest community in northwest BC. At the head of navigation on the Skeena, the place was the centre of activity for prospectors, traders, merchants, packtrain operators, and missionaries.{{cite journal | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bch/1.0190605#p28z-3r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |last=Avery |first=Louise |title=BC History: Archives and Archivists |year=2006 |volume=39 |issue=3 |page=29 (27) |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1891, Richard S. Sargent arrived, becoming a leading figure in the community.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083625#p0z-3r0f:%22Sargent%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=26 Aug 1916 |website=library.ubc.ca}} That year, the HBC SS Caledonia was the first steamboat to navigate the Kitselas Canyon and reach Hazelton.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1965-03-30-55 |page=55 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=30 Mar 1965 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} However, both high and low water made the canyon impassable, limiting navigation to three months per year.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/xboundarycr/1.0172487#p0z-4r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |page=1 |title=Boundary Creek Times |date=8 Mar 1907 |website=library.ubc.ca}} Sargent was the inaugural government postmaster 1899–1927{{cite web |url=https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/home/record?app=posoffposmas&IdNumber=17248 |title=Postmasters (Hazelton) |website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}} and opened a trading post in 1900.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1972-07-12-17 |page=17 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=12 Jul 1972 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

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In 1900, St Peter's Anglican church was built.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1985-06-01-25 |page=25 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=1 Jun 1985 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} In 1901, the federal government telegraph service completed the Yukon Telegraph, which passed through Hazelton, linking Ashcroft with the Alaskan border{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/advance/1.0347748#p0z-3r0f:%22telegraph%22 |page=1 |title=Advance |date=23 Sep 1901 |website=library.ubc.ca}} In 1907, R.S. Sargent's store/post office burned to the ground.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0382440#p4z-3r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |page=5 |title=Daily News (Nelson) |date=5 Feb 1907 |website=library.ubc.ca}} The expectation that the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway (GTP) would be built via Hazelton, led to an auction of lots in the vicinity{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/pwv/1.0344049#p13z-4r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |page=14 |title=Week |date=30 Mar 1907 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and a revival of Hazelton. Since Hazelton proper was crammed onto {{convert|11|acre|ha|0|order=flip}} surrounded by reserves, expansion was at Two Mile, also called the Hazelton City Addition.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082941#p4z-4r0f:%22eleven%22 |page=5 |title=Omineca Herald |date=18 Mar 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1908, Joseph Leopold Coyle established the Omineca Herald newspaper.{{cite journal | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bch/1.0190658#p21z-4r0f:%22Omineca%22 |last=Shervill |first=Lynn |title=BC Historical News: Who Invented the Egg Carton? |year=1982 |volume=15 |issue=3 |page=22 |website=library.ubc.ca}} By this time, several stores and the Hazelton and Omineca hotels existed.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211739#p1z-4r0f:%22hotel%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Herald |date=12 Sep 1908 |website=library.ubc.ca}} The route southeastward to Aldermere (adjacent to Telkwa) was used by a weekly stage in summer{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/xphoenix/1.0185938#p1z-1r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |page=2 |title=The Phoenix Pioneer and Boundary Mining Journal |date=27 Jun 1908 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and sleighs in winter.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nwdn/1.0316333#p6z-3r0f:%22sleigh%22 |page=7 |title=Daily News (New Westminster) |date=7 Mar 1908 |website=library.ubc.ca}} In February 1909, the Ingenica Hotel opened.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082831#p0z-4r0f:%22Ingenica%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=13 Feb 1909 |website=library.ubc.ca}} That year, a new police district headquartered at Hazelton was created,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082792#p0z-4r0f:%22police%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=21 Aug 1909 |website=library.ubc.ca}} the government offices moved from an old log shack into a new building,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082841#p0z-3r0f:%22offices%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=28 Aug 1909 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and a new jail replaced{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082716#p0z-4r0f:%22jail%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=6 Nov 1909 |website=library.ubc.ca}} the dilapidated two-cell log shack.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082958#p1z-4r0f:%22shack%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Herald |date=17 Jul 1909 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

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In 1910, fire consumed the Hazelton Hotel,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0083103#p0z-4r0f:%22Hotel%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=26 Feb 1910 |website=library.ubc.ca}} a 42-bed bunkhouse was erected at the back of the Omineca Hotel,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211732#p0z-4r0f:%22bunk%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=2 Apr 1910 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and the post office moved into an addition to the Sargent store.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082666#p0z-4r0f:%22Sargent%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=9 Apr 1910 |website=library.ubc.ca}} That year, a fire department was formed{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082804#p2z-4r0f:%22Fire%22 |page=3 |title=Omineca Herald |date=18 Jun 1910 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and two {{convert|50|impgal|L usgal|adj=on|order=flip}} chemical engines ordered.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082720#p0z-4r0f:%22Fire%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=11 Jun 1910 |website=library.ubc.ca}} The Union Bank opened a branch in temporary premises,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0221332#p0z-4r0f:%22Union%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=25 Jun 1910 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and a community hall was built.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082850#p11z-4r0f:%22hall%22 |page=12 |title=Omineca Herald |date=17 Dec 1910 |website=library.ubc.ca}} By this time, a wagon road ran southwestward to Skeena Crossing.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211684#p1z-4r0f:%22crossing%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Herald |date=28 Jan 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

