The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1905-08-25
Victorin. B. c.

ruca, tne entrance to Puget sound,
Juts some distance southwark from the
line dividing Canada and the United
States. Perched on little peninsula
on The eastern end Of this island is the
beautiful little city Of Victoria. North
OF it, on the mainland, across the
sound, eighty miles distant, is the CITY
of Vancouver, the western terminus of
the Canadian Pacific railway. These
two cities are the portals to that vast
country, commonly known as the Brit
ish Northwest, but now divided into
numerous provinces of the Canadian
Dominion. This western portion of
Canada is increasing in population
with remarkable rapidity. The appela-
ton Our Lady of the Shows does
not apply to that portion of the British
possessions lying west of the Rocky
mountains. Warmed by the breezes
sweeping up from the Pacific ocean
which have kissed the waters of the
Japanese current as it sweeps up the
coast, the air is so tempered as to make
the climate much milder than in the
same latitude in other parts of the
world. All the cereals, fruits and veg
etables raised ia the northern states
are grown and produce here ia abund
ance, anywhere west of the Rockies.
The vast plains back of the coast
ranges promise to become the wheat
field of the world, at no far distant day.
The great stock ranges. where cattle
can Craze nearly the entire year, are
now attracting many people.
The beautiful and rapidly growing
city Of Victoria is the outpost of this
great Umpire. 1t is the most western
city on the coast and therefore near
est TO the Orient. AS the capital of
British Columbia, it stands a sentinel
over what is distined to be, from 4
Commercial standpoint, the most i'm
portant portion of the Canadian Do
minion. British Columbia has greater
and more diversified resources than
nearly all the remainder of Canada
combined. Charmingly located. near.
~ surrounding little deep water
arm of bay, the city with its broad
and we'll paved streets, its handsome
and substantial business buildings, its
flowers, vine and shrubbery -bordered
pretty dwellings, its splendid govern
meDt buildings and beautiful and
natural Beacon Hill Park, and its
water scenery, with the snow capped
Olympian Mountains looming up in
the distance across the sound, is a
picture delightful to contemplate.
But the people, our British cousins
who live 10 that ethyl 1t is a delight to
mingle with them and partake Of their
open handed and transformations hos
pitality. They have in the city an or
ganization called The Tourist Associa-
ton, of which Mr.. Herbert Cuthbert is
secretary. The association has hand
sdme offices. provided with literature
to this great northwest
country, of which they are all appar-
emily so justly proud, where all of our
party were invited, after partaking of a
fine breakfast at the new Hotel de
France, and there Mr.. Cuthbert took
us in charge and, from a trolley OBJ
servation car, showed us all over the
city, winding up our mornings sight
seeing by taking us through the SPLEEN
did parliament building and then the
government museum. 1t would take a
Dig book to describe all the interesting
,hings we saw in that museum. Suf
ice is to say that all the wonders of
animal, fish and bird life, as existing in
he northwest, is here depicted and the
natural resources of com
ng empire efficiently displayed.
In the afternoon the party was taken
tut to "the Gorge" narrow channel
through which the waters of an arm of
he bay rush with terrific speed with
he coming and going of every tide. In
he jungle of evergreen forest out here =
he electric railway company is con- !
tructlng pleasure park, which, when :
will be most attractive )
esort.
Some of the manners and customs of
ur cousins across the border we're {
TRANCE to our party, but nevertheless
harming, and the heartiness of the /
'elcome they gave and the courtesies c
hown our party should long be re- a
nembered by every individual men, t
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