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 TIM-: irrv of vamoi \ i;r, hkitisk ioumhia. 
 
 VANCOUVER. 
 
 A T\vi:i,\K vi:.\u oi.n city. 
 
 JUST where the sunny hills of the 
 J coast-ranije, which are a more or 
 less broken continuation of the Cordil- 
 leras, slope down to meet the sweep of 
 the Pacific waters, there lies on a pro- 
 montory ol Hritish Columbian soil what 
 Mr. Douj^las Sladen has so appropri- 
 ately termed "the Liverpool of the 
 West." 
 
 Were the history of this remarkably 
 progressive sea-port to be written down 
 in detail, the volumes would form a 
 small library, for during the twelve 
 years of its existence, fire and Hood, 
 land booms and mining booms, rail- 
 way schemes and marine enterprises, 
 have followed so quickly upon one 
 another's heels, that, within the 
 short space of a decade, there has 
 sprung up upon the sliorcs of Hiurard 
 Inlet a city of some thirty thousand 
 inhabitants, one of immense commer- 
 cial and maritime importance, and 
 last, but not least, as things go now- 
 a-days, a city that is the chief outfit- 
 ting, and the only necessary trans- 
 shipping point between Kastern Ca- 
 nada and the Klondyke gokl fields. 
 
 In the year 1885 there was no 
 Vancouver — nought save an impcnetra- 
 
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 ble forest of pine trees reigned in al! 
 the calm majesty of undisturbed pos- 
 session where now stone buildings 
 and human beings are thicker than the 
 brambles of olden days, and man's 
 dogged determination, aided by steam 
 and electricity, has evolved out of the 
 primeval forest the greatest Canadian 
 business centre west of the Rocky 
 Mountains. 
 
 It frequently occurs that Nature, in 
 her all-wisdom, having designed some 
 particular spot as a suitable site for a 
 prosperous city, and bestowed upon it 
 unrivalled adv;tntages as a sea-port, 
 man, in his abysmal blindness, will 
 pass by the desirable locality, and 
 pilch upon a place of inferior qualifica- 
 tions whereon to expend his labours ; 
 but for once Nature proposed, and man 
 accepted, the offer of as beautiful and 
 convenient a site for the terminal city 
 of the Canadian Pacific Railway as 
 could be found in all Hritish Columbia, 
 and in consequence V'ancouver has 
 grown and prospered far beyond the 
 most sanguine hopes of those who first 
 called her into existence. 
 
 The passenger on board the west- 
 bound express catches his first glimpse 
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 PROVINCIAL Al.o ^ Jr b. 0. 
 
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 THE CANADIAN MAGAZINE. 
 
 of the city immediately after leaving from May until October, children and 
 
 tiie little settlement of Hastings, and, nurses, mothers and babies. Hock in 
 
 as the train winds round the bluffs, hundreds to enjoy the fresh salt breez- 
 
 and, hugging the shores of the har- es and excellent sea-bathing, 
 hour, runs at slackened speed into the As the steamer " Islander" rounded 
 
 city limits, past wharves and ware- the western points of Stanley Park, 
 
 houses, crossing busy streets, now 
 crowded with the extra traffic entailed 
 by the rush to Klondyke, and skirting 
 docks where steamers, tugs, sailing 
 vessels and ocean liners lie at anchor, 
 draws up close beside the the magni- 
 ficent new terminal buildings of the 
 Canadian Pacific 
 Railway Company 
 the thought up- 
 permost in his 
 mind is: "What 
 a regular business 
 town ! " 
 
 Far different is 
 the impression 
 created in the 
 mind of him who 
 approaches the 
 town for the first 
 time from the sea- 
 ward ; for the 
 beautiful harbour 
 entrance, the wild 
 grandeur of the 
 Narrows through 
 which all ocean- 
 going vessels must 
 pass in order to 
 reach the shelter 
 of the port, and 
 the mountain 
 ranges with their 
 snowy caps lying 
 to the North of 
 Burrard Inlet, are 
 sufficient to in- 
 spire everyone with unlimited admir- 
 ation for these glorious works of Na- 
 ture ; and deep in my heart there 
 will be through the years to come a 
 lasting remembrar.ee of that summer 
 day when I first crossed the Gulf of 
 Georgia. 
 
