The Inland Route to.... the Yukon. Printed by The Kanloops Prioting & Pubiisliiiig Com- puy, Ltd., Kamloopg, B.C. tNMdIwd Hnder Authority of tho OovernnMnt of the Provinoe of Britlafa Colamliia. THE "STANDARD" MAP SHEWING PROPOSED ROUTES - FROM - KAMLOOPS TO KLONDYKE -PUBLISHED BY 4 THE KAEOOFS FRIKTIN& & FDBUSBINB CO., LM. KAMLOOPS. B. C. SCALE: 100 MiLES^ 1 INCH. PROPOSED INLAND ROUTE, " RAILWAYS IN OPERATION OR BEING BUILT, | |||i M ||i u il| |> ll ti OTHER ROUTES, _1_ I40' lh V ' K- A* ' ^*^''** - ^*.\'*A'*/**i^^^ "s-«-S- -C— Cf- - — c--^-o— <^-o— ^ ^^»» <►-- — ft. *■*- 0-* — .; j: INTRODUCTORY I () ti tln' imuuMliat*' nci^hluu'hood of Kinnl()()])s, or cvfii ht British (Jolunihia in ^oncral, tlu-n* is no ncod fo jtoint out tho n<'C'('ssity of huildin^, via t\w North T]i<»nii)son, a railway to th<> Yukon. The information, therefore, in tliis i)Mni])hlet is (lireet<' sent out to locate that road, fixed ujion the North Thojn]>son River and Yellow Head Pass, as an alternative and cheap route throui^h the Roc k it's. " The(se -plans plans demonstrat<'d the feasihility of ascendinjc th<' North Thom])son, and from the ]»oint win re a line wouM leave the valley of that river and north to Barkerville a ])roper survey has also heen Trade, demonstrating; the feasihility, and. one miuht also say. the desirahility .)f the i)roi)osed route. The country, howm-ei-, is \.ell knowm, and the information resp(M'tint; it we have withered fi-om reliahle persons and now publish. With regard to tlie more northerly ])art. that is, from the StickecMi River aivd on, the writer wiP tsive tlie result of his personal in.sjx'ction, havinj; .sp<>nt eij;hte«'n months in the district with his family. The C.P.R.. which is lihvays ready to build into any counti'y wher<> there is trathc to be j^ot, have b(><;un their .survey o1' a lin(> noi'th of the StickeiMi River and connecting.,' that rive:* with Teslin L{ik(\ Rec(>nt re])orts show that all existing routes are not able to brin^ supplies into the Yukon fast enour^h, and wIkmi such a usiaally well informed ])ai)er as the Lr^ndon Sprcfafor compares the Yukon District with the Polar (■i*<;ions. it is surely time f«?r .some on(> who is able to speak 'vith •lutnority to set the imblic riyht, and with this intention wo bet? to offer the ma]) and ipf()rmation to the public. . . ' . • X^vV' K"' V' V' W.; ^ V t K K C KjA 7-h: >-Ei.*'«-*>-?» «v V,— 1> * •- w *-*^-©-. -^ 4»^%..0~ •*"! V i ■ J* 7"*"* ^■^ a- < -0.^ -#i -• w ^r— A-v jv -^r^-O-^'-'*— *- -<»-^^ •v^,!!'^-^.*!i-'^-^'^-^-^'^-^': ♦ v^-H-vvv^^^^^^^ .—.-».—. .--^-^-.— , '^''^''"•"KYryyji''"^"*'^ ' The Overland ».. Route... Prom the United States to Alaska. ^'^^^^'^^ From Spokane to Penticton. T does not fomo within the seo])e of this Piinii)hlot to A (h'scrihe, or even sn^j^cst, iiny I'ontc. But it is on th«^ 4. cards that more than ono lino, tupjun^ th<' vast rt>- J® sources of that lower counti'y, is to h<> hnilt. conncct- iiifjT witli the l^ S. linos. Penticton to Kamloops. It has lonj^ been the intention of certain people, whose infor- mation antl Imsiness instincts uro sound, to build a railway from Penticton via Nicohi to Kamloops. The road would pass throu<^h the Similkameen and Nicola Valleys, and one of the princni)al reasons for not fi^oin^ ahead hitherto has been the exin'nse of th(« road from Penticton to Princeton, hut this heint; now removed by the pro- mised construction of the Penticton and coast i*ailway, there is no r(^ason why the IwihuMfO of the distance to Kjimloo])s should not he soon sjKjnned. The road would proceed up Otter Creek, in the famous Similkameen country, to Otter Flat ; from there on there are no ditticulties of any sin-t. The country, hitherto, has been devoted to cattle raisinj^, but fi'uit has been suc(^esstully fj^rown wherever it has been tried. The want of communic^ition with any itYYTT'Ji luarkcl has hitlicrto confined aiiTicultiiv.il oporations to cattle ; the mineral vesouives, wliicli are linNit, are only jn^t lieii'inninii: to l)e touched upon. From Otter Flat to Nicola Lake Die (".mntry is aijrricultural : roimd Nicola Lake. i)ast (^uilchena (a beautiful health resoi-t ; and Itockford. mineral claims have heen staked and the assays have hee7i ^ood, while at Stump Lake, a little further on the line of the suj^'j^'csted railway, the sum of ^lOO.ono has already heen s])ent. From Stiini]) Lake to Ivamloops the