The Pacific Highway Association offered a gold medal to the first car to travel from Seattle to Hazelton, which was the tentative terminus of an ambitious highway scheme. In October 1911, P.E. Sands and his mechanic completed the journey in a Flanders 20. Lacking a road north of Quesnel, they followed the old telegraph trail. For about {{convert|40|mi|km|0|order=flip}} of this section, it was necessary to dismantle the vehicle for hauling with horses. This was the only gap not covered under motor power. The motorists were honored by a banquet{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211700#p0z-4r0f:%22Flanders%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=7 Oct 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}}{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1926-02-25-03 |page=3 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=25 Feb 1926 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} before returning south by steamboat, train, and steamship.{{cite web | url=https://search.bvmuseum.org/viewer?file=%2Fmedia%2FDigitized%2520Archival%2520Items%2FDiscrete%2520Item%2520Col%2FFirst%2520to%2520Hazelton%2520in%2520a%2520Flanders%252020%2FC1_2012.72.1_accesscopy.pdf#page=32 |last=Bruske |first=Paul Hale |page=32 |title=First to Hazelton in a Flanders "20" |publisher=Studebaker Corp. |website=bvmuseum.org}} The awarded medal has been retained in Hazelton since 2013.{{Cite web | url=https://www.gent.name/bc:towns:hazeltons:oldhazelton |title=Old Hazelton |website=www.gent.name}} The automobile is on display at the Kittitas County Historical Museum in Ellensburg, Washington.{{Google books|KDKDEAAAQBAJ|History Matters. 2022|page=217}}

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In 1911, the rebuilt Hazelton Hotel opened with 32 guest rooms and a bunkhouse which accommodated another 30 people.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0083087#p2z-4r0f:%22burned%22 |page=3 |title=Omineca Herald |date=11 Mar 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}} Mid-year, the Bank of Vancouver opened a branch,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211737#p7z-3r0f:%22Bank%22 |page=8 |title=Omineca Herald |date=10 Jun 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}} initially using a tent,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211743#p4z-3r0f:%22Bank%22 |page=5 |title=Omineca Herald |date=3 Jun 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and the Inland Colonist relocated from Kitselas{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/nelsondaily/1.0384202#p1z-3r0f:%22Kitselas%22 |page=2 |title=Daily News (Nelson) |date=2 Jun 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}} but publishing ceased that November.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083018#p1z-3r0f:%22Colonist%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Miner |date=18 Nov 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}} The Omineca Miner newspaper was launched that August.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0211767#p1z-3r0f:%22year%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Miner |date=31 Aug 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1912, a series of suspicious stable fires occurred.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0211766#p4z-4r0f:%22stable%22 |page=5 |title=Omineca Miner |date=9 Mar 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}} Months later, fire destroyed the HBC and Broughton & McNeil warehouses.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083401#p0z-4r0f:%22fire%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=7 Sep 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}} Further arson occurred a week later, when a fire at a vacant residence was extinguished before causing serious damage.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083344#p0z-3r0f:%22fire%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=14 Sep 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}} For decades, residents had speculated every spring when the loud whistle of the first boat would be heard, even wagering large sums of money. The arrival would be welcomed with cheers to mark winter bleakness transitioning into new life. When the steamboat departed at the end of the 1912 season, this era drew to a close.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/fgh:1913-05-10-02 |page=2 |title=Fort George Herald |date=10 May 1913 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

In 1910, a {{convert|184|ft|m|adj=on|order=flip}} suspension bridge across the Skeena opened{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211727#p2z-4r0f:%22suspension%22 |page=3 |title=Omineca Herald |date=3 Dec 1910 |website=library.ubc.ca}} {{convert|1.5|mi|km|1|order=flip}} by road north of Hazelton.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082792#p1z-4r0f:%22canyon%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Herald |date=21 Aug 1909 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

During 1911 and 1912, a ferry linked Sealey and Hazelton.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211745#p0z-4r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=8 Jul 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}}
{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211690#p0z-4r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=24 May 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}} During 1912, steamboats connected the rail head at Skeena Crossing with Hazelton.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/fgh:1912-05-18-04 |page=4 |title=Fort George Herald |date=18 May 1912 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

