@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:subject "British Columbia Coast Steamship Service"@en, "Canadian Pacific B.C. Coast Steamships"@en, "Canadian Pacific Railway Company"@en, "Steamboats"@en, "Coastwise shipping"@en, "Ocean travel"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection"@en ; dcterms:creator "Canadian Pacific Railway. British Columbia Coast Steamship Service"@en ; dcterms:issued "2018-01-02"@en ; dcterms:created "[between 1918 and 1968?]"@en ; dcterms:description "14 \"Daily Bulletin\" pamphlets distributed to passengers during voyages to Alaska aboard the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service's Princess fleet."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chungtext/items/1.0362757/source.json"@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ DAILY BULLETIN QounouUtm (Pacifa B.C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE Canadian Pacific Railway Company B. C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE f Daily Bulletin This Bulletin is for your information and to assist you in locating the various points of interest which can be seen from the steamship. The times shown are necessarily approximate, exact time of arrival at and departure from way ports will be posted on ship's bulletin board. A large chart of the route is displayed in the Social Hall on which the ship's position will be posted daily. Do not miss the notices on the Bulletin Board; they will be of interest to you. Sailing Day The sailing hour has been arranged at 9:00 p.m. while it is still light in these latitudes, at least during most of the summer season, in order that you may enjoy a glimpse of the harbor and surroundings while passing through the harbor entrance, or First Narrows. A few miles beyond, on the right or "starboard" side, is Point Atkinson Lighthouse. The point on the left or "port" side is Point Grey with the buildings of the University of British Columbia near the point. After passing Point Atkinson the steamship turns northwest along the Strait of Georgia following the Vancouver Island shore during the night. a 6:00 a.m. — Having passed Cape Mudge light, Quadra Island, on the right, we proceed along Discovery Passage through Seymour Narrows, the narrowest part of the channel between Vancouver Island and the Islands off the mainland. A strong tide runs through the narrows due to the ebb and flow of the tide around the north end of Vancouver Island, and the passage is usually made only at the time of slack water. 7:00 a.m. — Proceeding along Johnstone Straits, with Vancouver Island on our left, and the Mainland and adjacent Islands on the right, a number of logging camps can be seen on Vancouver Island shore, from which logs are rafted and towed to the sawmills on the Lower Island and Mainland. 10:30 a.m. — ALERT BAY — The first port of call is a small village on Cormorant Island, on the right side of the channel. We land at Alert Bay Wharf. Time will be allowed for a walk ashore. To the right is the Indian Cemetery with a number of interesting Totem Poles; also the Church of England Missionary Hospital and School. To the left is the large Government Residential Indian School, and Indian village. 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m Having passed the north end of Vancouver Island on our left, we cross Queen Charlotte Sound, the longest stretch of open water on the entire voyage. At the entrance to the Sound is Pine Island Lighthouse on the right, and two-thirds of the way across is Egg Island Light on the right. A little over half way across can be seen to the right the entrance to Smith's Sound and further north Rivers Inlet, where are located numerous salmon canneries. 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m After traversing Fitzhugh Sound for several hours the vessel makes a sharp turn to the left through a narrow channel called Llama passage, where can be seen the old Indian village of Bella Bella on the left, also New Bella Bella, thence we proceed northwestward through Seaforth Channel, passing Ivory Island Lighthouse on the right. 10:00 p.m. —For about one hour we are crossing Millbank Sound and we feel the swell of the Pacific Ocean, after which the ship enters Finlayson Channel and for the rest of the night passes through the sheltered waters of Graham Reach, Fraser Reach and Grenville Channel. 2———-^ 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. — After passing Lawyer's Island light TI^J on the left, we cross the mouth of the Skeena River and several j^ \\ salmon canneries can be seen in the distance. The Skeena, a very uuy \\ turbulent stream has its source in central British Columbia. We are now approaching Prince Rupert with Digby Island on which can be seen the Canadian Government Wireless station and lighthouse depot on the left. 9:00 a.m.—Prince Rupert is the most northerly city in British Columbia, population about 8,000. It is located on Kaien Island, close to the Mainland, is an important centre for the fishing industry of the Naas and Skeena Rivers, and for mining in the Portland Canal district, located about 100 miles north. The Government floating drydock, 600 feet long, with a lifting capacity for vessels of 20,000 tons deadweight, and a large cold storage plant, where can be seen immense quantities of frozen halibut, are only a short distance from the wharf by auto. A considerable portion of the halibut caught on the banks of Southeastern Alaska is shipped by rail line from Prince Rupert to Eastern Canada and United States. 12:00 Noon — Leaving Prince Rupert our vessel roimds Digby Island and turns northward passing the old Indian village of Metlakatla on the right, and about thirty minutes later Port Simpson, one of the oldest settlements in Northern British Columbia, founded by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1834. 3:00 p.m.—On the right is Green Island lighthouse, six miles south of the International Boundary. Our vessel now crosses Dixon Entrance with the Pacific Ocean on the left and Tree Point Light on the right at the entrance to Revilla Gigedo Channel. We are now in United States waters and after passing Mary Island Light on the left, will shortly enter Tongass Narrows on the right side of which is located our first port of call in Alaska-—Ketchikan. 7:00 p.m. — United States Customs and Immigration officials will board our vessel immediately on arrival at Ketchikan and all passengers will be required to present their immigration cards and pass inspection before going ashore. Ketchikan, population of 6,500 is one of the largest and most prosperous cities in Alaska, being the centre of the fishing industry, with about fourteen canneries located in the immediate vicinity, and a large cold storage plant. A fifteen-minute walk up the stream to the waterfall, will, in the late summer, give the visitor an opportunity to see salmon ascending the swift waters of the rapids in large numbers. A visit should be made to the new Indian school established by the United States Government, where the children are taught the lost art of making totem poles; special native teachers having been brought in from the Queen Charlotte Islands. Visitors will also find a number of interesting curio stores. The ship's sailing hour will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway as you go ashore. 3———*— 4:30 a.m.