PWA used a Convair 640 turboprop (that's a Convair 440 re-engined with Rolls-Royce Dart turboprops, the same as on the F-27) into Powell River, Comox and Campbell River. Port Hardy and Sandspit got the 737 jet.
http://www.timetableimages.com/ttima...w69/pw69-4.jpg
Contrary to some belief, runway length is not intrinsically tied to a given aircraft type. The key aspect is how heavily loaded it is to get airborne/stop, and the key variable in the loading is the fuel on board. These are short hops of under an hour each and the 737, with appropriate light fuel loads for those sectors, will have a sprightly performance. The same aircraft leaving the next day from Vancouver on a charter to Puerto Vallarta will have a completely different takeoff characteristic.
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JL beat me to it. But the meatballs (handmade) and spaghetti served up by Mrs WHBM
for dinner this evening was worth it !