The Hazelton–South Hazelton ferry across the Bulkley operated from mid-1912{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083404#p11z-4r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=12 |title=Omineca Miner |date=29 Jun 1912 |website=library.ubc.ca}} until replaced by a low level bridge in January 1917{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/prj/1.0312223#p0z-3r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=1 |title=Prince Rupert Journal |date=25 Jan 1917 |website=library.ubc.ca}} at the same location.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0211821#p0z-3r0f:%22bridge%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=22 Jul 1916 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In July 1914, towers were constructed for the Skeena ferry (a large scow to replace the canoe in use).{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0211820#p0z-4r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=18 Jul 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} Prior to the commencement of operations in August,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083680#p0z-3r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=1 Aug 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} a boat temporarily attached to the ferry cable capsized, and a youth on board drowned.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083435#p0z-3r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=8 Aug 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} By October, the service was fully operational.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083395#p3z-4r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=4 |title=Omineca Miner |date=24 Oct 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1923–24, a new {{convert|10|ST|t LT|1|adj=on|order=flip}} pontoon reaction ferry was installed.{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0225863#p36z-3r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=37 (L23) |title=Minister of Public Works annual report, 1923–24 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

To replace the Hagwilget high level bridge and the Hazelton low level bridge,{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1927-12-29-02 |page=2 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=29 Dec 1927 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} the rebuilt {{convert|400|ft|m|adj=on|order=flip}} Hagwilget suspension bridge{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0300610#p9z-3r0f:%22Hagwilget%22 |page=10 (G8) |title=Minister of Public Works annual report, 1930–31 |website=library.ubc.ca}} was officially opened in 1931.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1931-08-13-08 |page=8 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=13 Aug 1931 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} That year, the Skeena ferry was carried downstream to Ritchie. A few days later, it floated farther down and beached at Pacific.{{sfn|Septer|2007|p=22}} High water damaged the ferry in 1935. The towers, which were built in 1920, were reset in 1936.{{sfn|Septer|2007|p=30}} During the 1936 flood, the ferry house floated away, riverbank erosion washed out sections of road on both shores, and the ferry tower was twisted on the Hazelton side.{{sfn|Septer|2007|p=34}}

In 1953, the ferry was withdrawn.{{Cite book|last=Clapp |first=Frank A. |page=18 |title=Ministry of Transportation and Highways, Lake and River Ferries |publisher=Ministry of Transportation and Highways |year=1991 |isbn=0-7726-1364-8}}{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0367823#p64z-5r0f:%22ferry%22 |page=M65 |title=Minister of Public Works annual report, 1953–54 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1913, the Ingenica Hotel relocated to New Hazelton,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/xledgreen/1.0181476#p0z-1r0f:%22Ingenica%22 |page=1 |title=Ledge |date=20 Mar 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}} but the HBC rebuilt its burned premises on the same site.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083476#p0z-3r0f:%22erection%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=29 Mar 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}} Sidewalks were constructed on both sides of Main St. The number of resident automobiles increased to six,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083634#p0z-3r0f:%22sidewalk%22and%22motor%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=6 Sep 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and the first vehicle travelling from the Mexico–United States border arrived.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083430#p0z-4r0f:%22Mexican%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=20 Sep 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In the battle between South Hazelton and New Hazelton to displace old Hazelton on the arrival of the railway,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0211848#p1z-3r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Miner |date=25 Nov 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}}
{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0211716#p1z-4r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Herald |date=29 Dec 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}} the former proved a non-starter and the latter remained much smaller than the old township after railway construction activity moved on. Old Hazelton remained the chief supply point for district.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0082938#p1z-3r0f:%22distributing%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Miner |date=9 May 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

File:Omineca Building in Hazelton.JPG

In 1914, when the C.V. Smith store/residence burned down, the structure was rebuilt.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0211830#p0z-3r0f:%22Smith%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=28 Feb 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} When the Bank of Vancouver branch closed, the Royal Bank opened in the vacated premises,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083279#p0z-3r0f:%22Royal%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=25 Apr 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} before moving months later.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0082981#p0z-3r0f:%22Royal%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=10 Oct 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} When the Union Bank relocated to larger premises, the former ones were repurposed as a Methodist church,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083323#p0z-3r0f:%22Union%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=13 Jun 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} before the congregation moved to St Andrew's Hall.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083243#p0z-3r0f:%22Methodists%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=22 Aug 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}} That year, the HBC store was enlarged.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083394#p3z-3r0f:%22Hudson%22 |page=4 |title=Omineca Miner |date=26 Sep 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1915, the Royal Bank closed{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083677#p3z-3r0f:%22Royal%22 |page=4 |title=Omineca Miner |date=8 May 1915 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and the Union Bank closed its New Hazelton sub-branch.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0211781#p0z-3r0f:%22Union%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=1 May 1915 |website=library.ubc.ca}} C.V. Smith erected a new warehouse for his store.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083290#p0z-3r0f:%22Smith%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=18 Sep 1915 |website=library.ubc.ca}} In 1917, fire levelled the Sam Lee store/laundry,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0211828#p0z-3r0f:%22Sam%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=17 Mar 1917 |website=library.ubc.ca}} the Omineca Herald moved to New Hazelton,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083280#p3z-3r0f:%22Herald%22 |page=4 |title=Omineca Miner |date=12 May 1917 |website=library.ubc.ca}} Northern Telephone installed a new switchboard,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083146#p0z-3r0f:%22switchboard%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=26 May 1917 |website=library.ubc.ca}} and the provincial government offices moved to Smithers.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083282#p1z-3r0f:%22government%22 |page=2 |title=Omineca Miner |date=7 Jul 1917 |website=library.ubc.ca}} In 1918, the Omineca Miner ceased publication.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1972-07-04-11 |page=11 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=4 Jul 1972 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