country is devoted to cattle ranj^'cs, with fj'uit and ve,iu:etal)les for domestic use round the lu)US(\s, and the country is full of co])])er-heai"in;4' vt^ins, some of which a7'(> Ix'ini;' developed, tlumuli the industry, by reason of its newn(\ss. is still in its infancy. That a road wouhl i)ay, providi'd the ditlicult Penticton to Princeton sectioji were t over, there* is very little d(m])t. and there seems cyrvy ])i'os])ect of its accom- ])lishment. Of Kandoo])s itself, it is not necessary to say wry much, as the future of Kandoops is a.ssured in any case, Imt for the informa- tion of those who only have heard of the city, as a health resort, we will a few facts. lvamloo])s is the leading- city of tlie intei'ior, on the main line of the ( ".P. li. It li(*s at the junction of the north antl south liranehes of the Tliompson llivcr, both of which are naviiiable streams for loni;' distances either way. and the ])osition it ()ccui)ies lias made it the busin(>ss centre and rendezvous of an immense district. Tliere are numerous ollices of both Pro- vincial and Dominion (Tovernments, and the courts of justice, jail and other nec(>ssary institutions are seated in tlie city. The po]m- lation is under *i.()()(). hut inci'eases steadily ev(M"y day. The (dectric liyht and waterworks ,syst(Mnsare owned by the inunici])al .y:overn- ment, and the taxation is le.ss than in any other im])ortant city in the Wc^st. The C.P.R. have made it a centr(\ and have a i|)ay roll of !«;i •.•,()()() a month. The stock-yards are woi'ked to their full ca])acity. to meet the cattie interests of the district. Tlie mining- is in K *., V K K- ** ** K K K 'K ** i-^^re_>-V V V i V V '> V >" V V V V 'V •'^ Mil' l)aTd, and the hills to tlie sonth are a mass of cop])er ore. Hydraulic niiniiiu" is cai'7'i(Ml on in tlie vicinity, and as soon as the North Ivive;- is o])(>ne(l n\) ^[lerations will undoiihtedly he enlai'^ed. Coal has In^en found all round in different i)laces. which Dr. Daw- son, the cel(>hrated Canadian i-cf )loo^ist and h(\id of the de])ai'tinent in Canada, says "is a tru(^ coal, rather than a li.!j:nite. hurnini; well, and ])ro(liicinii; a coherent coke."" Xo serioiis attem])t has, however, been niide 1o ])ros])ect it. Fruit u'rowins^-. another latent resourse, is amply rewarding' th"se who have tak<'n up that liranch of an'ricullure. 'I'lie lumlier interests are at ])resent hi;^' enouuh to sui)i)ly the city and thi re is a .surplus to shi]>. hut they are ca])ahle of fui'ther develo])nient. 'i.^]ie sh i;)S in l\amloo])s are unequalhvl hy any city of its si/e ii\ any pai'l of the woi'ld. Tliei-e is nothinu'. in reason, that can not he ])rocured, whether f )r customers who re- (piire •' Old ( 'oinitry '" llihiLVs, or Canadians ;;nd Amei'icans who may pr(>fer somewhat difier(>n! ;;r\icles. The si/e and variety of the stocks ai-e really wojids. And later lir.dn '■ tlicNirth Them])son such an easy ufade. more tli.in one survev was made to r^arkerville. the chief town and lieadiiiiarters of the (Government in the famous Cariboo district. The held notes are on file. w(> believe, in the otiice of jVIr. Hell. C.l<]., and can easily be yot at. The line, on leaving' Kamloo])s. pass(»s for eiuht miles throuirh the Indian reserve — a tract of land which, if it wei-(> in whit(^ men's hands, would yield enormous wealth, as it is ])ossibl(> to irrigate every ]>art of it with the water at ])res(>nt running- to wast(\ At the end of the resei've ai'e a series of i-ai'.ehes, all well-to-do and productive, on both sides of the river. ;ind mineral claims, imworked it is true. K^ '*.' C' K'^-K^' V K"' K' K ' K K' V K<~^li^ ■V ^ IT T J* — Cr-O — ':"-0— <^^ -0"^^-y>— ^-O— :^-0— f- -*" ^ ,• - -• - n.\.\K^ii b\it for want of transportation facilities. The roail would rim alonf^ at a very ,ii:oo«l uradc, (lirou;!:!! a country described by the sur- veyoi's as " fairly well timbered, with o])en patches containing: ;.?ood summer ranj^es. Tlu^ ascent the whole distance is very distanci.