—During the night we have traversed Clarence rd Strait and Stikine Strait and now make a short stop at Wrangell, ~ 1 an old settlement established by the Russians and named after ^ay \\ Baron von Wrangell, one of the ablest of the Russian Governors r of Alaska. A few miles to the north of Wrangell lies the mouth of the Stikine River, which is navigable for about 185 miles to Telegraph Creek, in Northern British Columbia, an outfitting point for big game hunters entering the Cassiar District. The Barrington Transportation Company operate a regular weekly gas boat service from Wrangell to Telegraph Creek during the open season of Navigation. Wrangell has a number of interesting curio stores and some splendid totem poles. Our vessel only makes a short stop northbound but an opportunity will be afforded to inspect this interesting port on our southbound voyage. 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.—About two hours after leaving Wrangell we enter Wrangell Narrows, with Point Alexander Lighthouse on the right, a narrow tortuous channel, about 20 miles long between Kupreanof Island, on the left, and Mitkof Island on the right. The channel is well marked with buoys and beacons, and the ship passes at half speed through some very beautiful scenery. At the north end of the Narrows, on the right, lies the old town of Petersburg, settled originally in the days of the Russian occupation, and now a flourishing fishing centre. After leaving the north end of Wrangell Narrows many small icebergs may be seen ahead of and to the right of the vessel. The bergs have broken away from the Baird or Patterson Glaciers, both of which can be seen clearly in fair weather. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.—After passing Petersburg a beautiful panorama of mountain scenery opens before us. Passing Prolewy Point light on the left we enter Frederick Sound, to the northwest can be seen the Devil's Thumb, a sharp needle of rock 9,077 feet high, located on the International boundary line. Further south the Needles, 10,002 feet high, and Castle Mountain 7,326 feet high, all of the peaks are on the International boundary line. During the afternoon we follow Stephen's Passage and about 4:00 p.m. enter Taku Inlet diverging from the main channel enroute to the Glacier. 5:00 p.m. — We are now within a short distance of the face of the magnificent TAKU GLACIER (pronounced Ta-koo). This immense river of ice, about a mile wide on its face and 100 to 200 feet high, has its origin in the perpetual ice-fields to the east of the Coast Range in British Columbia, running for 90 miles before entering the sea. Small bergs are constantly breaking off from the main body of the Glacier, and these may be encountered for a considerable distance south of Taku Inlet. On the left is the dead or receding Norris glacier. 7:00 p.m. —A short run from the Glacier brings us to Gastineau Channel and on our right, as we enter, is the town of Thane. On the left, on Douglas Island, is the famous Treadwell Mine, flooded by a cave-in during 1917 and not since operated. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas, and near the end of the channel lies Juneau, the Capital of Alaska, population about 8,000. Here are splendid stores and curio shops, modern hotels and many beautiful residences and public buildings. On the side of Mount Roberts, overlooking the city, can be seen the buildings of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, the largest gold quartz mill in the United States or Alaska, with a capacity of 12,000 tons of ore per day. The territorial Museum, with its splendid collection of Eskimo curios is said to be the finest and only complete one of its kind. A motor trip of fourteen miles will take you to the Grand Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake. Juneau was founded in the 80's and was first called Harrisburg, then Rockwell and finally Juneau, having been made the capital of Alaska in 1900, but the executive offices were not removed from Sitka until 1906. Our vessel will sail for Skagway at midnight. 4 9:00 a.m.— (Ship's time)—During the early morning hours *** a magnificent panorama of mountains and glaciers opens before Day \\ us as our vessel passes along the Lynn Canal. On the west side, A about one hour before reaching Skagway, are the towns of Haines and Fort Seward, the latter a United States military post. Our sea trip ends at Skagway where connection is made with trains of the White Pass and Yukon Route for Lake Bennett, Carcross and Whitehorse, connecting with their Lake and River steamships to West Taku Arm, Atlin and Dawson. Skagway with its population of about 500 is almost surrounded by mountains, among the principal points of interest are Reid's Falls, Dewey Falls, Dewey Lake, Alpine Ridge and Skagway Park. There are also good hiking trails to A.B. and Dewey Mountains, and numerous relics of the Trail of '98 to the Klondyke Gold Fields. 2611 Additional copies for mailing will be gladly supplied at Pursers' Office. *Pf4?m\\ KON / iie© ■■mm 7hWKm:'& '■ '. : '" •' 7 .... ■ . ■■ ' ftft ft; ' ,". :ft, ft: m/mm^mm /mx^iii^iity^wif o<-^:.-"V-^' m.-j 6:00-7:00 a.m.—We are in the Wrangell Narrows. yd On our left is Kupreanof Island and Mitkof Island on 1^ \\ the right. y \\ It was through the straits which we shall travel today that the biggest mass otter hunts in Alaska were staged. One hunt staged by the Russians consisted of 550 Aleutian biders (skin boats) and 1,200 Aleutian natives. This hunt took an entire month. The pelts yielded $2,000,000. Here, too, the trading ships of Jacob Astor came to help found that famous fortune. Bloody battles were fought and refought here between traders, explorers, Aleutians and savage Indian tribes. This continual warfare sadly depleted the Aleutian race. Demanded and enslaved by the warring traders because they were good otter hunters, these primitive people found themselves caught in the middle. If they hunted seals they were robbed of them or their flimsy craft were lost in raging gales. If they did not hunt they were massacred. Baranof was the first white trader to give the Aleutians a fair break. It paid off well for him. Now we cruise northward to Frederick Sound. To the northwest lies the Devil's Thumb which rises 9,077 feet high. Farther south the Needles 10,002 feet high and Castle Mountain 7,326 feet high. Around our ship will be ice calves which have broken away from the Baird and Patterson Glaciers. These are remnants of a primeval ice age. It is with awe that we realize that these drifting floes are part of a world of prehistoric mammals. In the ice age, these glacial beds united this continent with Asia. Across these glaciers from Siberia came the aboriginal Aleutians and Eskimos, whose descendants live still in the scattered towns and villages we pass. 3:00 p.m.—The town of Thane is on the right as we enter Gastineau Channel. On the left is Douglas Island. Here is the famous Treadwell Mine, flooded in 1917 and since abandoned. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas. Near the end of this channel is Juneau, capital of Alaska, with a population of about 7,500. The city has modern hotels, many fine residences, an outstanding museum and public buildings. The biggest low grade quartz mine in the United States or Alaska is located here. It is seen on the side of the 4,000-foot Mount Juneau, overlooking the city. Gold recovery from this mine was only around 83 cents per ton of ore. Juneau does not reckon her history from the sealing days, but from 1898 when Joe Juneau, a prospector, came north with the frenzied horde of men seeking the gleaming gold nuggets in the Klondike. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1900. The territorial museum is a must for every visitor. It has the world's finest collection of Russian, Eskimo and Aleutian art. In it is a copy of the document of the purchase of Alaska from Czar Alexander II of Russia by United States of America in 1867. Grand Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake are about a 14-mile drive. 1 1:30 p.m.—Leave Juneau. We retrace our course through Gastineau Channel as far as Marmion Island and into Stephens Passage. During the night we will cruise Lynn Canal, which Captain Vancouver named after King's Lynn, his home in England. 6:00-8:00 a.m.—We are now sailing through Chilkoot Inlet and passing the town of Haines and the old Chilkoot barracks. A road connects this town with the famed Alcan Highway. Skagway is our next port of call. 9:00 a.m.—Skagway, that magic name indelibly engraved on the world's memory. This is the gateway to the real glamour north. To this town in '98 came gold seekers from all over the world — bearded, full-bodied men, slim downy-cheeked youngsters, soft-bosomed, hard-eyed women, the crook, the gambler, the adventurer and the miner. They came not to remain in Skagway. Here they outfitted for the hard trek across the White Pass to bonanza creeks of the Yukon. Ghosts of the days when gold dust and nuggets were standard currency for ham and eggs still haunt this town. Here, fortunes were risked on the turn of a card and human life became the cheapest commodity on the trail. Now tourists can take the train from Skagway over the same route as the gold seekers toiled toward the gold fields beyond. But Skagway has other surprises besides the grave of Soapy Smith and the poems of Robert Service and the tales of Jack London. During the short summer, nature works wonders in this arctic soil. Endless days result in rapid plant life growth. They reach sizes three times bigger than the normal "outside". CRUISE MEMORIES ARE GOOD MEMORIES The Purser will be glad to supply extra copies. 1954 W? DAILY BULLETIN Special Qtiuide B. C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE Canadian Pacific Railway Company B. C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE Daily Bulletin This bulletin is for your information and to assist you in locating the various points of interest which can be seen from the steamship. The times shown are necessarily approximate and exact time of arrival at and departure from way-ports will be posted on ship's bulletin board. A large chart of the route is displayed in the Social Hall*, on which the ship's position will be posted daily. Do not miss the notices on the Bulletin Board as they will be of interest to you. I-q 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Our good ship sails from Pier "C" jist I and passes out of Vancouver Harbor through First Narrows. I Pi \\ A few miles beyond on the right, or "Starboard" side, is I Day \\ Point Atkinson Lighthouse. ■ The point on the left, or "Port" side, ' A is Point Grey, with the ^University of British Columbia buildings near the point. After passing Point Atkinson, the steamship turns northwest along the Strait of Georgia following the Vancouver Island shore. Between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. we pass Texada Island, a long narrow island on the starboard side, on the north end of which is located Blubber Bay. Shortly before dinner, Cape Mudge Light, on Quadra Island, is on our right, and we then proceed along Discovery Passage through Seymour Narrows, the narrowest point between Vancouver Island and the islands off the mainland. A strong tide runs through the Narrows, due to the ebb and flow around the north end of Vancouver Island. The passage is usually made only at slack water. During the late evening the vessel proceeds along Johnstone Straits, with Van • couver Island on the left and the mainland and adjacent islands on the right. A number of logging camps are located on the shore, from which logs are rafted and towed to the sawmills of the lower island and mainland. About 11:00 p.m. the site of Alert Bay may be seen on the right, a small village on Cormorant Island. No landing will be made on northbound trip, but on our return from Skagway sufficient time will be allowed to visit the Indian Cemetery, with its many Totem poles reminding us of by-gone days, and the Church of England Indian Residential School and Hospital. During the night we have crossed Queen Charlotte Sound, the longest stretch of open water on the entire voyage. At the entrance to the Sound is Pine Island Lighthouse, and on the same side two-thirds of the way across is Egg Island light, also on the right. I—^^—* ' " „i 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon. A stop of two hours will be f\\t\\d made at Ocean Falls, the site of a large pulp and paper mill, I %M \\ owned and operated by Pacific Mills Ltd. Ocean Falls is situated j£- Day \\ at the head of Cousins Inlet, 311 miles north of Vancouver and 1 ,\\ 180 miles south of Prince Rupert. The port is open to navigation the year around and accommodation provided for the largest ocean freight steamships. The Company was incorporated in the year 1915, the mill having a daily production of about 325 tons of ground wood, sulphite pulp, and about 300 tons of newsprint, kraft wrapping and other papers which are shipped to all parts of the world. 12:00 Noon to 11:00 p.m. Leaving Ocean Falls we proceed South along Dean Channel and through Johnson Channel to Seaforth Channel thence through Graham Reach and Fraser Reach during the afternoon, a long narrow stretch of sheltered water with Princess Royal Island on the left and the mainland on the right, thence into Grenville Channel during the late afternoon, with Pitt Island on the left and the mainland on the right. During the night we pass Prince Rupert on the right and several hours later cross the International Boundary and enter Alaska waters. 0 rd Day 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Ketchikan, our first call in Alaska. A stop of about two hours will be sufficient to visit the most interesting places, including the Falls, a short distance from the Wharf, where, from the bridge, can be seen in the la^e Summer, large numbers of salmon ascending the River. Many salmon canneries arc located in the vicinity of Ketchikan which is one of the most important fishing centres in the North and the outfitting point for the Halibut Fleet operating in the Gulf of Alaska. Ketchikan is an enterprising and modern city with a population of about 6500. 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Leaving Ketchikan we proceed south through Tongass Narrows for about twenty miles and enter the Behm Canal, thence northward along this beautiful stretch of water with Revilla Gigedo Island on the left and the Mainland of Alaska on the right, passing on the left a sharp pinnacle of rock known as the Eddystone Rock, rising 250 feet above the water. Now we cruise into the beautiful land-locked Rudyerd Bay, frequently called the Punchbowl, enhanced by a magnificent panorama of mountains on all sides. Farther along the Canal is Walker Cove, a narrow and winding stretch of water about seven miles long, with more impressive mountain scenery. During the late afternoon we pass through Behm Narrows and about 7:00 p.m. turn northerly into Clarence Strait, the main channel to the North. 