On Christmas night, 1920, fire destroyed much of the central business district.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1921-01-11-04 |page=4 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=11 Jan 1921 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} This may have been the fire that burned down St Andrew's Hall.{{Cite web | url=https://www.michaelkluckner.com/bciw10kitseguklachurch.html |title=Vanishing BC |website=www.michaelkluckner.com}} In January 1921, fire broke out in the former Ingenica Hotel. Sam Lee, who operated the Royal Café in the building, sustained fatal burns.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1921-02-01-01 |page=1 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=1 Feb 1921 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} Months later, the RCMP headquarters moved to Telkwa,{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgl:1921-03-25-06 |page=6 |title=Prince George Leader |date=25 Mar 1921 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} leaving just one constable stationed at Hazelton.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1922-01-13-03 |page=3 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=13 Jan 1922 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} In 1922, Hazelton Methodist Church was built. That April, a guest burned to death, when fire completely destroyed the Hazelton Hotel and several other buildings.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1922-04-04-01 |page=1 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=4 Apr 1922 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} In May 1925, the Royal Bank absorbed the Union Bank, rebranding the latter local branch.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1925-05-28-07 |page=7 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=28 May 1925 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} In 1928, R.S. Sargent opened a hotel.

File:Hazelton Municipal Office.jpg

In 1931, fire completely destroyed the Omineca Hotel and several other buildings.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1931-04-30-01 |page=1 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=30 Apr 1931 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} In 1932, the Royal Bank branch closed{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1932-10-27-03 |page=3 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=27 Oct 1932 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} and the Sargent hotel and two warehouses burned down.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1932-11-10-08 |page=8 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=10 Nov 1932 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} In 1937, William John Sanders, a former Sergeant-at-arms in the BC Legislature died at his residence.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1937-01-14-06 |page=6 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=14 Jan 1937 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

In 1947, Canadian Trailway Stages inaugurated a Hazelton–Prince George bus service,{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1947-05-01-04 |page=4 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=1 May 1947 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} but the Hazelton–Vanderhoof leg was discontinued the next year.{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0340715#p9z-3r0f:%22Vanderhoof%22 |pages=J10, J19 |title=BC Utilities Commission annual report, 1948–49 |website=library.ubc.ca}} In 1948, the First Nations band surrendered {{convert|36|acre|ha|0|order=flip}} of the reserve for sale to the public as lots in a subdivision, increasing the size of Hazelton from {{convert|11|acre|ha|0|order=flip}}.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1948-06-17-09 |page=9 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=17 Jun 1948 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} The present downtown covers about {{convert|20|acre|ha|0|order=flip}} because not all lots sold.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1972-07-06-13 |page=13 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=6 Jul 1972 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

In 1949, the BC Power Commission entered into an agreement to operate the hospital generator and purchased Kitanmax Water and Power Co, the local distributor which supplied 68 customers. The transmission lines were extended to South Hazelton and New Hazelton. The next year, the commission replaced the DC generator at the hospital with a larger AC one, which also became the plant for supplying existing Hazelton customers and new ones south of the Bulkley.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1949-05-05-02 |page=2 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=5 May 1949 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0342746#p18z-3r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |pages=F19, F21, F27 |title=BC Power Commission annual report, 1949–50 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

File:Bulkley River flowing into Skeena River near Hazelton, British Columbia.jpg

By 1951, the RCMP had a two-person detachment.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1951-02-15-01 |page=1 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=15 Feb 1951 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} That year, a Royal Bank sub-branch opened.{{sfn|Steele|2002|p=46}} In February 1956, Hazelton was incorporated as a village.{{Cite web | url=https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/oic/arc_oic/1948_1956 |title=Order in Council 1948/1956 |date=31 Jul 1956 |website=www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca}} When the Inlander Hotel opened that year, the Royal Bank rented the lower level prior to building across the street. The Sargent family, the proprietors, had operated a smaller hotel in another building which had burned down shortly before. In 1959, the Royal Bank became a full branch and the New Hazelton one closed.{{sfn|Steele|2002|p=47}}

