Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-12-05


protected from any sea that would inter-
fere with the l'ading or unloading OF
ships of all classes. Both the inner and
outer harbors possess advantages pecuiaf-
ly their own.
The terminus is reached from the Pa
cifc ocean by way of gulf of Georgia.
Passing Cape Flattery, Victoria. and the
southern end of Vancouver Island, skirt
i,g the islands Of San Juan, famed
in the history of international arbitrations,
the course is nerthcrly tor forty miles
through an island dotted channel environ
ed hy the lofty mountains Of Vancouver
Island and the main shore. Emerging
from this labyrinth Of islands. rur Of
twenty five miles across tho gulf. An
introduction to Burrard's Inlet is had
through the waters of English Bay. The
peninsula separating the two is headed
with bold rocky bluff of sandstone for
nation, 180 feet in hight--the su' !ect of
our illustration. From .his bluff it is
possible with properly equipped forti-
fication 81 to command English Bay and
the inlet as to render them practically i'm
prcgnablc. Sailing through the narrow ems
trance, which scarcely exceeds 1909 eet,
sllir;ing the mouth of Capalano Creek. a
mountain stream; from which it is pro-
posed to supply the city with water,
the inlet ncrea ,ts in wi.:th until. passing
BrocktoL Point, one mile from the gate,
it expands to width of two aud one
half miles. From his point an average
width of a mile IS maintained,
with depth of water sufficient to float the
largest ships within a few hundred feet OF
either shore, no to Port Moody, dis
tsncc Of twelve miles. The land border
ing the shore of Coal Haihor aud English
Bay. on which Vancouver the terminal
city is now ing surveye1,ex,ends back in
easy grade for three miles to the hight os
and tetwccO the Frazi river and Bur-
rard's Inlet; this in marked varicnce to
that on tie northern shore, where the
mountains approach close to the sea line.
This disposition Of ground gives a site
favorable in itself for the future growth
OF city, whilst possessing an outlook on
mountain scenery that will form one Uf
its chIcf attractions. The main industry
of the place as it stands At Present is in
The manufacturing of lumber and spar>
tor fcrcign markets. Tho shores abound
in u wealth Of timber, enormous in sizr,
some of the tr. es measured at the clear,
ing OF the town-site grting ov, r thirty
three feet.
AT equal distances, eight miles to the
east and west, lie Ia, entrances to the
North Arm oil Burrard's Inlet and Howe
S"un.l. Th"sc tiinrds picrcs the noun
tain chain living to the north of the ter.
minus the former to distance OF twelve
miles, the latter over thirty. Lying close
ut hand, within an hours steamirg. they
will form the recreation ground for the
future dwellcrs of Vancouver and it's Wis
'tors. There is grandeur in the scenery
that even in this picturesque part of the
world is rarely met with. Purple and
reddish browo mountulas, their sombre
cnlor de kcd out with the brilliant tints
of moss nrbntus shlubbory and hcarther
rise in sheer perceptions forms from the
.'erp water they outline. Beyond these
pan-,intcd rock masses lie !he colder
.rays and i,ucs of the lofty snow crowned
peaks, rising AZ high that at times it is
impossible to tell whSre mountain ends
and cloud b}sins. This cloud-capp, d, |
shifting charo ,s,st uro, an endless VAR
iety f rock and mountain forms. with
the v,ricd styles Of waterfalls hy which
the mountain streams leap into the sea
make the nbovc---the horizon SCENE
throb with cming life, while the calm,
transpar sea, with its u1hrokeu re-
Election of moun'ains and forest, presents |
"a restful contrast altogether enjoyable
Islands that ARE worthy of a special look,
owing to their unique formation. ara
Auvie. G ,mhler. Howe, Sound, and Jud
Islands. IN the North Arm. Tue nouns
tans contiguous tn both these sheets oi