1*^^—■ "i , Daylight to 12:00 Noon. During the early morning hours we A fU pass through Wrangell Narrows with Point Alexander Lighthouse ^l 1 on the right, a narrow tortuous channel about twenty miles long, ^f Day \\ dividing Kupreanof Island on the left and Mitkof Island on the _\\ right. The channel is well marked with buoys and beacons and the ship cruises at half speed through some very beautiful scenery. At the North end of the Narrows on the right lies the old town of Petersburg, settled originally in the days of the Russian Occupancy and now a flourishing fishing centre. After leaving the north end of Wrangell Narrows many small icebergs may be seen ahead and to the right of the vessel. The icebergs have broken away from the Baird and Patterson Glaciers, both of which may be seen clearly in fair weather. After passing Petersburg a panorama of mountain scenery opens before us. Passing Proleway Point light on the left we enter Frederick Sound. To the northwest can be seen the Devil's Thumb, a sharp needle of rock 9077 feet high, and farther south the Needles, 10,002 feet high, and Castle Mountain, height 7,326 feet. All of these peaks are located on the International Boundary line. In the late afternoon we enter Taku Inlet, diverging from the main channel enroute to the Glacier. 12:00 Noon to 2:30 p.m. Steaming to within a short distance of magnificent Taku Glacier (pronounced Ta-koo), this immense river of ice, about a mile wide on its face and 200 to 300 feet high, had its origin in the perpetual ice fields to the east of the Coast Range in British Columbia, running for 90 miles before entering the sea. Small bergs are continually breaking off from the main body and may be encountered for a considerable distance south of Taku Inlet. On the left is the dead or receding Norris Glacier. 2:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. A 25-mile run from the Glacier brings us to Juneau, capital of Alaska, on Gastineau Channel. On the right as we enter is the town of Thane. On the left, is Douglas Island, where the famous Treadwell Mine was flooded by a cave-in in 1917, and not since operated. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas and near the end of the Channel lies Juneau, capital of Alaska, with a population of about 8000. There are splendid stores, curio shops, modern hotels, many beautiful residences and public buildings. On the side of Mount Roberts, overlooking the City, can be seen the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Co., the largest gold quartz mill in the United States or Alaska, with a capacity of 10,000 tons of ore per day. A motor trip of 14 miles will take you to the Great Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake. The territorial Museum with its splendid collection of Eskimo curios is well worth a visit. Juneau was founded in the 80's and became capital of Alaska in 1900, but executive offices were not removed from Sitka until 1906. 5——^s 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. During the night we have passed t"L through Stephen Passage and rounded the North end of Admir- 1 alty Island, into Chatham Strait, and about 7:00 a.m. enter Peril Day \\ Strait, a narrow and rugged water passage separating Chichagof \\ Island and Baranof Island. This passage takes about two hours and the ship turns south into Salisbury Sound in the lee of Kruzof Island and on to Sitka, arriving about 11:00 a.m. Sitka—the former Capital, and the oldest settlement in South-Eastern Alaska. The first post was established in 1799 and in 1802 sacked, burned, and completely destroyed by the Indians. Among the principal points of interest are the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Michael, the park with its picturesque Totem Poles, the reconstructed block house, and many other relics of the early days. Im^mmmmmm"os Daylight to 8:00 a.m. Returning through Peril Strait the M ft* previous evening, and proceeding up Chatham Strait, we enter , M\\^ \\ Lynn Canal about 2:00 a.m., where a magnificent panorama of ^^B Day \\ mountains and Glaciers is unfolded and may be viewed from the ^^ jV deck as our vessel passes along. At the extreme end of the Canai is located Skagway, the end of our sea voyage, and the gateway to the Yukon. Connection is made with trains of the White Pass & Yukon Route for Lake Bennett, Carcross, and Whitehorse and at Carcross connection is made with their Lake steamship to West Taku Arm. Skagway has a population of about 500 and is almost surrounded by mountains. Principal points of interest are Reid's Falls, Dewey Falls, Dewey Lake, Alpine Ridge and Skagway Park, with numerous relics of the Trail of '98 to the Klondyke Gold Fields. 8:00 p.m. to 12 Midnight. Leaving Skagway at 8:00 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) we proceed south down the Lynn Canal and Stephen Passage, enroute to Wrangell. —mK^m^^mb^^_^ Daylight to 10:00 p.m. Having completed our journey through 1^1 Stephen Passage, early morning brings us into Frederick Sound ^\\th l about 6:00 a.m. and we continue in this passage until about 10:00 f4i T\\n*j \\ a.m., when the ship enters the famous Wrangell narrows, forming \\Jf Uay \\ Kupreanof Island on our right and Mitkof Island on our left, the .' passage taking about three hours and being one of the most interesting events of the voyage. About 2:00 p.m. we arrive at Wrangell, an old settlement established by the Russians and named after Baron Von Wrangell, one of the ablest Russian Governors of Alaska. A few miles north of Wrangell is the mouth of the Stikine River, navigable for 185 miles to Telegraph Creek, the outfitting point for big game hunters entering the famous Cassiar District of British Columbia. A regular weekly gas boat service is operated between Wrangell and Telegraph Creek during the summer season. Curio stores and some splendid totem poles make our short stay interesting. We leave Wrangell at 3:30 p.m. and cruise south through Clarence Strait, arriving Ketchikan 10:00 p.m. and remaining there until 1:00 a.m. the following morning. Daylight to 12 Midnight. After leaving Ketchikan early this morning, the ship has crossed Dixon Entrance and arrives at Prince Rupert at 9:00 a.m. Prince Rupert, with its population of about 8000, is the largest city in Northern British Columbia. Having direct rail connection with Eastern Canada, Prince Rupert is the receiving point for large quantities of fish. Cold storage plant and Government drydock are well worth a visit. The ship will leave Prince Rupert at 12:30 p.m. and about 2 hours later will enter Grenville Channel, and for the remainder of the afternoon will proceed south through this waterway, which is quite narrow and straight. The large island on our right is Pitt Island and on our left the mainland of British Columbia. Between six and seven in the evening we enter Fraser Reach, with Princess Royal Island on our right, thence into Graham Reach and Tolmie Channel, and around midnight the ship will cross Millbank Sound. —^ 8:30 a.m. to Dusk. Having completed the crossing of Queen J&i^^kth I Charlotte Sound during the early hours of the morning, we sight