Sayward, British Columbia
Sayward is a small community in the northern part of Iceland Vancouver, in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The community is located about 73 kilometers northwest of Campbell River and about 141 kilometers southeast of Port McNeill and is part of the Strathcona Regional District. Sayward is located in the Kelsey Bay of Johnstone Strait, across from Hardwicke Iceland. In the village of Salmon River empties into the bay.
History
Originally the land was inhabited by the First Nations, so the story goes back further than that dominated by European immigrants historiography. In the area around present-day Sayward lived and live different groups of the Kwakwaka'wakw.
The "European" part of history in this region begins with the arrival of the Spanish and British explorers in the late 1770'er years.
Except through the fur trade, was this part of Vancouver Iceland largely untouched for the next 100 years by European settlers. This changed in the late 1880'er years, when the timber industry began to spread here.
When the first settlers arrived here in 1890 and founded the settlement of Port Kusam, there was still a small settlement of First Nations on the Salmon River. By 1917, this settlement was then given up. On March 1, 1899 opened here then a post office, which was still led to the renaming in 1911 under the name of Port Kusam Post Office. In the same year the name of the municipality in Sayward has changed. The change of name of the successful loggers and traders William Parsons Sayward was honored, although he was never in the community or its environment, and no other relationship existed.
Demography
The census in 2011 showed a population of 317 inhabitants of the settlement. The city's population has thereby decreased from 2006 by 7.0 % compared to the census and is thus the opposite trend to the average for the entire Province of British Columbia, where the population grew by 7.0 % at the same time. With an average age of 53.6 years, the population is also much older than in the rest of the province, with 41.9 years.
Education
Sayward is one of School District # 72 - Campbell River. In the small community there is only one school, the combined Sayward Elementary / Junior Secondary.
Policy
The granting of local self-government for the settlement took place only on 27 June 1968 ( incorporated as a Village Municipality ).
Mayor of the municipality is Sir John A. Macdonald. Together with four other citizens, it forms for three years the Council ( council) of the community.
Economy
The main economic activities in Sayward is forestry and fishing / recreational fishing with the industries surrounding it.
The average income of employees from Sayward in 2005 was well below average at C $ 16,715, while it was at the same time the average for the entire province of British Columbia 24 867 C $. The difference in earnings between men ( C $ 19,916 ) and women ( C $ 13,606 ) is below average in size in Sayward.
Traffic
Sayward is located on an approximately 10 -kilometer access road and has over this one access to Highway 19 ( Vancouver domestic Iceland Highway). A railway linking the community has just as little as an airport.
As of Highway 19 in 1978 to the north towards Port Hardy has been removed, the small municipality port was temporarily the endpoint of the BC Ferries ferry through the Inside Passage.