The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-03
m. The government weather

oVerdraWn. The government weather
records show about seventy-two inches
annual precipitation. For the year 1896
there were about eighty clear days and
seventy days partially clear. The rest
of the year was cloudy, with drizzling
rains, rarely or never doWnpour.
Occasionally snow falls in the winter.
The lowest temperature Cat Sitka dur
ing the winters of 1888 to 1890 was
degrees above zero; highest tempera-
ture during same period, rs degrees.
So much for scenery and climatic con-
ditions. Alaska's resources, mineral
and other, will be subjects of later let
tiers. Foremost of its resources is it's
piscatorial wealth. It's a saying here
that in certain waters, at certain sea-
sons Of the year, there is more fish
than water.
I am writing from the latest boom
town of the Alaska coast, Wrangell.
Six months ago the population Of this
town consisted of less than 100 white
people and 300 or 400 Indians. Today
there are 1900 or more people con-
gregated here, and every steamer,
whether from Seattle or Skaguay,
touching Wrangell, adds to its popula-
ton. Many Klondikers. despairing Of
getting into the interior over the Dyea
way to try the Stikeen river, Telegraph
creek and Lake Teslin route. Just now
it is a hard proposition, for the ice Of
the Stikeen river is breaking up, and
tits probable-almost certain-that our
prospectors and more than 1000 men,
with horses and outfits, going to work
on the railroad from Telegraph creek
to Lake Teslin, will camp on the banks
Of the Stikeen until the steamboats,
can ascend the river, about April Is.
This new route to the Klondike and
interior of Alaska is attracting SO
much attention and is to be so impor-
tant a factor in mineral developments
that I have taken the greatest pains
to procure reliable information, and
am pleased that 1 can now give to
The G / OBJ readers a complete de-
scription of the route, from which they
may judge of it's advantages over the
other routes, with which every one is
familiar.
By taking the Stikeen river route the
proSpectOr will ride on a steamer
through the same range of mountains
other route. This is only one Of the
advantages of this route.
Table of Distances.
The distances and transportation IA
cilities are as follows:
Seattle to Wrangell, ocean steamer, $50
miles
Wrangell to Glenora, river steamer, $40
miles
Glenora to Lake Teslin, railroad after
Sept. L. 100 miles.
Lake Teslin to Dawson, river steamer, 572
miles.
= Daily line Of steamers from Seattle
to Wrangell. At this point passengers
and freight are transferred to one of
the fast and powerful steamers of the
Tacoma, Port Orchard Navigation
company. These boats having been
built expressly for river trafflc-each of
them averaging $50 passengers. Sitting
at ease on the steamer you are carried
through the coast range of mountains,
the river having found a way by rea-
son of a natural gap, from the high
bunch grass plateau on the northeast
to the ocean on the southwest. On
this voyage you pass from American
into Canadian territory, and on land
ing at Glenora, the practical head Of
dian custom house. AS on other routes
the navigation company preparing all
the necessary customs papers, thus
avoiding all vexatious delays.
GlenOra Is new town on the bank of
the river, about ten miles below Tele-
graph creek. From this point to Lake
Teslin, the Canadian government has
built a good wagon road through a
rolling bunch grass country, over which
teams of horses or oxen can be driven,
or freights will be handled by one of
the many freighters. There Is no
laborious packing or climbing over
mountain passes, through mud and
rain. for the steamer has carried you