II Ij^ 1 the north end of Vancouver Island about 7:00 a.m., and proceed | \\JLJay \\ south in Queen Charlotte Sound to Alert Bay on Cormorant i A Island, with its totem poles and Indian Schools, one of the oldest missionary settlements on the British Columbia Coast, arriving at 8:30 a.m. Leaving Alert Bay about 10:00 a.m. the ship passes through a succession of notable waterways including, Broughton and Johnstone Straits, Discovery Passage and the famed Seymour Narrows. Traversing through Seymour Narrows in the middle of the afternoon we pass Campbell River an hour later, the home of the famous Tyee Salmon, thence Cape Mudge and into the Gulf of Georgia. About 6:00 p.m. we have Denman Island on our right and about thirty minutes later Hornby Island on our left. A circuit is made of Denman Island and passing Northward through the channel between Vancouver Island and Denman Island we pass one of the coal centers of Vancouver Island, Union Bay. Comox is right ahead and will be reached at 8:00 p.m. Comox, the Gateway to the fertile Comox Valley, scenically and agriculturally the finest on Vancouver Island. Lovely Comox Bay is noted for its fine Salmon fishing. A dance has been arranged here, as an added attraction. Sightseeing trips have also been arranged for those who may wish to see the surrounding country. —I 10:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. At 10:30 a.m. we leave Comox and ^k YUKON A Magnificent View of Taku Glacier I West Taku Arm, Amidst a Panorama of Snow-Gapped Mountains # CANADIAN PACIFIC t'RIU .Ell IN CANADA DAILY BULLETIN Qounadlajn (PadJ^c B.C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE Canadian Pacific Railway Company B. C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE Daily Bulletin This Bulletin is for your information and to assist you in locating the various points of interest which can be seen from the steamship. The times shown are necessarily approximate, exact time of arrival at and departure from way ports will be posted on ship's bulletin board. A large chart of the route is displayed in the Social Hall on which the ship's position will be posted daily. Do not miss the notices on the Bulletin Board; they will be of interest to you. Sailing Day The sailing hour has been arranged at 9:00 p.m. while it is still light in these latitudes, at least during most of the summer season, in order that you may enjoy a glimpse of the harbor and surroundings while passing through the harbor entrance, or First Narrows. A few miles beyond, on the right or "starboard" side, is Point Atkinson Lighthouse. The point on the left or "port" side is Point Grey with the buildings of the University of British Columbia near the point. After passing Point Atkinson the steamship turns northwest along the Strait of Georgia following the Vancouver Island shore during the night. u St Day 6:00 a.m. — Having passed Cape Mudge light, Quadra Island, on the right, we proceed along Discovery Passage through Seymour Narrows, the narrowest part of the channel between Vancouver Island and the Islands off the mainland. A strong tide runs through the narrows due to the ebb and flow of the tide around the north end of Vancouver Island, and the passage is usually made only at the time of slack water. 7:00 a.m. — Proceeding along Johnstone Straits, with Vancouver Island on our left, and the Mainland and adjacent Islands on the right, a number of logging camps can be seen on Vancouver Island shore, from which logs are rafted and towed to the sawmills on the Lower Island and Mainland. 10:30 a.m. — ALERT BAY — The first port of call is a small village on Cormorant Island, on the right side of the channel. We land at Alert Bay Wharf. Time will be allowed for a walk ashore. To the right is the Indian Cemetery with a number of interesting Totem Poles; also the Church of England Missionary Hospital and School. To the left is the large Government Residential Indian School, and Indian village. 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m Having passed the north end of Vancouver Island on our left, we cross Queen Charlotte Sound, the longest stretch of open water on the entire voyage. At the entrance to the Sound is Pine Island Lighthouse on the right, and two-thirds of the way across is Egg Island Light on the right. A little over half way across can be seen to the right the entrance to Smith's Sound and further north Rivers Inlet, where are located numerous salmon canneries. 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m After traversing Fitzhugh Sound for several hours the vessel makes a sharp turn to the left through a narrow channel called Llama passage, where can be seen the old Indian village of Bella Bella on the left, also New Bella Bella, thence we proceed northwestward through Seaforth Channel, passing Ivory Island Lighthouse on the right. 10:00 p.m. —For about one hour we are crossing Millbank Sound and we feel the swell of the Pacific Ocean, after which the ship enters Finlayson Channel and for the rest of the night passes through the sheltered waters of Graham Reach, Fraser Reach and Grenville Channel. 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. —After passing Lawyer's Island light on the left, we cross the mouth of the Skeena River and several salmon canneries can be seen in the distance. The Skeena, a very turbulent stream has its source in central British Columbia. We are now approaching Prince Rupert with Digby Island on which can be seen the Canadian Government Wireless station and lighthouse depot on the left. 9:00 a.m.—Prince Rupert is the most northerly city in British Columbia, population about 8,000. It is located on Kaien Island, close to the Mainland, is an important centre for the fishing industry of the Naas and Skeena Rivers, and for mining in the Portland Canal district, located about 100 miles north. The Government floating drydock, 600 feet long, with a lifting capacity for vessels of 20,000 tons deadweight, and a large cold storage plant, where can be seen immense quantities of frozen halibut, are only a short distance from the wharf by auto. A considerable portion of the halibut caught on the banks of Southeastern Alaska is shipped by rail line from Prince Rupert to Eastern Canada and United States. 12:00 Noon — Leaving Prince Rupert our vessel rounds Digby Island and turns northward passing the old Indian village of Metlakatla on the right, and about thirty minutes later Port Simpson, one of the oldest settlements in Northern British Columbia, founded by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1834. 3:00 p.m. — On the right is Green Island lighthouse, six miles south of the International Boundary. Our vessel now crosses Dixon Entrance with the Pacific Ocean on the left and Tree Point Light on the right at the entrance to Revilla Gigedo Channel. We are now in United States waters and after passing Mary Island Light on the left, will shortly enter Tongass Narrows on the right side of which is located our first port of call in Alaska—Ketchikan. 