^ tln> road would debouche furtlun* to the wt'stward, in order to reach the towni of Barlvcrvillt^ and form coniid wealth enough to satisfy the most ambitious gold seeker. There would be more dillicultic^s at this ])orlion of tlu^ road than any- wlu>re (ilse, but as tho district lias proved liitlierto tlu' riclu>st portion of Britisli Columbia, it would of course pay to nu'et tho.se (lilTiculti(>s. Ba rkerville. Tli(> si'/e of tbt^ town is considei'able when the fact is taken into con.side ration that Barkerville is 2S() miles from a railway, although of course, in iiopulation it is away below the old tigurt> of 7, (»(•(» of (\irly days, wlieii tlie town was th(^ headquarters for tlie }uiiuM's during the Cariboo excit(nn(^nt in tlu^ early sixti(\s. The town is prettily situated, and is at ])resent very little more than one big street, but is ca])able of development. Being the government h«'ad([uarters Tor " (lolden " (Jaril)oo would in any case give the town some importance, but as the centre^ of trade, tlie de- pot for the rich mines in the vicinity and tin' fhie farming lands. Barkei'ville, on its own nu'rits, is bound to increase. Howt'vei', like all other [ilaces that are distant from the railway, many lucrative (>nterpri.ses are given the go-by on account of tlie initial ex])en.ses for freight and hauling and th<^ distance^ fr )m tlie market. Barkerville to Quesnelle. Tbe road, whicli passes througb a tint^ country, both agricul. tural and mineral, follows Lightning Creek across the Cottonwood, there is a village and down C^uesnelle Riv(M' to C^uesnelle. In ~0-^J~^y^^,,.~^>-^^0-{^■<>-'^0-'^~^'^-■-0-'^■-l^^ -( '^•J ■ ) ■• .;-C--^-0 ■ -o— ^-^ -^-0~^-0— |-^--_|-0 -^-^-^>~;;-<>-.^-^^-Y^- onrlior days tlic! district was \vi»l] timlu'rcd, hut of ('(mrsf tlic most accessible trees have been felled. Tliere is. however, tine sprxiCO and other timber to lie ^'ot by ^oinj; a little further l)ack. Quesnelle. This is one of the most thrifty towns in the North, and does a very j.'ood busiiu>ss. The r<>.sources are, of C(mrse, .siniilar to th(»se of all tlu' northern towns, mininj^ and aj^riculture, fine oats bein;;' raiscMl in the surrounding country, besides what hay ; nd cro])s are needed for domestic and farm use. The mininj^', as is Ihe case every where> el.se in that ri'^ion, is as far advanced as tlie want of cheap transportation will allow, but if there should be a railway line, all tliis upper country would be alive with quart/ miners, and many hydra. alic claims would also start U]). Quesnelle to Hazelton. An expensive bridj^e will have to be Imilt across the Fraser River a little above (Quesnelle. but after that there an> no en.ijfineer- inn' dilliculties to contend with, in fact a part of the distance is nearly level. A few cr(>eks have to l)e cro.ssed, but all aloni^- tluM'i! is tim1)er enou.u'h for sucli ties and bridi;'ework as would 1h^ re- (piired. 'Die lilackwater, thoui^h a fair sized river, can l)e crossed with a wooden tnvssle bridii'c. but the Neehacco, about tU) miles further, will require a more substantial, but still only a wooden bridge. Aft<'r cro.ssiuiT the Neclwu-co River a series of lakes are passed, antl some litth^ swam]> land. Imt nothinu;' that .should prov<^ expensive to build over. Th(> east bank of the Bulkely liiver should be followed, ])a.st Morricetown, a tradinj^ ])ost, and on to Hazelton. This disti'ict is provinti; very ricli in (piartz, Ix'.sides in places there are found suitabh^ pieces of ground for liydraulicinLr. Somt^ com- ])anies are at work, but they are ])ractically isolated and no word will be had as to their success or reverse till near Clu'istmas, when everyone^ comes down to the Coast to s])end the winter. It is only when reacliini;- Hazelton that any dilliculties are reached, sucli as a rock blasting and the putting.!; a brid,i;-e over tlie Ske(>na. ?f,AAA^-J^ _ «UAA^.l!? The Skeena. For m.'iny y(>'irs the S1c(mmi;i was thoajifht to he t(M» raind to navigate, rxct'pt l)y cancxvs, at certain ])('ri()tls of the year. The Hudson Bay Co., wlio have ])ort.s at the liead •>!" navit^ation and in the Onieneea conntry (hxe east, (a eonntry. hy flie way, tliat is likely to ])rove a second Cassiar tor its mineral wealth) a year or two ayo put a steamer called the Caledonia on, wliich has ])rovend of tlie Cassiar (^xcitcTnent, when cattle and slice]! were tlriven over to feed the miners of that rich di.strict. Tlie distance, which is ahout 1 TO miles, is throutrh a rolliuLV country, presenting' no enuineerin'.;- difliculties, and willi teed enou,i,di to su])ply the ])assinu- wants of the drovers that went in. The coim- try is well watered, and thei-e is not a ci'ecdc that does not yield ii'old in some ([uantity, hut the inai-cessihility and the tact that there are other