The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-23

~ described by consul -General ~. II.
Mansfield, of Vancouver, B. c.,
who tells Uncle Sam of the progress of
the work through the Daily Consular
and Trade Reports. Mr.. Mansfield
says:
"There is perhaps no better example
of the remarkable progress made by
Canada in providing transportation ia
cilities throughout the length and
breadth of the Dominion than the con-
struction of motor highway from
ocean to ocean, which is nearing com
pletion at the present time.
"Twenty-five years ago the plan to
build a railroad from Halifax to Van
couver was considered visionary and
impracticable. To cross the barren
wastes above Lake Superior, the vast
prairies of Saskatchewan, and the
mountain passes Of Alberta and British
Columbia then was considered by some
Of the best engineers to be physically
impossible. Yet today one great conti-
mental railway is under successful op-
Grafton, another is nearing completion
and third is under construction.
A few years ago no one would have
thought of motoring through Canada
from ocean to ocean as among the pos
sibilties of the near future, but today
motor cars are running almost the en-
tire length OF the new Canadian trans
continental highway, and only few
more links Of the chain are needed to
permit the moterist to make the trip
in safety and comfort. From Halifax
to Sudbury, from Winnipeg to the
Great Divide, the trail is nearly fin,
ished, and the more difficult roads
through the mountains Of British CO.
lumbia are rapidly nearing completion.
"When completed this will furnish
one of the longest and one of the most
beautiful and picturesque motor routes
in the world. From the land of Arcadia
to the shores of the Pacific it will run
5000 miles through the fertile plains
and valleys and over mountain ranges.
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"The most picturesque part Of the
trip is from Calgary to Vancouver.
From Calgary the route leaves the prai-
ries, mounts the foothills of the Rockies
and penetrates into their Businesses 90
miles away at Banff, from where the
road turns into the Vermilion pass and
then down the valley Of tho Columbia
to Cranbrook. Already the run from
Cranbrook to Creston has been made by
motor car, and it will not be long until
the trail to Nelson, Grand Forks and
Vancouver is finished.
"When this great route is completed
it will not be necessary for Canadian
motorists to incur the expense Of for
eign travel, for no finer trip can be
made under the flag of any land than
that over this transcontinental high
way. Even the Tyrolean or Swiss Alps
can not surpass the Selkirks or the
Rocky mountains for grandeur, beauty
and variety of scenery. In few hours
the motorist can travel Switzerland
from border to border, but it will take
many days to see all the splendor of the
great Northwest.
+ Variety Of Attractions.
Gan interesting feature of this
route will be the number and variety of
attractive side trips it offers. Many
new roads connecting with the main
highway and suitable for motor driving
are finished already and others are un
der construction, which open up new
regions of beauty. One of these will
be the road up Mount Revelstoke, a
miles of which is already finished; Q
miles more of 7 per cent graded ma.
cadam roadway will extend it to the
summit, e,l5o feet above sea level
from where the panoramic view is ex
cellent. For rs miles on either side ex
tend the snowcapped peaks of the Gold