7:00 p.m. — United States Customs and Immigration officials will board our vessel immediately on arrival at Ketchikan and all passengers will be required to present their immigration cards and pass inspection before going ashore. Ketchikan, population of 6,500 is one of the largest and most prosperous cities in Alaska, being the centre of the fishing industry, with about fourteen canneries located in the immediate vicinity, and a large cold storage plant. A fifteen-minute walk up the stream to the waterfall, will, in the late summer, give the visitor an opportunity to see salmon ascending the swift waters of the rapids in large numbers. A visit should be made to the new Indian school established by the United States Government, where the children are taught the lost art of making totem poles; special native teachers having been brought in from the Queen Charlotte Islands. Visitors will also find a number of interesting curio stores. The ship's sailing hour will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway as you go ashore. 3———«_^ 4:30 a.m.—During the night we have traversed Clarence rd "" Strait and Stikine Strait and now make a short stop at Wrangell, p. \\ an old settlement established by the Russians and named after Uay \\ Baron von Wrangell, one of the ablest of the Russian Governors of Alaska. A few miles to the north of Wrangell lies the mouth of the Stikine River, which is navigable for about 185 miles to Telegraph Creek, in Northern British Columbia, an outfitting point for big game hunters entering the Cassiar District. The Barrington Transportation Company operate a regular weekly gas boat service from Wrangell to Telegraph Creek during the open season of Navigation. Wrangell has a number of interesting curio stores and some splendid totem poles. Our vessel only makes a short stop northbound but an opportunity will be afforded to inspect this interesting port on our southbound voyage. 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. — About two hours after leaving Wrangell we enter Wrangell Narrows, with Point Alexander Lighthouse on the right, a narrow tortuous channel, about 20 miles long between Kupreanof Island, on the left, and Mitkof Island on the right. The channel is well marked with buoys and beacons, and the ship passes at half speed through some very beautiful scenery. At the north end of the Narrows, on the right, lies the old town of Petersburg, settled originally in the days of the Russian occupation, and now a flourishing fishing centre. After leaving the north end of Wrangell Narrows many small icebergs may be seen ahead of and to the right of the vessel. The bergs have broken away from the Baird or Patterson Glaciers, both of which can be seen clearly in fair weather. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m After passing Petersburg a beautiful panorama of mountain scenery opens before us. Passing Prolewy Point light on the left we enter Frederick Sound, to the northwest can be seen the Devil's Thumb, a sharp needle of rock 9,077 feet high, located on the International boundary line. Further south the Needles, 10,002 feet high, and Castle Mountain 7,326 feet high, all of the peaks are on the International boundary line. During the afternoon we follow Stephen's Passage and about 4:00 p.m. enter Taku Inlet diverging from the main channel enroute to the Glacier. 5:00 p.m.—We are now within a short distance of the face of the magnificent TAKU GLACIER (pronounced Ta-koo). This immense river of ice, about a mile wide on its face and 100 to 200 feet high, has its origin in the perpetual ice-fields to the east of the Coast Range in British Columbia, running for 90 miles before entering the sea. Small bergs are constantly breaking off from the main body of the Glacier, and these may be encountered for a considerable distance south of Taku Inlet. On the left is the dead or receding Norris glacier. 7:00 p.m. —A short run from the Glacier brings us to Gastineau Channel and on our right, as we enter, is the town of Thane. On the left, on Douglas Island, is the famous Treadwell Mine, flooded by a cave-in during 1917 and not since operated. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas, and near the end of the channel lies Juneau, the Capital of Alaska, population about 8,000. Here are splendid stores and curio shops, modern hotels and many beautiful residences and public buildings. On the side of Mount Roberts, overlooking the city, can be seen the buildings of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, the largest gold quartz mill in the United States or Alaska, with a capacity of 12,000 tons of ore per day. The territorial Museum, with its splendid collection of Eskimo curios is said to be the finest and only complete one of its kind. A motor trip of fourteen miles will take you to the Grand Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake. Juneau was founded in the 80's and was first called Harrisburg, then Rockwell and finally Juneau, having been made the capital of Alaska in 1900, but the executive offices were not removed from Sitka until 1906. Our vessel will sail for Skagway at midnight. ^f*j 9:00 a.m.— (Ship's time)—During the early morning hours ^k ^ I a magnificent panorama of mountains and glaciers opens before ^T Day \\ us as our vessel passes along the Lynn Canal. On the west side, *!]]' . A about one hour before reaching Skagway, are the towns of Haines and Fort Seward, the latter a United States military post. Our sea trip ends at Skagway where connection is made with trains of the White Pass and Yukon Route for Lake Bennett, Carcross and Whitehorse, connecting with their Lake and River steamships to West Taku Arm, Atlin and Dawson. Skagway with its population of about 500 is almost surrounded by mountains, among the principal points of interest are Reid's Falls, Dewey Falls, Dewey Lake, Alpine Ridge and Skagway Park. There are also good hiking trails to A.B. and Dewey Mountains, and numerous relics of the Trail of '98 to the Klondyke Gold Fields. 2611 Additional copies for mailing will be gladly supplied at Pursers' Office, ALASKA AND THE YUKON A Magnificent Vieiv of Talut Glacier aku Arm, Amidst a Panorama of Snow-Gapped Mountains CANADIAN PACIFIC DAILY BULLETIN QcmaSkm (Paapc B.C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE *>; Canadian Pacific Railway Company B. C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE Daily Bulletin This Bulletin is for your information and to assist you in locating the various points of interest which can be seen from the steamship. The times shown are necessarily approximate, exact time of arrival at and departure from way ports will be posted on ship's bulletin board. A large chart of the route is displayed in the Social Hall on which the ship's position will be posted daily. Do not miss the notices on the Bulletin Board; they will be of interest to you. Sailing Day i$MA.-*tf^ The sailing hour has been arranged at 9:00 p.m. while it is still light in these latitudes, at least during most of the summer season, in order that you may enjoy a glimpse of the harbor and surroundings while passing through the harbor entrance, or First Narrows. A few miles beyond, on the right or "starboard" side, is Point Atkinson Lighthouse. The point on the left or "port" side is Point Grey with the buildings of the University of British Columbia near the point. After passing Point Atkinson the steamship turns northwest along the Strait of Georgia following the Vancouver Island shore during the night. m :00 a.m. — Having passed Cape Mudge light, Quadra Island, on the right, we proceed along Discovery Passage through Seymour Narrows, the narrowest part of the channel between Vancouver Island and the Islands off the mainland. A strong tide runs through the narrows due to the ebb and flow of the tide around the north end of Vancouver Island, and the passage is usually made only at the time of slack water. 