SALMON FISHING IN THE FAR WEST
(MORICETOWN, BRITISH COLUMBIA)
BY
LILIAN WHITING
WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR AND MONOTONE
LONDON & TORONTO
J. M. DENT & SONS LTD.
MCMXVII
All rights reserved
TO
CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS
whose foresight and energy, whose courage andgenius lifted Canada's pioneer railway to a veryhigh level of service and success; extended itsoperations from the Atlantic to the Pacific; openedthousands of miles of new scenic beauties and prepareda region which will ere long become a vital centreof population and strength to the British Empire;and whose passing to the larger and more significantactivities of "the life more abundant" (by the tragicwreck of the s.s. Titanic, April 15, 1912) has leftan unforgettable breach in the official family of theGrand Trunk System, an irreparable loss to hisassociates, to whom he was a beloved, constant,and forceful inspiration—this effort to interpretsomething of the romantic charm and richnessof the resources of the Dominion is inscribed by
LILIAN WHITING.
"The shadow of his loss drew like eclipse
Darkening the world. We have lost him; he is gone;
We know him now; all narrow jealousies
Are silent; and we see him as he moved,
How modest, kindly, all-accomplished, wise,
With what sublime repression of himself."
TENNYSON.
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. The Creative Forces of Canada
II. Quebec and the Picturesque Maritime Region
III. Montreal and Ottawa
V. The Canadian Summer Resorts
VI. Cobalt and the Silver Mines
VIII. On the Grand Trunk Pacific
X. Prince Rupert to Vancouver, Victoria,Seattle, and the Golden Gate
XI. Canada in the Panama-Pacific Exposition
XII. Canadian Poets and Poetry
XIII. The Call of the Canadian West
List Of Illustrations
Salmon Fishing in the Far West (Moricetown,British Columbia) .... Coloured Frontispiece
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