Holberg, British Columbia

Holberg (pop. 200) is a small settlement on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada at coord|50|39|21|N|128|0|29|W|.The community was established in the early 1900s by Danish settlers who named their new home in honour of Baron Ludwig Holberg.

Holberg is on the long, winding, unpaved road to Cape Scott Provincial Park [http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/bcparks/explore/parkpgs/cape.html] , San Josef Bay [http://www.portalice.ca/capescott.htm] and Winter Harbour.

Nearby Ronning Gardens [http://vancouverisland.travel/gardentrail/] , an anomaly in the west coast temperate rainforest, was created by Norwegian settler Bernt Ronning around 1910.

Holberg has always been noted for logging and copious amounts of precipitation.

During the Cold War, the Royal Canadian Air Force established Canadian Forces Station Holberg, a Pinetree Line radar base.

Up on one of the roads of Holberg is a small school called "San Josef Elementary". There has never been a large number of children there.

Holberg is serviced by an AM radio station, CFHG 1490. CFHG began operations in the early 1960s from studios at CFS Holberg. The station primarily aired the programs of Vancouver CBC Radio station CBU, but it also aired local programs produced by volunteer staff at the station. When CFS Holberg closed and was mostly dismantled in 1990 due to budget cuts, CFHG became a full rebroadcaster of CBU. Like other CBC Radio One repeaters on Vancouver Island, CFHG now rebroadcasts CBCV-FM Victoria. [http://www.pinetreeline.org/other/other21/other21n.html]

Communities Nearby

* Port Hardy
* Winter Harbour

External links

* [http://www.britishcolumbia.com/regions/towns/?townID=67 Holberg]
* [http://www.rdmw.bc.ca/winterharbour.html Regional District of Mount Waddington]
* [http://www.pinetreeline.org/site21.html CFB Holberg]