In 1963, BC Hydro increased the electricity supply capacity by installing a 600-kilowatt unit.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1963-05-03-03 |page=3 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=3 May 1963 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} During 1965–1972, the streets were first paved. In 1969, the current one-storey brick-veneer post office was built.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1968-12-12-10 |page=10 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=12 Dec 1968 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} Later that year, a dial telephone system replaced switchboard operators.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1969-10-23-15 |page=15 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=23 Oct 1969 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

In 1972, a new lounge opened at the Inlander Hotel in what was once bank premises. The men's washroom was installed in the former vault. In July 1979, a homecoming weekend was held for former residents.{{Cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22July+we+urge%22&ymd=1979-07-04&t=11779 |page=1 |title=Interior News |date=4 Jul 1979 |quote= | website=www.newspapers.com}}
{{Cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22Hazelton+Homecoming%22&ymd=1979-08-15&t=11779 |page=17 |title=Interior News |date=15 Aug 1979 |quote= | website=www.newspapers.com}}

By the early 1980s, the RCMP had consolidated at New Hazelton.{{Cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22Hazelton+RCMP%22&ymd=1982-12-15&t=11420 |page=97 |title=Vancouver Sun |date=15 Dec 1982 |quote= | website=www.newspapers.com}}

In 1997, the Royal Bank moved to Hagwilget.{{sfn|Steele|2002|p=49}}

File:Cataline's Mule Train at Hazelton.gif

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• Lyndsay Belisle (1977– ), Olympic wrestler, place of birth, and resident.{{Cite web | url=https://www.mybulkleylakesnow.com/55748/hazelton-hall-of-fame-wrestler-gets-emotional-reflecting-on-2004-olympics |title=My Bulkley Lakes Now |date=16 Feb 2023 | website=www.mybulkleylakesnow.com}}{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:2012-04-14-17 |page=17 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=14 Apr 2012 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}
• Jean-Jacques Caux, aka Cataline, (c.1830–1922), pack train operator, resident, and place of death.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1938-05-26-20 |page=20 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=26 May 1938 | website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}
• Sperry Cline, (1881–1964), Boer War veteran, police officer, author, and resident.{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0224415#p22z-4r0f:%22Sperry%22 |page=O23 |title=Provincial Game Warden annual report, 1919 |website=library.ubc.ca}}
• Constance Cox, (c.1881–1960), schoolteacher, interpreter, place of birth, and resident.
• Doug Donaldson, (1957– ), politician and resident.{{Cite web | url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members/41st-Parliament/donaldson-Doug |title=Hon. Doug Donaldson | website=www.leg.bc.ca}}
• Dave Hancock, (1955– ), judge, politician, and childhood resident.{{Cite web | url=https://edmontonsun.com/2014/09/12/premier-dave-hancock-is-retiring-from-politics |title=Edmonton Sun |date=12 Sep 2014 | website=edmontonsun.com}}
• Ron Homenuke (1952– ), ice hockey player, place of birth.{{Cite web | url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/117097/ron-homenuke |title=Ron Homenuke | website=www.eliteprospects.com}}
• Vicki Huntington, (19??– ), politician and resident.{{Cite web | url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/wotv/pages/featured-women/vicki-huntington.aspx |title=Vicki Huntington | website=www.leg.bc.ca}}
• Carol Huynh (1980– ), Olympic wrestler, place of birth, and resident.{{Cite web | url=https://www.sportshall.ca/hall-of-famers/hall-of-famers-search.html?proID=621&lang=EN |title=Hall of Fame: Carol Huynh | website=www.sportshall.ca}}
• Simon Peter Johnson, aka Simon Gunanoot, (1874–1933), merchant, fugitive, and resident.{{cite journal | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bch/1.0190736#p18z-4r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |last=Castle |first=Geoffrey |title=BC Historical News: Simon Peter Gunanoot – A Legend in His Own Time |year=1985 |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=19–20 |website=library.ubc.ca}}
• Alan Kerr (1964– ), ice hockey player, place of birth, and resident.{{Cite web | url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/7167/alan-kerr |title=Alan Kerr | website=www.eliteprospects.com}}{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1994-03-21-15 |page=15 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=21 Mar 1994 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}
• Cathy McMorris Rodgers, (1969– ), politician and childhood resident.{{Cite web | url=https://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2016/12/14/cathy-mcmorris-rodgers-ryan-zinke-oregon-washington-montana/95447096 |title=Statesman Journal |date=14 Dec 2016 | website=www.statesmanjournal.com}}
• Roy Henry Vickers, (1946– ), indigenous artist, author, and resident.{{Cite web | url=https://abcbookworld.com/writer/vickers-roy-henry |title=Vickers, Roy Henry | website=abcbookworld.com}}

In 2003, fire seriously damaged the Inlander Hotel.{{Cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22caught+fire%22&ymd=2003-09-24&t=11779 |page=1 |title=Interior News |date=24 Sep 2003 |quote=Built in the 1950s, the Inlander Hotel in the village of Hazelton…. caught fire on Sept. 18…The hotel portion….suffered the most serious damage. | website=www.newspapers.com}}