 A preliminary view of the town is 
 obtained as the vessel steams past 
 English Bay, the fashionable suburban 
 beach and picnicing grounds of young 
 Vancouver ; whither all summer long. 
 
 MR. MARl'OI.E. 
 
 (tfUfftil Siififnutftiiifiit Pnt'ifif nivisian n/' thr 
 C. I'. Kailwiv. 
 
 and we forged swiftly across the tide- 
 rip that guards the mouth of the Nar- 
 rows, the glorious July sun bathing 
 earth and water in a flood of opalescent 
 light, the picture that lay stretched out 
 before us called for the brush of a 
 Turner, or the pen of a Ruskin, to do 
 it justice. Kach 
 litt'o sandy bay, 
 where the waves 
 broke merrily over 
 as they chased 
 one another up 
 the yellow incline, 
 looked a very 
 haven of rest, and 
 the rising banks 
 of scrub and 
 thicket, flanked 
 by red cedar 
 (f huga gigan- 
 tea), and Douglas 
 Fir (Pseudo-Ts- 
 uga Douglassii) 
 trees hid from 
 view the road 
 which, with many 
 tortuous wind- 
 ings, now skirting 
 the shore, now 
 turning inland, 
 encircles the Re- 
 serve, and forms 
 a charming drive 
 of some eight 
 or nine miles 
 through this won- 
 derful natural park. 
 
 How the sunlight danced and spark- 
 led upon the crest of the waves, and 
 sliding thence fell into the embrace of 
 the deep, green water-troughs! How 
 it gleamed and shimmered a.5 the 
 foam sprang up to meet it in the 
 air ! The wind came ruffling across 
 the wavetops, finally burying itself 
 amidst the swaying crowns of the 
 pines, and gently shaking with its 
 parting breath a soft shower of 
 
VANCOUVER. 
 
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 d spark - 
 
 ves. a"'* 
 ibrace of 
 j ! How 
 
 a.? the 
 t in the 
 ijr across 
 ing itself 
 s of the 
 
 with its 
 hower of 
 
 needles from the evergreen branches. 
 
 On past Siwash Rock we glided, 
 curving in arched course towards the 
 entrance of the Inlet, where to the 
 right the juts of rock piled high up 
 above each other r.gainst the blue sky, 
 and to the left the land swept away 
 northwards to the foot of Mount 
 Crown. A swish — a swirl — and we 
 were steaming into Vancouver Har- 
 bour on the bosom of a full tide, borne 
 through the Narrows as in a triumphal 
 progress by the mighty rush of waters ; 
 on past the Park and the Brockton 
 Point Athletic Grounds, past the mouth 
 of the Capilano River whose pure moun- 
 tain waters supply the city's needs, un- 
 til, with another turn, we rounded the 
 lighthouse, and there before us lay, 
 sun-steeped and placid, the far-famed 
 Harbour of Vancouver. 
 
 Truly a magnificent panorama ! A 
 stretch of deep blue sea, varying from 
 half-a-mile to three miles in width, the 
 great maritime waters of Burrard In- 
 let, Canada's far-western port. Away 
 to the east, beyond the city limits, the 
 sea runs for twenty-four miles up in- 
 land, though the portion practically 
 used as a harbour is approximately 
 only two miles wide and three miles 
 long, a goodly anchorage for ships of 
 all tonnage. Here and there a sloop- 
 rigged yacht flew over the glancing 
 waves, and skiff's in plenty were pass- 
 ing hither and thither, rowed by those 
 on pleasure bent, or sailed by fishermen 
 bound on a whiting-catch or salmon- 
 troll. 
 
 As I stood and gazed beyond all 
 these, upon the city resting so peace- 
 fully beneath the summer sky, the un- 
 dulating hills whereon it is situated, 
 crowned with buildings an older town 
 might well have envied, there sounded 
 in my ears some shrill notes of a siren- 
 w nistle, quickly followed by that boom- 
 ing tone which denotes the departure 
 of a large steamer ; and presently there 
 floated slowly away from her moorings 
 at the dock the Empress of India, one 
 of the Canadian Pacific liners which 
 run between Vancouver, China and 
 Japan. The huge white hull of the 
 vessel, freshly painted, looked well in 
 
 VANtOlVKR— STAMJvV PARK l\ AlTl-.MN. 
 
 keeping with the joyous noon-tide, and, 
 as she rapidly approached our smaller 
 craft, a full view could be obtained of 
 her decks crowded with westward- 
 bound passengers ; and the magnificent 
 sweep of her lines, together with a 
 marked beauty of shape and proportion 
 was presently noticeable. 
 
