England and Canada: A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical Notes — John Shaqi
England and Canada: A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical NotesFleming, Sandford
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England and Canada: A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical Notes
Fleming, Sandford
Canada -- Description and travel
The Kamloops Men at Last--No Supplies--On Short Allowance--An
Indian Guide--Bog-wading--The Summit of the Pass--Bluff Lake--
Victoria Bluff--Three Valley Lake--Eagle River--Shooting
Salmon--The _Cached_ Provisions--Pack-horses again--Road
Making--The South Thompson--Indian Ranches. Page 295
CHAPTER XIX.
_KAMLOOPS TO THE COAST._
Lake Kamloops--Savona’s Ferry--Irrigation--Chinese Navvies--
Chinese Servants--Lytton--The Fraser River Canyon--Old
Engineering Friends--Sunday at Yale--Paddling Down the Fraser--
An English Fog at New Westminster. Page 311
CHAPTER XX.
_ON PACIFIC WATERS._
New Westminster--Enormous Forest Trees--English Broom--Port
Moody--Down Burrard Inlet--Sea Fog--Navigation by Echo--
Straits of Georgia--The St. Juan Archipelago--Seamanship--
Victoria. Page 329
CHAPTER XXI.
_BRITISH COLUMBIA._
Sir Francis Drake--Mears--Vancouver--Astor--Hudson’s Bay
Company--Gold Discoveries--Climate--Timber--Fisheries--
Minerals--Mountain Scenery. Page 340
CHAPTER XXII.
_HOME BY THE NORTHERN PACIFIC._
Puget Sound--The Columbia--Portland--Oregon and San Juan
Disputes--Arid Country--Mountain Summits--The Yellowstone--
The Missouri--The Red River--Chicago--Standard Time Meeting--
The British Association--Home. Page 355
CHAPTER XXIII.
_THE INDIANS._
Indian Population--The Government Policy--Indian Instincts--The
Hudson’s Bay Company--Fidelity and Truthfulness of Indians--
Aptitude for Certain Pursuits--The Future of the Red Man. Page 380
CHAPTER XXIV.
_THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY._
Rapid Construction--Travelling Old and New--Beginning of Pacific
Railway--Difficulties--Party Warfare--The Line North of Lake
Superior--The United States Government--Mountain Passes--Soil
and Climate--National Parks--Pacific Terminus. Page 394
CHAPTER XXV.
_CONCLUSION._
England and Canada--Old and New Colonial Systems--Political
Exigencies--The High Commissioners--Lord Lorne’s Views--The
Future--The French Element in Canada--Colonial Federation--The
Larger Union. Page 420
ENGLAND AND CANADA.
CHAPTER I.
_INTRODUCTORY._
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