places niort> ij'et-at-ahle have i)i'i'vente(l many pros- ])ectors ti"om trouhlini;' it. The head waters of the Xa.ss, SticktMMi, Iskoot and the Ih'st South I'ork of th(> Stiekend, hut fi'om actual knowlcdu-c we should advise the South Fork as the hest. By kee[)in.u well u]) on th(> east side no dijticul ties are encountered and im n'rade that can not l)e n'ot over with a little ^oini"' anmnd. ^\t the Stickeen lliver. whicii is navi;.;'al)le froin its source to al)out two mdes above the ])i)int at which the road would reach it. a hridye would liave to he l)uilt ahout ><(i feet ahove the hed of the river. The_ Stickeen River. Since \s7',\, when the ])liicer mines of Cassiar wei-e first de- vel()])ed, the naviuation hy steamer of tlie Stickeen has never l»een ^ ?f AvV^J.!! ■ ■■■■'■■'•■ ■ ■ ■ • .jYY^Vj,. . . . ~. ~. . . ntinii(>(l dnriiv!^ from five to s.'vcni mouths of tho summer, iind from Tt>l(\!^'ra|)h Crook, a mile al)Ove tlu^ confhience of the first South Fork and the main stream, the ti'ail eommenres to Teslin Ij;ik(> for the Yukon, and toDinise Lak(^ for the Maek(Mizie and the rieh Cassiar distriet. Railways will, liowever, before lonjij take the plaee of l)oth those trails, the Ktiekeen-Teslin for the Yukon and the Cassiar Central to Dense Liike. The Stickeen River to Lake Teslin. Th(> only (lillieulties to be t^neountered by a railway for the 11;") miles tl Kit have to bi» en(\)mpassed is the heavy j^^rade to get out of the Stickeen Valley. Onec* out, and it is a matter of grad- ing only, l)y ke(>ping well u]). The country is th(> same as that before described from Hazeltim to tlu^ StickeiMi. For cattle drivers or pack trains th(n'(^ is fe(>d enough, with the addition of a little grain, to last the wliole season. The climate is dry, tlie .snowfall light, and the rainfall scarcely a^jpreciable. The thermometer often riMuains in the summt^r for djiys at 80 degrees, and has been known to exceed *J() degn^es. wliile in whiter the average is about 20 degrees b(»low z(>ro, but has been known to reach ofi degre(\s. Potatoes and garden produce can be easily grown with irrigation, while fmv places can (\Kci'l tlie ro'»t crops that have b;aMi grown. d from the Stickeen River to the lake, and also to Dv>ase Lak(>, to tap the rich and cele- l)rated Ca.ssiar district, which produced about $5,000,000 in its day. B )th of these lines will, of course, cimmcMice fi'om tlie Stick(>en River and connect with navigation. The Stickeen -Teslin line is sjiid to be in the hands of the C. P. R., and tlu^ Stickeen- Dease lin(\ known as the; Cassiar Central, is to be built by a London, Eng., company of Sonth African ca])italists. Both lines, recent telegrams inform us, will be proceed(Hl with with the greatest dispatcli. so that l)el'ore next summer is over it will be ])ossible to jiroceed with easi» and comfort via the Stickeen River to Lake Teslin. r-'i-W/'-A^t-^ f ' K ' K ' V' **■ <-^^ V' V'' V^ V V~ V'- K K-\ ■ '^"^oT'"' - v^yy^-.^V" V^-^*^^ ilYT'T'V^i S-o-S^^v^ ^ .^^-..vi- S^'-.-oJt..,^ »^<,.v_b_^. ^^-W^''^.^ ^ ^^^„ ,.^ u^'^^1,^^ ,u^'^^:^^ i '"■ i '^ # '^ < "^^ < "■ i ^1 i< '"' # '• if "■ if ^1 i "' i '"' # '- i • (* 'hiw >-V •'u '% •'%' '%,' '''k' -'% ^\ ■"% -'^ -'%' '%' '\ '"% Lake Teslin. Lake Teslin is a fuu' walcway of about HW) miles in leuf^tli, and from its north end gently Hows one of the rivers that .i;o to mak(> the miyhty Yukon. Lake Teslin, from which Hows one of the many tributaries to th(> Yukon, is an immense ])ody of water about . KiO miles lonj? and ranj^in*;- from 1 to 17 miles in width, li drains an enormous country, all the creeks and rivers of which (I'or there are ro is every reason to helievi^ that th(»se llowint:; from th<> mountains to the east will ])rove very rich. The ran^-e drained is the s;nne ran,n'(> that on its eastevn .slopes su])i)lied the ricli jylacers of ('a.s.siar. Qiiart/ is known to exist, and with iTni)roved eom- iminicatio7i will luidoiibtedly be di-veloped. The lake is well su]) ])lied with timber of small diameter, but };;<>"d both for tire-wood and building' i)ur])oses. A .saw mill has been erected and it is now ])ossible for the miner to build his own boat and prospect the str(>ams em])tyin.u,' into the lake or ^o down the Hootalincpia. The Ho otalinqua. This is not a well known river and has never l)e(M\ thoroui::h- ly explored, tbou^h mint>rs who have a.sc(MuIed th(> riv(M' from Foi't Selkirk place the cui'n^nt at about 5 miles an hour, and exi)eri(^nc(>d no diniculties by reason of bad wat(n*. All alouji; the riv(>r are l)ars that hav(> not yet been in'oiw^'ly nuned, thoui;'h a i)anful of dirt here and there havi^ proved to be •ijold-bearin';. Pas-sin;^ down lO'J miles the rivt'r is increa.sed by the waters of Lake La Bai'n'c and tho.se flowing- from what is called the Lynn Canal I'outi^ ; ~t') miles further th(> C'as.siar bar is pas.