 Soon after reaching Vancouver I had 
 an opportunity of going over one of the 
 Trans-Pacific '* Empresses," and was 
 thus enabled to further note how ex- 
 cellent are all the equipments of these 
 ships. Comfort has been thoroughly 
 studied in every detail, and it were dif- 
 ficult to imagine anything more pleas- 
 ant than to speed away across the 
 ocean at the rate of eighteen knots an 
 hour aboard the Empress of either In- 
 dia, China, or Japan. An immense 
 saloon, a charming library fitted up 
 with cosy-corners and writing-tables, 
 splendid bath-rooms, light, airy cabins, 
 and a first-rate table — what more can 
 the heart of man (or woman eithei) de- 
 sire upon a sea voyage ? 
 
 In the waters of the harbour lie also 
 the vessels of the Canadian-Australian 
 Line, and steamers connecting Vancou- 
 
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 VANC'OlVKlt— fOUni.>\.\ STREET. 
 
 VANCOUVER — BO,\TS LOADINt; lOR THE KlA'NDVKE. 
 
 IMIOTOGRAI'll IIY II. M. IIKNIIKRSON IKOM AKCIIITKCT S DHAWINO. 
 
 TIIK NEW C.l'.R. STATION — NOW HUIl.DINC. 
 
 vor with tlie Piiijet Sound 
 ports, I'oitlaiul aiul San 
 l'"iancisco ; also boats 
 bound for Skai^way, Dyea 
 and other norllierii points. 
 Tlie local steamship trairic, 
 too, is very considerable, 
 and daily communication 
 has been established by 
 boat with \'ictoria, Xanai- 
 mo and tlie Fraser River 
 ports, whilst week by week 
 there come and ^o throufj^h 
 the lion-<4'uarded gateway 
 i:}^ the Narrows numberless 
 tradinj^ vessels Irom all 
 parts of the world. 
 
 It is indeed a motley col- 
 lection oi crafts that yreet 
 the eye as one glances 
 across the Inlet from an 
 e'evated vantage point, and 
 descries to right and left 
 sugar ships from Java, lum- 
 ber ships bound for South 
 Africa, France or Belgium, 
 and gtiieral cargo vessels 
 from Great Britain ; some 
 at anchor awaiting orders, 
 others floating away in a 
 stately manner, drawn out 
 to sea by the ever-irrepres- 
 sible tug ; and one realizes 
 fully, when looking out 
 over this vista of trading 
 and passenger ships, that 
 within her harbour lies 
 the greatest commercial 
 strength of Vancouver. 
 
 Now to turn for a few 
 minutes from the sea to the 
 other aspects of the twelve- 
 year-old city. Most pas- 
 sing strange it is to east- 
 erners to find in this mush- 
 room town electric light 
 and gas from one end to 
 the other, ten miles of elec- 
 tric street cars, cement side 
 walks and asphalt- paved 
 streets, fine cut - stone 
 "blocks," and seven char- 
 tered banks occupying pre- 
 mises that would do honor 
 to an old established com- 
 
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VANCOUVER. 
 
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 mimily. The private resi- 
 dences of citizens are also 
 admirably built, standini^' 
 for the most part in well- 
 kept jcardeiis, where flow- 
 ers bloom from l""ebruary 
 until No\'ember, and vej^e- 
 tation nourishes with all 
 the luxuriance of semi-trop- 
 ical {growth 
 
 The Hotel Vancouver is 
 an excellent abidinjj;- place, 
 and surpasses anything,'' 
 west of Toronto in point 
 of structure, fittinijs and 
 tabic d'/iotc. Needless to 
 remark, like many other 
 admirable local institu- 
 tions, it is under the man- 
 af>^ement of the C.P. R., and 
 Vancouver being the ter- 
 minus both of the Com- 
 pany's railway and steam- 
 ship lines, nothing has been 
 spared to insure the com- 
 fort of travellers. 
 