7:00 a.m. — Proceeding along Johnstone Straits, with Vancouver Island on our left, and the Mainland and adjacent Islands on the right, a number of logging camps can be seen on Vancouver IsUndshorg, from which logs are rafted and towed to the sawmills on the Lower Island and Mainland. 10:30 a.m. — ALER1 0— The first port of call is a small village on Cormorant Island, on the rigEt side of the channel. ^^2£w™«wk£^^ Time will be allowed for a walk ashore. To the right is the Indian Cemetery with a number of interesting Totem Pole^; also the Church of England"Missionary Hospital and School. To the left is the large Government Residential Indian School, and Indian village. -2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m Having passed the north end of Vancouver Island on our left, we cross iQueen Charlotte SoundAthe longest stretch of open\\jvater on tn^Kftire^voyage. At the entrance to the Sound is Pirte Island Lighthouse on the right, and two-thirds of the way across is Egg Island Light on the right. A little over half way across can be seen to the right the entrance to Smith's Sound and further north Rivers Inlet, where are located numerous salmon canneries. 5^00 p.m. to SiO„Op.m.--After traversing Fitzhugh Sound for several hours the vessel makes a, sharp turn to the left through a narrow channel called Llama pas- jagg^Where can be seen the old Indian village of Bella Bella on the left, also New BeJlaJBeJ^a^ thence we proceed northwestward through Seaforth Channel,, passing Ivory Island Lighthouse on the right. 10:00 p.m. -—For about one hour we are crossing Millbank Sound and we feel the swell of the Pacific Ocean, after which the ship enters(Finlayson Channel and for the rest of the night passes through the sheltered waters oT Graham Reach, Fraser Reach and Grenville Channel. J—^™— w 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. — After passing Lawyer's Island light I f\\nd on the left, we cross the mouth of the Skeena River and several ^m j~v 1 salmon canneries can be seen in the distance. The Skeena, a very j ^™ Lsuy \\ turbulent stream has its source in central British Columbia. We are now approaching Prince Rupert with Digby Island on which can be seen the Canadian Government Wireless station and lighthouse depot on the left. 9:00 a.m.—Prince Rupert is the most northerly city in British Columbia, population about 8,000. It is located on Kaien Island, close to the Mainland, is an important centre for the fishing industry of the Naas and Skeena Rivers, and for mining in the Portland Canal district, located about 100 miles north. The Government floating drydock, 600 feet long, with a lifting capacity for vessels of 20,000 tons deadweight, and a large cold storage plant, where can be seen immense quantities of frozen halibut, are only a short distance from the wharf by auto. A considerable portion of the halibut caught on the banks of Southeastern Alaska is shipped by rail line from Prince Rupert to Eastern Canada and United States. 12:00 Noon i—Leaving Prince Rupert our vessel rounds Digby Island and turns northward passing the old Indian village of Metlakatla on the right, and about thirty minutes later Port Simpson, one of the oldest settlements in Northern British Columbia, founded by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1834. 3:00 p.m. —On the right is Green Island lighthouse, six miles south of the International Boundary. Our vessel now crosses Dixon Entrance with the Pacific Ocean on the left and Tree Point Light on the right at the entrance to Revilla Gigedo Channel. We are now in United States waters and after passing Mary Island Light on the left, will shortly enter Tongass Narrows on the right side of which is located our first port of call in Alaska—Ketchikan. 7:00 p.m. United States Customs and Immigration officials will board our vessel immediately on arrival at Ketchikan and all passengers will be required to present their immigration cards and pass inspection before going ashore. Ketchikan, population of 6,500 is one of the largest and most prosperous cities in Alaska, being the centre of the fishing industry, with about fourteen canneries located in the immediate vicinity, and a large cold storage plant. A fifteen-minute walk up the stream to the waterfall, will, in the late summer, give the visitor an opportunity to see salmon ascending the swift waters of the rapids in large numbers. A visit should be made to the new Indian school established by the United States Government, where the children are taught the lost art of making totem poles; special native teachers having been brought in from the Queen Charlotte Islands. Visitors will also find a number of interesting curio stores. The ship's sailing hour will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway as you go ashore. (—— i in ^ 4:30 a.m. — During the night we have traversed Clarence , #^ r J Strait and Stikine Strait and now make a short stop at Wrangell, ■m ^ 1 an old settlement established by the Russians and named after j +J Uay \\ garon von Wrangell, one of the ablest of the Russian Governors ^============r^ 0f Alaska. A few miles to the north of Wrangell lies the mouth of the Stikine River, which is navigable for about 185 miles to Telegraph Creek, in Northern British Columbia, an outfitting point for big game hunters entering the Cassiar District. The Barrington Transportation Company operate a regular weekly gas boat service from Wrangell to Telegraph Creek during the open season of Navigation. Wrangell has a number of interesting curio stores and some splendid totem poles. Our vessel only makes a short stop northbound but an opportunity will be afforded to inspect this interesting port on our southbound voyage. 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. — About two hours after leaving Wrangell we enter Wrangell Narrows, with Point Alexander Lighthouse on the right, a narrow tortuous channel, about 20 miles long between Kupreanof Island, on the left, and Mitkof Island on the right. The channel is well marked with buoys and beacons, and the ship passes at half speed through some very beautiful scenery. At the north end of the Narrows, on the right, lies the old town of Petersburg, settled originally in the days of the Russian occupation, and now a flourishing fishing centre. After leaving the north end of Wrangell Narrows many small icebergs may be seen ahead of and to the right of the vessel. The bergs have broken away from the Baird or Patterson Glaciers, both of which can be seen clearly in fair weather. 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.—After passing Petersburg a beautiful panorama of mountain scenery opens before us. Passing Prolewy Point light on the left we enter Frederick Sound, to the northwest can be seen the Devil's Thumb, a sharp needle of rock 9,077 feet high, located on the International boundary line. Further south the Needles, 10,002 feet high, and Castle Mountain 7,326 feet high, all of the peaks are on the International boundary line. During the afternoon we follow Stephen's Passage and about 4:00 p.m. enter Taku Inlet diverging from the main channel enroute to the Glacier. 