>t>d ; 7 miles the Bij^ Salmon River, which brin^-s down a lar;^e body of water and in sunnner could be navi;j:ated for sonu^ distance l)y a lii^ht draft steamer. The river has never been tliorouirhly ])r jsix'cted. Little Salmon and other s\' anis ar«> passed and tlu> Fivi> Fin.!;:i>r Kajjids are met with 2:55 miles from Lake Teslin. The Five Finger Rapids. These rapids are the only serious ol)struction to navigation on the up))er Yukon, but one of the blocks of rock that liel]) to cause ?t,W^\i? ^ . ii^i^ii^^.^ { i!s^> -jv^ V V V V V V v>v^v V V v^ _"--- vi^. ,_?«AAAA^ *. <* K K K K K K K K K K *„ .J&%. > "S \ \ \ > •> "H ''^ > ■% >% ^ "^ > If r^jf v.-V ir/nr, rg? f if far far -V. -V. V, ' •. ^.4?;; • • >> V/»* ■ ** - ***/<*/**y<^ V V V VV-V-^. itWYVJi tht'Tu (Mmltl 1k^1)1<)\vti u]» ;it ctniivinitivoly small oxponso. and the rcin.Miniii;': ."");' miles to wlicrc the Pt'lly joins the river are f^ood. Port Selkirk. Near tlie .'nmction ol' the Pelly and the Lewps is the remains of an old Hudson's Bay post kmnvn as Fort Helkirk, hut the name is now used to designate the ])oint at which the name Yukon is first us(>d for tlu^ river. Fi-oni that ])la('e to St. MichaOs the distance hy water is I'.too miles, The Yukon. The ]>uhlic hy tliis time ai'c so familiar with the names that it is only necessary to ^'ive them down to Circle City, the first Alaska town reached. After leavini; the Pelly River.- which is navi.i,'ahle for canoes a ifood way up and which is. as is usual in that country, i^old- hearing, the White Uiver is i)a.ssed on the left and '.Ml miles distant. One whiter man is said to have come down the Wliite Uiver, having reached its head waters in Alaska from the sources of the ('o]>per River and jn'onounced it a rich country. Ten miles further on th(> rii^dit hank is the Stewart, which from all accounts will ])rove as rich as the Klondyke. (')() miles down on the same side. The first cri^ek that t'V(>r ])roved to he very rich and which has Ix-en mined ever since 1n.s7 is next passed, namely, Forty Mile. Near the foot of this creek, or n>ally river, for it contains a lar.^'e (luantify of water, is situated Foi-t Cudahay. Here, up to the time of the Klondyke ru.sh was the h(\id(iuartt>rs of the mounted ])olice and i'overnmiMit ollices. and the headrpiarters for mail for (he British Yukon. But the U. S. head(iuarters are t.'.'iO miles further on at Circle Citv. _0_. _r>-«-— _- V-ec^-0-.^-f>— '^^^-fl. -f*- -.'-"-s-^-^ r V. V. V. -V, V; V. V ■ >f V '*• V 'o- v.- •. /.|^ ■ ■ -V* • ** ■ V*' -<*■ ■ >* •?*■ -<*• '\'* •"%*'%* -** -^^'^ - >* '■"■'■■'■'■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ' ■ ■ s;-T"rYV3i THE CENTRAL ROUTE TO THE YUKON. (/''/•<tail than hereto, the ]»i-inc'i])al ])oints emnetted wilh the lu'oivtsed seheme. The route suj^j^ested will extend north from l\aTnloo])s up the North Thompson River, and then up the Clearwater and across the at Bend, and thence north to Fort Mcdjcod. on the Par.sni]) River. Thence it would take the most direct cour.se north- westerly to Teslin Tijike. An .alternate route is to strike Barker- ville from the Clearwater, and thence follow the Willow River to its jimction with Ihe Fraser. and thence northward to Fort Mc- Leod. We suiAt^est that what would ]n'ohahlv he as ;/ood a ])lan, if not a hotter one tlian either, would he to ijo \ii)the Xechacco Valley instead of north to Fort (TCorLre, and follow the general line of th»^ old Telei!:ra])h Trail to the Stickeen and thenc(> to Tjjike Tcslin. If a route via Fort ^h•Leod sliould h(> chosen, it is not chwr that it would 7iot he Ix'tter to aim for the head waters of the Liard and tlic I'elly rather than for those of the Lewis River. A direct line from Teslin Lake to Tete Jaune Cache, and thence to Kamlooi)s. is l.dso miles lont?, according,' to tin- liest availahle ])lans. it wo\il(l h«> possihlc to construct a railway hy such a line. Pi'ohahly l(l])er cent, at least ouiiht to