You're hiking Butze with your friends and in amongst the beautiful trees and foliage, you stop for a little berry picking moment. ABOUT BUTZE RAPIDS Butze Rapids are reversing tidal rapids caused by the ebb and flow of the tide through Fern Passage around K'xeen/Kaien Island. It is one of the only two reversing tidal rapids in North America, the other being the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia. In fact, the island's name K'xeen/Kaien comes from the Sm'algyax for "foaming waters" caused by these reversing rapids. The trail was first constructed in 1992 as a joint community forest project between the City of Prince Rupert and the Ministry of Forests. "The area is part of the traditional area of the Tsimshian First Nations and is the Tribal Territory of the Gitwilgyoot’s Tribe (People of the Kelp). There are many culturally modified trees (CMTs) in the area, which are protected under the Heritage Conservation Act." - Source: Butze Rapids Brochure - BC Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts. SCENT NOTES Pine, woods, raspberry, amber and musk come together to spark those berry picking late summer vibes. LEARN MORE The story behind the name is quite dull and typical for colonial names. Adolph Butze was neither born, nor buried in Prince Rupert, or in Canada at all. Born in Illinois and buried in Missouri, he was a purchasing agent for multiple railroad companies in the United States before he was a Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad purchasing agent in 1906. In 1908 The Geographic Board of Canada named Butze Rapids and Butze point after him. The community of Butze, Alberta was also named after him. To learn more about Butze Rapids, check out the following links: "Hiking Butze Rapids in Prince Rupert" - Visit Prince Rupert "Butze Rapids Brochure" - BC Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts. "Butze Rapids Trail" - AllTrails
