Northwest Telephone Company

Next to the Bank of Montreal on Walnut Street stands the former Northwest Telephone Building built in 1931. Powell River has always been technologically progressive. In 1912 the Powell River Company installed crank telephones in the mill and department managers' homes. In 1921 the first dial phones in BC were installed in the mill and in 1930 Powell River received the Province's first radio telephone circuit.

circa 1931