he added for deviations from an ;iir line, and an additional 10 p(>r cent, for curvature, or '.'0 ])er cent, in all, which would •^'■ive a line n(>arly I.IiMO miles in l(Miv,th. Such a railway would undouhtedly opon a country ahoundinL>' in natural resources, and its construction can only he a Tnatter of time. Amony: other things tliat would douht- less commend such a line to the i)eo])le east of the Rocky monn tains is that it conld h(> ta])])ed hy a Hue throuirh the Yellow Head Pass. While we hclieve the construction of such a niilway would he of enormous iTn])ortuncc to British Columhia and the whoh' of Canada, it is an undertakinir of such maimitude and would call for so .i,M"(>at an (mtlay, that w(> fear it would he vej-y dit'licult to i)(>r- suade the Dominion i!;ovcrnment to d(^al with it at once. It ouirht to he ke])t in tlie forefront for ])uhlic consiaus to say "f I, X JUL"" il^rVY^i that t'nnn KjMnl<)0])s. noarly l')** luihs from the southern IxtumlMry of tlic ])rovinc(>. a railway nearly fourteen Inxndred miles lonj,' can be 1 milt in IJritish ('olnml)ia, conncvtinL,' th(> j,M"eat ;^'ol(l and silver rertile land along its route? What a wonderful fact this is ! THE YUKON ROAD (Frnni the Kiipn Stditiht ril .) As we have often ])ointed out the Stiekeen-Teslin route is the bast way to the Yukon, but although rliat route undoubtedly has far fewer difheulties with which the tenderfoot has to contend, it is still by no means an ideal route in wintt'r .".s th«> first I'^C) mih^s has to be made on the ice, a road d(>pentlant more or les on that uncertain element th(> weatlu'r. Not that the weather in the interior is at any time a bar to travel, but the coast range Ikiik to bo passed and all tlu' storms and snows which the (Jascade I'ange piles \\\ on its western side. Cons(>quently any route by way of the coa!>t is subj(H't more or h^ss to the same conditions at certain seasons of the year. To none of these conditions is the inland rcmti; liable ; it is in the dry belt from start to linish. the (Ja.scadesou tlu! West and the Rocki(\s on the East ettectually shut out all the storms and cyclones and th(> heavy rainfalls that at ditferent times ])rove so destructive to the works of natiTre, let alone those of men. Wo are of o])inion that Kamlooi)s is tlu> natural starting ])oinl for that roiite, both by reason of the fact that any railway from the U. S. will of nec(>ssity strike th(^ C. V. R. near Kamloo])s and al.so because from all accounts the North Thompson is a chea])er railway route to consti'uct than any otlnu". Dr. Dawson, C. M. G., F. G. S., the celebrated director of the Geological Survey of Canada, says: ••The entire range from the extreme «md of South AnuM-ica to the Arctic are rich in minerals. About 10 years ago gold was discovei'ed in Cariboo, which for its area was the banner mining district of the world till Klondyke was di.scovered. Th(>n Kootenay, Omenica and Cassiar, all instances Hi(> trend of the disc(»v<>ries has b(>en north-w . »> . > . > ' > ' > « > ' .-o-^-, Priifticnlly flu* whole of the i)ro])OH»'(l railwiiv would nni fhrouKli a country rich in ]»l;u't'r (li^;;in;,'s jiiid jn-olwihlv (lunrt/ h'(l;X»'M. On tli(* North Tho!n|ison arc coal, wili-na and K'>ld. 'Hio placer and hydraulic mines ol" Cai'ihoo arc wcll-ki\own and hcyond that arc strcajiis in which j^old has h«>cn found, sometimes in very rich iKH'kets, hut usually in (luantities not sufticient tocause a rush, still enout^di to l)e very ])rofitablv worked with the improved mctluMls and c]ieai)er cost that W(»uld follow the constructioTi of a railway. With ini])rovpro(ital)le while the road would traverse quite a lar^e area of country said to he very favorable for cattle raisin}; and jn'ohahly mixtul farmiu}^. — lioHxIniuU'r. i^o VIA K AMi.oops. — Klondyke, (^aMsiar, (^arihoo, Kootenay — Kootenay, Caiihoo. Cassiar, Klondyke. For rhythm and allitera- tion they cannot be beat. Tlier*' is the rinj; of jxold in them. CaribofT, Cassiar, Klondyke, Kootenay — Kootenay, Cariboo, Cassiar, Klondyke — and it i.s twelve hundred niiles from the first to the last, with Ciolden Caribooand (flittering Cassiar Ix'tween. while Omincca stands a little to one side, but ;is l.rij^ht a iccm in Cana for '.