In 2017, BC Transit introduced a Terrace–Hazeltons bus service{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:2017-11-18-03 |page=3 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=18 Nov 2017 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} and remains the current passenger transit provider.{{Cite web | url=https://www.bctransit.com/hazeltons/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=31 |title=Route 31: Gitsegukla |website=www.bctransit.com}}
{{Cite web | url=https://www.bctransit.com/hazeltons/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=32 |title=Route 32: West Connector |website=www.bctransit.com}}
{{Cite web | url=https://www.bctransit.com/hazeltons/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=163 |title=Route 163: Hazeltons/Smithers |website=www.bctransit.com}}
{{Cite web | url=https://www.bctransit.com/hazeltons/schedules-and-maps/route-overview?route=164 |title=Route 164: Hazeltons/Terrace |website=www.bctransit.com}}

In 2023, construction began on a three-storey building near the hospital, which provides 31 new affordable rental units.{{Cite web | url=https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/projects/2023/07/construction-begins-on-31-new-rental-homes-in-hazelton |title=Journal of Commerce |date=7 Jul 2023 |website=canada.constructconnect.com}}

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|1956|279

|1961|410

|1966|403

|1971|351

|1976|371

|1981|393

|1986|436

|1991|339

|1996|347

|2001|345

|2006|293

|2011|270

|2016|313

|2021|257

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| source = {{Cite web | url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/data/statistics/people-population-community/population/municipal_census_pop_1921_2021.pdf#page=2 |page=2 |title=British Columbia Municipal Census Populations 1921 to 2021 |website=www2.gov.bc.ca}}

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A walking tour of the downtown area includes antique pioneer machinery displays, an original steam donkey, heritage sites, the Pioneer Museum, a riverboat replica, and the historic St. Peter's Anglican Church.

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Hazelton had a population of 257 living in 113 of its 125 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:257-313}}|313|1}} from its 2016 population of 313. With a land area of {{cvt|2.89|km2}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|257|2.89|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000259 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), British Columbia | publisher=Statistics Canada | date=9 Feb 2022 | access-date=20 Feb 2022}}

In 1906, the one-room school opened{{sfn|Stortz|1988|p=82 (70)}} in a building provided rent free by the HBC.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082719#p2z-4r0f:%22schoolhouse%22 |page=3 |title=Omineca Herald |date=14 Jan 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1913, a new schoolhouse replaced the old building,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0082933#p0z-3r0f:%22school%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=8 Nov 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}} which had become too small to accommodate the 23 enrolled students.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0082893#p0z-3r0f:%22school%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=5 Jul 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1926, the school raised to rural status, and in 1930, a second classroom was added.{{sfn|Stortz|1988|p=85 (73)}}

In 1948–49, the status raised from Hazelton Superior to Hazelton Elementary-Senior High.{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0340707#p166z-3r0f: |page=N167 |title=Public Schools annual report, 1948–49 |website=library.ubc.ca}} At the time, the facility was described as a fine new modern school, with seven rooms and seven teachers.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1951-10-18-16 |page=16 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=18 Oct 1951 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

In 1962–63, the Two Mile elementary school opened.{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0364006#p136z-3r0f: |page=W137 |title=Public Schools annual report, 1962–63 |website=library.ubc.ca}} In 1963–64, John Field Elementary opened at Hazelton.{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0371045#p159z-3r0f: |page=N160 |title=Public Schools annual report, 1963–64 |website=library.ubc.ca}} In 1965–66, Hazelton Elementary-Senior High became Hazelton Secondary.{{Cite report | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bcsessional/1.0364186#p161z-3r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |page=F162 |title=Public Schools annual report, 1965–66 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

In 1979, the two-room Two Mile school closed.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1979-09-05-03 |page=3 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=5 Sep 1979 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

In March 1992, the new Hazelton Secondary construction replaced the former building.{{Cite web | url=https://core.ac.uk/download/141716736.pdf#page=12 |page=12 |title=Terrace Standard |date=13 Nov 1991 | website=core.ac.uk}}

In 2014, John Field Elementary was renamed Majagaleehl Gali Aks, which means "flowers of the rivers" in the Gitxsan language.{{Cite web | url=https://www.interior-news.com/news/school-unveils-new-gitxsan-name-6452096 |title=Interior News |date=6 Nov 2014 | website=www.interior-news.com}}

Part of School District 82 Coast Mountains, Majagaleehl Gali Aks stands on the descent to the downtown area,{{Cite web | url=http://majagaleehl.cmsd.bc.ca |title=Majagaleehl Gali Aks Elementary School |website=cmsd.bc.ca}} and Hazelton Secondary (to the northeast) has about 375 enrolled students.{{Cite web | url=http://hazeltonsec.cmsd.bc.ca |title=Hazelton Secondary School |website=cmsd.bc.ca}} Adjacent to the secondary is a campus of the Coast Mountain College.{{cite web | url=https://coastmountaincollege.ca/about-cmtn/campus-locations/hazelton |title=Coast Mountain College, Hazelton |website=coastmountaincollege.ca}}

