Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-06-19
WEAyERyIJJE CALIFORNIA SATURDAY. JUNE 19, 1853
Geography mud Climate Of Frazer Country

Frazer river rises in the Rocky mountains, be-
tween parallel 55 and 5G, runs eighty miles north
west aud receives Stuart's river flowing from
chain of lakes. 1t continues southwest, aug
mented by Chilcotin, Penklitsa and other streams
from the west, aud Thompson's and Quisnells
rivers from the cast, In parallel 40 it breaks
through the Cascade mountains, runs westward
20 miles, and emptics into the Gulf of Georgia
So says John Dunn, once in employ OF Hudson
Bay Company, and who wrote and published
work on New Caledonia in 1874.
The upper river is navigablc, but below 1t is
full of dangerous rapids the last seventy miles
are navigable for vessels drawing twelve feet wa
ter after crossing the bar. The river dis
covered by Mckenzie, q British explorer, and the
adjacent country was taken possession of in 1906
by the North West afterwards the lludson's Bay
Company. The country along the lower river is
hily, and covered with white pine and cedar
the soil is good for pasturago and tiage farther
north it is mountainous rugged, with numerous
deep ravincs torrents, lakes and marshes and is
well wooded with spruce fir, pine, poplar, cedar
cypress and birch. The climate is variable in
spring from April to June, nccssant rains pre-
vail, drifting furiously before the south wind in
July and August it is extremely hot and multi
tudes of flies and insects breed from the moist
ground. September brings dense fogs, so that at
noon one can scarcely see a hundred yards In
November winter begins the lakes and rivers
freeze, but the cold is not so rigorous as might
be expected in that latitude
For these facts wo are mainly indebted to the
research of the San Francisco HerdId This is
the territory which was in dispute between the
English and American Governments during Mr..
Polk's administration, and which was rclinquished
to England through Thomas IL. Bcnton's advice,
and because the Senate did not think the territory
worth the expenditure of money and life consc-
qucnt of war. The whole region is controlled
10y the lIudsons Bay Company, under a charter
from the British government, which expires in
1859; it is not likely that the charter will be
renewed, inasmuch as the company are going be
yond their charter privileges, and because it is
not the policy of the English to give away valu
able colonial possessions The lludsOns Bay
Company are authorized to trade with Indians
only; but they have monopolizcd trade of all
kinds, and will not permit the entry ofany vessel
except freightcd with their own stores. The far
seeing English will hardly re charter away their
richest American possession. There is a posi-.
b!ity of dispute between the two governments,
since the boundary has never been established,
the joint commission of survey having made but
little progress Frazer river approaches very
near, if it does not cross the supposed boundary;
the English gcographcr and explorer states that
in parallel 40, Frazer river breaks through the
Cascade range of mountains, and running west
ward seventy miles, cmptcs into the Gulf Of
Georgia in latitude 40 deg. and min north.
Here then may be ground for quarrel, Miners
fight and go to law about inches Of ground and
SO may States for degrees and minutes