^uc'snelle with boats on the ir)th of April. Heavy j;oods should \x,o by steamcn' till a railway is built. HaviniLT lived •^;! years and always travelliui; in that dis- trict, 1 am safe in sjiyinj; few have pas.sed through that country more (»ft4'n. A successtul u;ard(>ner from the inines writes : " B;irley has been ri])ened at Fort Yukon some distance north of Klondyke^ last year; hotuc ])arties took U]) seed and set out a garden. Potatoes, roots of all sorts, many v<>jjri»tables and hay for stock can be grown to ])erfection. The summers art^ very warm and the sun is ahnost continuo\is. Th(>ro is no spring and consequently no early frosts." Mr. Ai'thur Jordan, of Sandon, has travelled the interior rout(^ as far iMick as INSS, but instead of going via Te.slin and down the Hootalinciua he .struck across country to Stewart River. He describes the first i)art of the route as well watei'inl and easily traversed ; the second as heavily timbered and enough bunch grass for horse fe(>d. >^^'.Vvk?'S ^^'^^X^-^^^'^^^:^^.'^ -_^-'-.-C.-?V-fc O-^^ >-^» v>. »-o--^,— o/^^O^j* O-N^O- - McArthur & Harper (\Vh..it.saii-uiui K.-mli.) The Headquarters for Outfitting Dln'ct Iiii|)iii-t(M's and Dcdlfrs In Miners and Prospectors. DRY GOODS, ("'J r'kTT-iTvr^ / ^ ^^''' '^iii'piv Mill- crs' iind I'rosiici'l- ^^' MP:NVS FrRNISHINGS, f^ ors- (.u.flts n. the BOOTS AND SHOES, I) 'h::,i';;;;:[,' "" ^'''^ GROCKRIRS, Etc. -"^'-yKEEP Your eye on klondyke.-:"^'^ Kami. OOPS .XSIIOKOKT. McArthur & Harper Imperial Brewing Co- ..indted UaWmy ^^.^'KamloOpS, B.C. ®^l * Xaoec * Beer * IN BOTTLES AND KEOS liiiarantofd to lH'i)riiiluc('d from lh( ♦ ^ t^ >"- t" k^ i/ i/' V K^ ij^ K^' t" t'° i^i^K- ^ v>-,- -O-^ U-^-l, -,^ U Kamloops Townsite Syndicate Hon. C. K. I'ikm.ky, ^^ik*^' Pivsidi'iil, ' VicfoHii, B.C. '♦ -«.-.-< — v-v- 0-^-^-^-C^^ HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE. M I UK now rapidly increasinj^ population of Kaniloop.s makes it all the more nri^ent that citizens should secure a home for them- selves while yet it is possible to do so at a vSMALL COST. : : : The property owned by the vSyndicatc and now offered for sale embraces a large proportion of the most desirable land yet available in Kamloo]xs City for building purposes, both business and residential. DO NOT DELAY For this property must now continue rapidly to increase in value. : : : : The low price's and favorable terms of payment now obtain- able cannot long be had. Kin- iiarticuliirs iiiiply t<> €~ .J. J. GARMENT, AciKXT, Kami.oops. H, (' ?i:aaaa5? f ^« \# ^« ^# \# ^« "\« ^# \# ^# \# \# ^< - s-»-?--<>>-<^>-^>-?»--»-^-<>->-<>->-°->-^<> ■ '^^f^f-^'^^'^^'y-^i^'^f^f^^ iVYYV^ ►— »*^— ^*» ■> ••Mv' - H ^ ^ O ^ fc ft ^"t^iv— 'K-O^ ^^O-^' ' ^ » '^ ■tv- ■< rand Pacific p-p^'^^-- Hotel Kamloops, B.C. ■ Tlie Nearest House to the Railway Station. : : : The only Convenient Hotel for Railway Travellers. : : : (/oo/) hu)().]/s. -^ (ioo/) 7://>'A/;. COO/) /JoroA's. (^ — GOOD STABLING IN CONNECTION. — @ M. GAG LI El TO, Ki'«>)i« oojirtlfiiilly i>!i haml It Full Stofk t.f..'.... Miners' Supplies CLOTHING, # BOO TS AND SH OES, A//i('S Specially \ r^t)^^7^^:^r»TT:^c c- , . J r m GROCERIES, Srirctca for V^ - ' Miners' ^ Rrqiiirntinils. DRY GOODS. MAIN STREET, KAMLOOPS. B. C. *^/i*^y4'*A^A^^^ o- <^ -o- -" , -O -<.— ( *,^-— O— Ar— O- -«;— Kamloops Confectionery. ^%>^ ®^i r" ICE CREAM, FRUITS AND NUTS, CANDIES, SMOKERS' SUPPLIES, OYSTERS, BON BONS, ETC. J. E. H ALTON KAMLOOPS, B.C. ostt)opolitaT) rialn Street, Kamloops. ^_^ l^ol-cl.... FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT. Sample Rooms ar-id Stable Im Connection. Russel! & Herod... Proprietors ^.. ^^ k5YYYYJ>< )|ank of jlritish Qolumbia. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 186S CAPITAL (vvilh i)<)\V(M- to iiicri'ast') £W)(),(KHM*!"^,l»20,(J()(). UKSKRVK - - £ia),(KK)— $4H->~>^;--^>-o-^,.^>--,v;*<^-._^^^j:^;^>.-(' /■■,•.- v.^„^^.^_^_^ FiRvST-Class in Every Rkspbxt. KAMLOOPS, e^^^sa^ DENNIS TIERNEY, B. C. 'C^S/^^ PROP. ORIENTAL NEW MANAGEMENT. •iS:^^S;> GOOD STABLING. Convenip:nt to Railway Station. KualtSaw Mill Capacity, JOSEPH GENELLE, SO.OOO ft. Per Day. Proprietor. AiiKhuisof DRIED LUMBER Finishing Lumber and Mouldings AND SHINOI F"^ Constantly in Stock at the Mills and at the Kamloops Yard. F'or prices write or apply to the Kamloops Office or at the Mill. VJ/' .C '' K ■ V " V' V' */ V' C' C' ♦-'^ C' *A^^ Ps-^s^ ^\ J\ •'•O^iTA^i' /*? '^%' ^W °'i^ '-'It SflVYVr'JS British Columbia Smelting and Refining Company ■m Is Now Prepared to Buy GOLD, SILVER A^° COPPER ORES. Office and NA/orks at TRAIL, B.C ^iKKKKn -<,~iir-o-~^- Hoadquartgrs For (r^\. Miners' Supplies and General Hardware.,... Jessop's Steel Picks, Shovels, Anvils and Bellows. fIDincrs' Camp ^tovcQ anb ^inwan MA UK TO OHDKH. JAMES VAIR, Kamloops, B.C. J. S. SMITH There is nothiiifj in the line of fXtHul Stai»li' (iro- (H'l'ics tliat 1 do iiot keep in stock. Miners ])ro- visioned on short ntv tice. Prices right. The Family Grocer KAHLOOPS, B.C. °-<.