In 1904, Dr. Horace Cooper Wrinch opened the first hospital, which developed a nursing school, gardens and dairy farm.{{cite journal | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/bch/1.0190715#p39z-3r0f:%22Hazelton%22 |last=Castle |first=Geoffrey |title=BC Historical News: Bookshelf |year=1998 |volume=31 |issue=3 |page=40 (38) |website=library.ubc.ca}} Owned by the Methodist Church, funding came from the church, the province, Indian Affairs, and the public.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0083396#p0z-3r0f:%22hospital%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=25 Jan 1913 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

File:Hazelton Hospital.gif

About one mile east of Hazelton, the two-storey main building, included an attic and basement.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082964#p2z-4r0f:%22hospital%22 |page=3 |title=Omineca Herald |date=1 Jan 1910 |website=library.ubc.ca}} The facility comprised five staff and 13 beds in 1904,{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/omineca/1.0082717#p0z-4r0f:%22hospital%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Herald |date=15 Dec 1911 |website=library.ubc.ca}} seven staff and 17 beds in 1909, and 12 staff and 33 beds in 1911. The latter increase came from adding a new wing in 1910. Patient care was private, semi-private, and public. By that time, the {{convert|25|acre|ha|0|order=flip}} of cleared land grew vegetables and livestock feed.

By 1912, {{convert|30|acre|ha|0|order=flip}} of the {{convert|300|acre|ha|0|adj=on|order=flip}} grounds were cleared. The lake was {{convert|80|acre|ha|0|order=flip}} and birch clumps formed a {{convert|7|acre|ha|0|adj=on|order=flip}} natural park. The main road passed through the property. In 1914, the hospital was wired for electricity.{{Cite web | url=https://open.library.ubc.ca/viewer/ominecaminer/1.0227415#p0z-3r0f:%22wiring%22 |page=1 |title=Omineca Miner |date=7 Mar 1914 |website=library.ubc.ca}}

When the second rebuild opened in 1930, the facility was renamed the Wrinch Memorial Hospital.{{Cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/search/#lnd=1&query=%22Wrinch+Memorial+Hospital%22&ymd=1930-12-31&t=11779 |page=1 |title=Interior News |date=31 Dec 1930 |quote= | website=www.newspapers.com}}

By 1972, the hospital was a 50-bed facility with plans to double the capacity. A single storey {{convert|46300|sqft|sqm|adj=on|order=flip}} structure adjacent to the existing building{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc:1975-03-17-18 |page=18 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=17 Mar 1975 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}} opened in 1977.

In 2002, the province reversed plans to downsize the hospital, retaining the nine acute care beds, the long-term beds, and the teaching role.{{Cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/PGC:2002-06-26-01 |page=1 |title=Prince George Citizen |date=26 Jun 2002 |website=pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca}}

Part of Northern Health, the hospital provides acute, complex and community care, assisted living, and both shorter and longer term accommodation. The double occupancy rooms include 10 publicly subsidized long-term care beds. Outpatient care is supported. A BCAS station is based on the grounds.{{Cite web | url=https://www.northernhealth.ca/find-a-facility/long-term-care/wrinch-memorial-hospital |title=Wrinch Memorial Hospital |website=www.northernhealth.ca}}

Hazelton has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb).{{cite journal| last=Kottek | first=M.|author2=J. Grieser |author3=C. Beck |author4=B. Rudolf |author5=F. Rubel | title=World Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification updated| journal=Meteorol. Z.| volume=15 | pages=259–263| url=http://www.schweizerbart.de/resources/downloads/paper_free/55034.pdf| doi=10.1127/0941-2948/2006/0130| access-date=22 Dec 2012| year=2006| issue=3| bibcode=2006MetZe..15..259K}} Winters are cold but are milder than what the latitude may suggest, owing to Pacific air masses. The average temperature in January is {{convert|-8.9|C|1}} and from December to February, there are an average of 32 days where the maximum temperature reaches or surpasses freezing. However, Arctic air masses can push temperatures below {{convert|-30.0|C|1}}, occurring on average three days per year. The average annual snowfall is {{convert|185|cm|abbr=on|1}}. Summers are warm, with a July daytime high of {{convert|23.3|C|1}} although night time temperatures are cool, with a July low of {{convert|9.1|C|1}}. In an average summer, there are seven days where the temperature exceeds {{convert|30|C|1}}. The average annual precipitation is {{convert|614|mm|abbr=on|0}}, with March and April being the driest months and October through January being the wetter months. The record high was {{convert|36.7|C|1}} on August 20, 1977 and the record low was {{convert|-40.5|C|1}} on January 8, 1991.

