Best of Powell River: Civic Pride
These answers are from the Best of Powell River Awards, as chosen by the readers of Powtown Post and Powell River Living Magazine.
You’ve seen the official tourism brochures… now let the locals introduce you to the inside scoop.
What makes Powell Riverites swell with pride? This stuff:
Best neighbourhood
1. Townsite
2. Westview
3. Wildwood
Best unofficial city slogan
1. I had a good time, actually
2. Powell Rumour / Powell Riviera
3. Two ferries can’t be wrong
Best answers: Are we there yet? • Best place on Earth • Chill’ville • City of Dead End Roads • Coastal by Nature (Note: this is the official City slogan) • Double moat keeps the crazies out • Giv’r • Sunset City • Hawaii of the North • Traditional Territory of the Tla’amin Nation • Zungas R Us
Best festival
1. Blackberry
2. Logger Sports
3. Kathaumixw
Best local politician
1. MLA Nicholas Simons
2. City Councilor Russell Brewer
3. City Councilor CarolAnn Leishman
Best tourist attraction
1. Sunshine Coast Trail
2. Willingdon Beach / Lund
3. Savary Island
Best answers: Mini golf • Nancy’s cinnamon buns • Popeye at Willingdon beach • Mini railroad at the Farmer’s Market
Best Kept Secret
1. Eagle River
2. Stillwater Bluffs
3. Mahood’s Beach
Best answers: If I tell you, it won’t be a secret (This actually won first place. But, like, we knoooow.) • CJMP • Second beach • Eldred Valley • Freshwater fishing • High Tide Games • How awesome it is here • How to get to Khartoum Lake • Little Sliammon Lake • Our neighbourhood street • The fern grotto near Inland Lake • The Kraft Mill shut down 17 years ago.
Best local souvenir
1. Pollen sweater
2. Stuff from nature (seashells, Texada flower rock, beach glass, driftwood)
3. Thick shirt / Townsite beer
Best reason to move here
1. The people
2. Nature
3. Quiet
Best answers: Affordable real estate • Closest to bliss you can get • Everybody knows everybody • Free parking • Great place to raise kids • It’s not Vancouver • Lifestyle • Safety • We’re just a bunch of kids
Best reason to stay away
1. BC Ferries
2. No jobs / no rentals
3. Gossip / Rumours
Best answers: Cliques • cougars • isolation • grandkids elsewhere • high taxes • If you want to change it • If you prefer the big city • No more good ideas about the sewage treatment plant • old farts • rednecks • Swap n’ Shop politics • The locals will always remind you you’re not from here • Too much traffic • Weather • You’ll never want to leave.
No jobs? Career Link reacts:
Powell River’s labour market is heating up! In May 2018 Career Link posted 231 local jobs, up from the 131 we posted in 2016. While the majority of work is in Food Services and Retail, we’ve started to see an increase in postings with living-wage opportunities.
Best local celebrity
1. Rocco – The Powell River Kings’ mascot
2. Michael Buble – Grammy-award winning crooner who occasionally spends time with family in Lund
3. Dr. Evan Adams – Chief Medical Officer for the national First Nations Health Authority, actor, comedian, and Tla’amin member
Best answers: Walter the Sea Lion • NHLer Brad Bombardir • Cougar Nancy Crowther • soccer star Drew Ferguson • author and CBC host Grant Lawrence • former leader of the BC Liberal Party Gordon Wilson • actors Jennifer and Meg Tilly • Hollywood “it” stylist Karla Welch • musician Lukah Bouchard • actor Ta’Kaiya Blaney • Country musicians Twin Kennedy • Jazz musician Walter Martella
Best activist group
1. Let’s Talk Trash team
2. Bomb squad
3. Climate Action Powell River / Friends of Powell River
For more Best of Powell River results, check out the Best Eats, and Best of the Arts.
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