-*-s- ^. ^' ...Dry NA/ood Send in Your Orders for DRY VOOD at Once to THOS. HORNBY PIONEER STABLES ^ KAHLOOPS, B.C. BESr CUMBERLAND BLACK' SMITH'S COAL FOR SALE.... J. R. HULL & CO. .... B u tc h e rs. Hull Hros. & Co. iiobale aod Retail Dealers in Beef, Pork, [tc. All Orders in our line Promptly Filled. Highest Price paid for Hides and Skins. A large number of Pack Horses are kept con Stan tl 3 ' on hand. : : : Also Beef Cattle in any quantity. : : : : : MAIN STREET, - - - - KAMLOOPS. B. C ,^ V **^ K^ */'■ V' V^ *,^ K «<^ C^ V V' **^ . ^— >^v- '/»*'y**'.>**^**y**A*"y^^ .--o-<-»-.^- K— t—O- Are You Going to Klondyke? A full outfit of all Medicines required put up in most convenient chests. A list given on application. :::::::: R. G. /V\ ACPHER S0N The Leading Druggist of the Interior : : : : : KAIVil_OOF-'S, B.C. For Camp 3upplie3 GO TO •M-^ ■M-Sl Mo phins S, * /IhcXean. ... Sh-M- CLOTHING, BOOTS AND SHOES, Between Cosmopolitan and Dominion Hotels, Kamloops, B.C. ^^ G ROCERI ES, HARDWARE^ TENTS, Etc. M^^vVvisJ? Inland Cigar Mfg. Co. of B.C. KAMLOOPS, - - e. C. I'aTrtiiii'/.e Home Industry. For a Good Smoke Try "PRIDE OF KAMLOOPS," New Brick Factory, "INTERIOR," Cor. Seymour St. and First A>e. "LA M' RENA." "v.^^® MAIN STREET, KAMLOOPS BEN WEHRFRITZ, Prop. ^^j| Headquarters Nicola and Lewis Creek Stages. ^'^» Free 'Bus Meets All Trains. First-Class Bar in Connection. Sample Rooms for Commercial Travellers. EVERVTMIIMG RiRSX-CLASS. t'ulinary D(>])artnuMit in Charge of French Chef. _Only White Help Employed. 'ffMii^^'MWMMW^iW^^'^^^^^f^f^^^^^M^d- Shotton & Mead ICjniilniiii-.. H.C All parties contemplating a trip to " the digj^^'inii^s '' shonld rcnieniber that we can outfit 3'ou in anything in the line of Camp Stoves, Tinware, Enamelledware, Etc. Our stock and prices cannot be equalled, and you save money b}- dealing with us. : : : Shotton & Mead Kaiiilooi's. Ii.( '. John Beaton's YOU'LL ahv.ivs find this Sloie ^/i^ T^T^V rVJC^TiQ lull of BAKCAIXS in NVw J ^^^^^ LAJUIJb, iiiui Scasoiialili' (ioods. That's i^S^ OT r'^'^T^T-T TXT^ why mi tiers and others make rheii- fT^ V^lvW i rlilNVjr, hea'd(iiiaftefs\viih us. Ileiv aiv a ^- -o^-w/^T^O . OTJr-\T^O r<'Nvliuesw.'lead in- ^ BOO fvS AND vSHObvS, ll HATS AND CAPS, $ GROCERIES, Etc. £)i^Pnrtios dcsiriufj;' to outfit for the K"1<^ fi(^l can supply thcui in anythiui-' in tliosc linens. W(>'11 stive you nion(\v viy^;' " KAMLOOPS * * STANDARD." All the News That's NA/orth Printing. ilK STANDARD is ;i papci" tluil is rcM'l l)y everybody, hcciiuse it frivcs iill Till' news ot' liic disti-in. lis cirriiliil inn is <.>:()intr up iiy Iriips Mild Itouiuis. \\ liicli i> an iiiijini'tjiiit laclor to ln' coii- sid(M-;'il by advcrlisiTs. ( )iii- i-aU'> arc not: " chcai),' l>iit aiv consistent witli the hi;j:h quality of 'I'liK StanI).\I!I) us a iiewspaiier. They will be (jiioted on ai)i)licati()ii. '^ruT.' Ji^u "Hi; i> \ u'l^Arwx^'i' is one of tht> h(>s1 e(|iiii)pc(l in the i Hh JOB Uh\ ARlMhN 1 p.-ovince and ....,• plal.t equal to any emei-fjency. NVe do nit make a specially ol'any i)arliculai' kind ol' work, because everyihinj^- we do is " top notch. : : : : . TeU'trraph or write us for (|Uotalioiis. rilK KAMLOOPS I'Td. i'<.- PTH. (M), Ltd., Kami.ooi's, ]i.V. iiYYtY^i m. p. GORDON Muniifiictiirt'i- 1>{ iiiui Dealer in VIC'I'OHIA ST.. FURNITURE. K A M li( )( ) 1*S, II. C". wJVY/>s^\_A_AyVs,.A,^v,,,A,^AyNy\^V^A,/^ Cornice Poles. Carpets and Linoleums. Window Shades in all Patterns. Elegant Parlor and Bedroom vSuites. LARGE vSTOCK. LOWEST PRICES. The HUDSON'S Bay Co. HAVE GENERAL STORES at KAMLOOPS PORT SIMPSON, VANCOUVER, NELSON, QUESNELLE, V1('T(^RTA. VERNON. And at other principal points in Brit- ish Columbia, Manitoba and the %%m Northwest Territories. :::::::: ItiteiidiTiir ])nrcliascrs will find at these Stores tlu' best tjoods at inoder.Mtc ])riees, iiiiimrted dire(!t from the iiriiuipal iiifirkt^ts ol the world. W^^^^^^^^^^^SM^^Mm^^0MM^0&^^ kJYYYY3i