{{Weather box

|location = Hazelton

|metric first = yes

|single line = yes

|Jan record high C = 8.9

|Feb record high C = 11.0

|Mar record high C = 17.0

|Apr record high C = 26.7

|May record high C = 32.5

|Jun record high C = 34.5

|Jul record high C = 36.0

|Aug record high C = 36.7

|Sep record high C = 32.2

|Oct record high C = 21.5

|Nov record high C = 12.5

|Dec record high C = 8.0

|year record high C = 36.7

|Jan high C = -4.7

|Feb high C = 0.2

|Mar high C = 7.1

|Apr high C = 13.1

|May high C = 17.9

|Jun high C = 21.1

|Jul high C = 23.6

|Aug high C = 23.0

|Sep high C = 17.2

|Oct high C = 9.5

|Nov high C = 0.6

|Dec high C = -4.4

|year high C =

|Jan mean C = -8.1

|Feb mean C = -4.3

|Mar mean C = 1.2

|Apr mean C = 6.2

|May mean C = 10.8

|Jun mean C = 14.0

|Jul mean C = 16.4

|Aug mean C = 15.9

|Sep mean C = 11.5

|Oct mean C = 5.4

|Nov mean C = -2.0

|Dec mean C = -7.3

|year mean C =

|Jan low C = -11.4

|Feb low C = -8.8

|Mar low C = -4.6

|Apr low C = -0.8

|May low C = 3.5

|Jun low C = 6.8

|Jul low C = 9.3

|Aug low C = 8.8

|Sep low C = 5.7

|Oct low C = 1.3

|Nov low C = -4.6

|Dec low C = -10.2

|year low C =

|Jan record low C = -40.5

|Feb record low C = -35.0

|Mar record low C = -30.0

|Apr record low C = -11.1

|May record low C = -5.0

|Jun record low C = -1.1

|Jul record low C = 0.0

|Aug record low C = -0.5

|Sep record low C = -4.0

|Oct record low C = -22.0

|Nov record low C = -32.5

|Dec record low C = -39.0

|year record low C = -40.5

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation mm = 69.0

|Feb precipitation mm = 39.2

|Mar precipitation mm = 23.5

|Apr precipitation mm = 31.0

|May precipitation mm = 41.4

|Jun precipitation mm = 56.4

|Jul precipitation mm = 47.1

|Aug precipitation mm = 47.5

|Sep precipitation mm = 62.1

|Oct precipitation mm = 74.2

|Nov precipitation mm = 71.7

|Dec precipitation mm = 62.2

|year precipitation mm =

|rain colour = green

|Jan rain mm = 12.8

|Feb rain mm = 13.4

|Mar rain mm = 13.6

|Apr rain mm = 28.6

|May rain mm = 41.4

|Jun rain mm = 56.4

|Jul rain mm = 47.1

|Aug rain mm = 47.5

|Sep rain mm = 62.1

|Oct rain mm = 70.8

|Nov rain mm = 31.9

|Dec rain mm = 10.0

|year rain mm =

|Jan snow cm = 56.2

|Feb snow cm = 25.8

|Mar snow cm = 9.9

|Apr snow cm = 2.4

|May snow cm = 0

|Jun snow cm = 0

|Jul snow cm = 0

|Aug snow cm = 0

|Sep snow cm = 0

|Oct snow cm = 3.4

|Nov snow cm = 39.8

|Dec snow cm = 52.2

|year snow cm =

|unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm

|Jan precipitation days = 15.1

|Feb precipitation days = 10.9

|Mar precipitation days = 9.2

|Apr precipitation days = 11.2

|May precipitation days = 14.1

|Jun precipitation days = 14.1

|Jul precipitation days = 12.6

|Aug precipitation days = 12.9

|Sep precipitation days = 15.7

|Oct precipitation days = 17.9

|Nov precipitation days = 17.2

|Dec precipitation days = 13.9

|year precipitation days =

|unit rain days = 0.2 mm

|Jan rain days = 4.2

|Feb rain days = 5.1

|Mar rain days = 6.7

|Apr rain days = 11.1

|May rain days = 14.1

|Jun rain days = 14.1

|Jul rain days = 12.6

|Aug rain days = 12.9

|Sep rain days = 15.7

|Oct rain days = 17.4

|Nov rain days = 8.7

|Dec rain days = 3.3

|year rain days =

|unit snow days= 0.2 cm

|Jan snow days = 12.1

|Feb snow days = 7.2

|Mar snow days = 3.7

|Apr snow days = 0.41

|May snow days = 0

|Jun snow days = 0

|Jul snow days = 0

|Aug snow days = 0

|Sep snow days = 0

|Oct snow days = 1.1

|Nov snow days = 10.8

|Dec snow days = 12.6

|year snow days =

|source 1 = Environment Canada1981-2010{{cite web

| url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnProv&lstProvince=BC&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=466&dispBack=0

| title=Canadian Climate Normals 1981-2010

| publisher=Environment Canada

| access-date=15 Nov 2023

}}

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