 The Opera House, too, 
 belongs to the Railroad 
 Company. It has a seat- 
 ing capacity of twelve hun- 
 dred, and quite the finest 
 drop-curtain in Canada, the 
 latter having been painted 
 by Seavey a first-rate New 
 York artist, from a view 
 near Canmore, in the Rocky 
 Mt>untains, showing the 
 peaks of The Three Sisters. 
 
 Manufacturies and in- 
 dustries abound in the 
 neighbourhood. Saw mills, 
 iron works, factories, brew- 
 eries, a sugar refinery, ship- 
 yards, — have all sprung 
 up around a solid phalanx 
 of warehouses, shops, oHl- 
 ces, and wholesale business 
 establishments, where, at 
 the present time, a steadily 
 increasing trade is being 
 dt)no ; whilst churches, hos- 
 pitals, a new City Hall, 
 Court House and Post 
 Ollice all betoken the trans- 
 formation of the Citv bv the 
 
 IMIOIOliRAl'll HV KinVAKIlS HKHS. 
 
 VANCl>rVER— ENGLISH BAV. 
 
 l'HO|i>(iRAl'H HY KIIWARIIS BROS. 
 
 VANCOLVKR— C.l'.R. 
 
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114 
 
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 Sea from a collection of wooden shacks 
 to a civili/ed centre of commerce. 
 
 Never has the tide of local prosper- 
 ity run hij^her than it docs to-day. 
 Property stands at a fair value, the 
 mining' industry is advancing' with 
 rapid strides, new firms are opening,' up 
 in the city, new buildinjfs and residen- 
 ces in the course of construction meet 
 the eye at every turn; and added to 
 
 VANCOl VKR LIKIT.-COI.. WOKSNOI". 
 
 this, increased wharf accommodation 
 and a new railway station h:ive practi- 
 cally been necessitated by the maj,nii- 
 tude o'i the Klondyke trade, and the 
 steadv slrei'm of re^nilar travel. 
 
 Vancouver has yet another thing- of 
 
 which she is justly proud, namely, her 
 militia forces, ami a finer body of men 
 than the Second Hattalion of the Fifth 
 Rejjjiment of Canadian Ai tiller; , under 
 the command of I.ieut.-Col. V/orsnop, 
 it would be diificult to fmd throuf,'^hout 
 the length and breadth ot the Dominion. 
 The Pacific Coast district is in all re- 
 spects equal in importance to that of 
 Halifax ; both form the maritime bound- 
 aries of Canada, and the fact that Van- 
 couver is situated three thousand miles 
 distant from the Ontario and pnebec 
 centres does not lessen its value as the 
 western military outpost of the Do- 
 minion. 
 
 It is perchance, in a measure, due to 
 the conglomeration of nationalities re- ' 
 presented in her harbour that \'ancou- 
 ver has become such a thoroughly cos- 
 mopolitan city, for every clime under 
 heaven appears to have contributed its 
 mite towards the stream of humanity 
 that incessantly ebbs and flows along 
 the streets and on the wharves. 
 
 White men and yellow Chinese, Ne- 
 groes and swarthy Italians, Spaniards, 
 Coreans and Japanese ever intermingl- 
 ing with the new }j[enns /louio, the 
 "Klondyker," jostle one another as 
 they pass by, and any day you may 
 hear the Irish brogue, or the canny 
 speech of the Scot, combined with Am- 
 erican wit,Ciermanexpletives,or French 
 idioms, as you take your constitutit^nal 
 stroll down the length of Cordova 
 street. All these diverse types vastly 
 interest and amuse a stranger, and in- 
 variably cause him to wonder how on 
 earth such an admixture of tempera- 
 ments, creeds, and prejudices, to say 
 nothing of languages and customs, has 
 ever succeeded in building up so fine a 
 commercial city. Truly, it is a confed- 
 eration of opposing forces, bent prim- 
 arily on promoting trade, and who, 
 with the "Almighty Dollar" as their 
 goal, have evidently found sulficient 
 unity oi purpose to bind them together 
 in the interests Ci( prosperity and ad- 
 vancemc nt. 
 
 Julian Dur/int)!.