They have this Fall thing up there though ~ 14 meter waves ~ comes just about every year ~ just in time for Christmas!
http://www.cn.ca/specialized/ports_docks/prince_rupert/en_KFPortsPrinceRupert.shtml
Be interesting to see if the capital investment on the intercoastal up there is equaled with capital investment on the oceanside ~ bet it’s not. Makes those port facilities “intermittent” at best, and then you have to haul the stuff over the Rockies ~ Mexico is a better bet.