Telegram-herald., 1889-05-22
= Proposed Branch Of the Cana
dian Pacific Road

M RssEs - FOLLOW ths crsAs River
s-ls-y.-ft Fssld Opsa FsFtti- L--as,
Great fisasss Traet. aat Eish
Ai-ss-sassrisa FAsiaS hs4t~
cosEaIGHr lsss.
N0E.s than twenty years have now
elapsed silee tae UnltedStates caps igJo
possession Of Alaska. yet ls - 0uiy- lately
tAa1 "a have begun 9appreCiateitsy value,
sud even yet ths msI9fity of American
tsaiers kaow littis or nothing Ia regard 70
the resources and possible economical de-
yslopmsnt OF British Columbia.
AlaAkas saAi AID other fur products
have paid a good Interest GA the purchase
Ea0nsy. ant ilssaimoa fisheFIes are already
Of large importance, while the yield II
eod aud h1libut 10 stea-liy Increasing.
The Southern part OF the Alaskan coast
sod is al AGENT islands eonta-n exssnziVs
forests of valuable timber, ana upon
almost every river that comes down 10 the
sea gold has beea discovered At certain
points mines ara az present operated upon
= great scale aad large settlements exist.
Alaska possesses - yeral nssixaole rivers,
cue OF which, the Yukon. rivals the Mis-
souri In sizs and eau DO assembled several
handred miles. Il COWS all the lower
part or its course through = compare
lively level aud Opea country, and
10 a 4 mitsd degree. asriculturs aud herd
Ing may be carried On along It's shores In
the gorEcs, whence its earliest streams
make their way out 10 unite in tho main
stem Of the river, gold - procured from
piaeers by colonies of men wao have
srosse,l the lofty Coass Range on foot. and
arouut whose cabins vegstaols gardens
and patches Of rye a. 4 oats are grown
Ia the valley OF the Lizard, and along the
ifsis Mackenzie. whose sources are not
Ar 4 .tant, ths III adson's Bay Company
aavc had posts for many years, and the
Indians OF that region are SO nearly civil
szsd that all have abandoned 20 great ex'
<nt the ways ce savage life. wear civilized
garments and profess allegiance 10 the
Roman Catholic Caurch. whose mission
aries have Ion & dwelt among them
From the Lard southwark the avail
ability OF land for cattle aud sheep graz
laz aoi other economical resources in
:rsases, until az Peace River you come
sown TO a region where the harder grains
iksrye and barley can be raised to good
advantage. and even wheat has beea cul-
ivated.
l4rEc ~ IAyriSsiA ACtt5O-A " s-A' NAS-
.rict should not be connected by a railway
Along the eastern base OF tno mountains
With the Canadian Pacific. and one Is al
raay projected from Calgary to Eirnon-
.on-a lOlx step ia that direction But
This Is not where the road 10 Alaska is pro-
posed to be built, thought it would be pos
able u carry IL that way.
IL thu reader will examine a
map. hs will perceive that the
Rocky Mountains enter British Col.
umbis In aboat the longitude OF
salt Lake City. The range then
trends westward, until it merges into the
.oast range OF Alaska. In the southern
part of British Columbia it consists of
iarse great parallel lines or waves Of eleva-
lion. That on the right IS the easternmosi
,r main range Of the Rockies proper; then
ZONES the Selkirks. having n length OF
about 200 miles north and south; aud third
tad westernmOst. tie Gold or Columbian
range which disappears northvard in the
sonfused highlands that divide the Frasay
alley from that OF Canoe River.