Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-15

wv vancouver harbor, the broken
ol . s not yet being fully repaired.
tuesday, May '6'h, at o'eloel, a. M,
sood sbip Miowera LEI, the wharf at
, Wv and wendell her way down
u.,rard Inlet. thence through the
lied "Nauows" and across English
and she reached the strait OF
~ about O'Clock. A few hours
~, ge found ourselves sailing between
~. vooded Stands Of the archipelago
~sl.h dots the sirai, Of Georgia and
De-, sound almost from one end to
.s'o,bsr The numerous channels and
',,,i,, which separate the different is.
~, are very deep. permitting the
,govsra. which draws about twenty.
,to tee, Of water to sail within a lew
susdred feet Of the shores in several
-l,ee, This makes the voyage very
,,,t.s,ing. Most Of the islands are IN.
b,bted. though very sparsely. One Of
=, smaller ones called Darcy is oc.
.,oisI BY seven Chinese and one white
l,e.fs who arc doomed to absolute
,,tude during the remainder OF their
-,,rnl lives. a local steamer calls once
n three months to bring them pro.
,i,ion,. they cultivate a nice little gar.
s,p. and live throughout, quite comlor.
able.
An enthusiastic traveller who sailed
aver these waters some time ago, writes:
Puget Sound scenery is the grandest
emery In the world. one has here Ia
.,pbination the sublimty Of Switgcr.
Ind the pictufcsqucness OF the Rhine,
,be rugged beauty Of Norway, the
l,rsN variety Of the thousand Islands
al The ST. Lawrence, or the llebfidcs Of
he North sea, the soft, Mentioned skies
III Italy, the pastoral landscape OF Eng.
Ind With Vclyc, meadows and mag
bfcent groves, massed with floral
bloom. and the blending tinis aud bold
color OF the New England Indian sum,
msL The geography aud topography
of this sheet ate alone a wonder and
study. Glance upon the maps. The
elements OF earth and water seem ~
have struggled for dominion one over
ihe othef. The strait oi Juan dc Fuca
and the strait OF Georgia narrow into
Admay inlet the inlet peneirates the
very hear, OF the coast county. cutting
the land into most grolcSque shapes,
dfclIng aud tossing into hundred
minor inluls, into which How a hundred
rivers, led IN their turn by myriads OF
smaller creeks aud bayouS-a vefiiablc
ne, work Of lakes, streams, prninsulas
and Islands, which, with the mountain
anges backing the landscapes on either
hand, cannot fail to be picturesque IN
he extreme
Puget sound and the strait Of Georgia
have about eighteen hundred miles OF
shore line, and all along this long
stretch II one vast aud almost unbrakcn
crest VI enormous tree, The forests,
q TACT, are so vast that although the
thousands Of saw mills ~ the country
have been ripping five hundred million
leet OF lumber out every year for the
past ten years, the spaces made By these
inToals seem no more than garden
patches. An official estimate places the
amour, Of standing timber In the re.
gOns Of country lying adjacent 10 Puget
sound at O0,ooO, ooo,o feet, or
thousand years supply, even at the
enormous rate the timber is now being
ielltd aud sawed.
From 1850 TO 1874 the ownership Of a
hfse number OF the Islands 10 the strait
u Georgia we're In dispute. Bya treaty
Il 1870 the boundary line between the
ua,ed States aud British America was
t.HHNuHuWI uNAW. L.. ~.
plrelIeI TO the middle OF the channel
AhIeh separates the continent from
vancouver Island, thence southerly !
through the middle OF the said channel |
aad OF Fuca's strait 10 the Pacific |
ocean, The question subsequently |
afoSs: should the middle referred to |
BE- Interpreted as passing through the |
STRAIT Of Rosario on the side next TO |
Washington territory, or through the
canal De Hafo, on the Vancouver side |
Of the Archipelago Should those il.
lands be loOped into the territory Of |
Unce sam, or given to John Bull' This
question was finally Teiertedto Emperor
William Of Germany, who on October
!isi, ls72, decided In favor OF the
United States. 1.-THE awG.rd" said
Resident u. S. Grant at the time.
leaves Us Tor the irst time In the his.
tory Of the United States as - nation
without question OF disputed boun.
daiy between our territory and the
posiesii0ns OF Great Britain" II was
aproud result for President Grant, and
hslid TO have assisted him much IN his
reelection as President.
RAISING on we are soon sailing IN
pam view OF the great Vancouver Island
10 The waters OF the Canal de lIaro, aud
lo0klng out toward the Pacific ocean
through the strait OF Juan de Fuca.
me scenery continues grand aud SUI.
l'le lll the way. The morning Is cold
aud windy and heavy clouds rest upon
we shoWcapped submits OF the Olym.
llah mountains southwest Of US, as well
a. upon the heights OF Vancouver Is.
lihl on our right. AS we approach the
mouth OF Victoria harbor, We view with
tleal interest the Empress Of India,
Que oil us three great steamers plying
Iesaa " between Vancouver, h. c.,
ana China and Japan. The three are
Almost alike and we're built At the same
pace by tie same company only few
leais ago, They are named respective.
" Empress OF India. Empress OF
SSN'ha and Empress OF Japan. The
Empress Of India has Just returned
uoin one OF her regular trips to China
qua Japan and Is discriminating pass.
gfHseh and unloading cargo on the
natbor OF Victoria. She draws too much
sa'eI To 30 in, Another object OF in,
tseie'l as We entered the Victoria har.
Z got Was the wreck OF the coast steamer
on fedro, which ran on rock live
years ago, Several unsuccessful at.
L,emp's have been made TO dislodge her;
nad Of her hull has been washed away
w LMn hIenlnra and ihn rnDuninA.r |