5:00 p.m. — We are now within a short distance of the face of the magnificent TAKU GLACIER (pronounced Ta-koo). This immense river of ice, about a mile wide on its face and 100 to 200 feet high, has its origin in the perpetual ice-fields to the east of the Coast Range in British Columbia, running for 90 miles before entering the sea. Small bergs are constantly breaking off from the main body of the Glacier, and these may be encountered for a considerable distance south of Taku Inlet. On the left is the dead or receding Norris glacier. 7:00 p.m.—A short run from the Glacier brings us to Gastineau Channel and on our right, as we enter, is the town of Thane. On the left, on Douglas Island, is the famous Treadwell Mine, flooded by a cave-in during 1917 and not since operated. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas, and near the end of the channel lies Juneau^the Capital of Alaska, population about 8J300. Here are splendid stores and curio shops, modem hotels and many beautiful residences and public buildings. On the side of Mount Roberts, overlooking the city, can be seen the buildings of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mini^^nrpp^nv. the largest gold quartz mill in the United States^or Alaska, with a capacity of 12,000 tons of ore per day. The territorial Museum, with its splendid collection of Eskimo curios is said to be the finest and only complete one of its kind. A motor trip of fourteen miles will take you to the Grand Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake. Juneau was founded in the 80's and was first called Harrisburg, then Rockwell and^ finally Juneau, having been made the capital of Alaska in 1900, but the executive offices were not removed from Sitka until 1906. Our vessel will sail for Skagway at midnight. 19:00 a.m.— (Ship's time)—During the early morning hours ^k *"- a magnificent panorama of mountains and glaciers opens before I ^i Day \\ us as our vessel passes along the Lynn Canal. On the west side, 1 A about one hour before reaching Skagway* are the towns of Haines and Fort Seward, the latter a United States military post. Our sea trip ends at Skagway where connection is made with trains of the White Pass and Yukon Route for Lake Bennett, Carcross and Whitehorse, connecting with their Lake and River steamships to West Taku Arm, Atlin and Dawson. Skagway with its population of about 500 is almost surrounded by mountains, among the principal points of interest are Reid's Falls, Dewey Falls, Dewey Lake, Alpine Ridge and Skagway Park. There are also good hiking trails to A.B. and Dewey Mountains, and numerous relics of the Trail of '98 to the Klondyke Gold Fields. 2611 Additional copies for mailing will be gladly supplied at Pursers' Office. ' A Magnificent V ALASKA AND THE YUKON S.S. Princess Alice Skagway, Alaska West Taku Arm, Amidst a Panorama of Snow-Gapped Mountains CANADIAN PACIFIC 1 B. C. COAST [STEAMSHIPS ^MvwORLDsX ^^^■i greatestI ^^■1 TRAVEL 1^- / ^B\\SYSTEM/Mpr " DAILY BULLETIN of your GmuJUkQ^c B.C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE DAILY BULLETIN Ship time is Pacific Standard 8:00 p.m.—We glide slowly out of Vancouver harbour on our first lap of this unique cruise to Alaskan ports, once scenes of violent adventure in the mysterious land of the silent seas. For the next few days all the facilities of our service are at your convenience to make this voyage a memorable one. This bulletin will help you identify places of interest as we cruise through deep Inside Passage waters. We follow the wake of intrepid Russian, Spanish and British explorers and adventurers who sought in vain for a northwest waterway from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Glance back at the beautiful setting as we leave Vancouver harbour in the closing dusk. Less than 75 years ago it was desolate bushland. The Lions' Gate suspension bridge divides Vancouver harbour from the Gulf of Georgia. In 1792, Captain George Vancouver, a British naval officer and explorer extraordinary, sailed north on this same course aboard an 80-foot sloop, H.M.S. "Discovery". He named the gulf after King George III, who backed his hardy venture. Soon we pass Point Atkinson lighthouse on our right (starboard). Around us are chunky boats of salmon fishermen; plodding tugs with tows of spruce, fir and cedar rafts; deep-sea ships arriving with exotic cargoes from distant world ports. This lighthouse is their guiding beacon to a safe harbour. Also to starboard is the placid, deep water cutoff to Howe Sound. The explorer named this for Admiral Richard Howe, who was then Commander in Chief of America and a close friend of Benjamin Franklin. On the starboard hand also, we pass close to the shore of Bowen Island, a popular summer resort. Tomorrow about 4 a.m., we will run the Seymour Narrows "slot". Here in surges, swift tide water boils through the passage at il 3 knots. Our ship is equipped with every safety aid to navigation. It is piloted by officers experienced in these coastal waters, which are different from any other waters in the world, who have timed our arrival for slack water. 7:00 a.m.—We are now in Johnstone Straits. The mountain-girt, heavily wooded shoreline on our left (port), is vast Vancouver Island, 282 miles long and 60 miles wide. It was first discovered by the famed Spanish explorer, Senor Bodega y Quadra in 1775. He came up from Lima, Peru, in a 36-foot boat, built of green timbers. This is just about the same length as our life boats. He named this Quadra Island. When Captain Vancouver arrived later, the island was ceded to Great Britain, and the name changed to Vancouver Island. To its shores came Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese and Russian traders. They sought fabulous fortunes from sea otter pelts, which Indian tribes were using for teepees. They left on record behind them a saga of pillage and brutality which has never been equalled to this day. They also sought gold, and massacred entire Indian villages in their madness for this precious metal. These were the pioneers of civilization through this vast territory, although this was incidental to their real motives. Now the coast of Vancouver Island is dotted with fishing villages and logging camps. 10:30 a.m.—Look to starboard for Alert Bay, an old Indian Village bristling with totem poles. It is on Cormorant Island and the centre of these waters for salmon canning. Here the Government maintains a large residential school. There is also a Church of England missionary hospital. 2:00-5:00 p.m.—In Queen Charlotte Sound, our first stretch of open water, our ship has struck her real travel beat. With each turn of the propeller, civilization falls behind and we move into the unchanged world of the primitive. Voyagers who keep a sharp lookout may see whales blowing as they frolic through the Pacific. In the distance to port, like a stationary cloud, is the northern tip of Vancouver Island. It was in this Sound, named after Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of King George III, that Captain Vancouver ran his "Discovery" aground and fought off fierce Haida Indians who came in huge red cedar canoes to plunder his ship. 5:00-7:00 p.m.—Now we are in Fitzhugh Sound, named by James Hanna, an enterprising English trader who operated on the China coast in 1785. He sailed across the Pacific in a 60-ton brig. From these waters he got 580 sea otter skins from the natives, which he sold in China for $20,500. 7:30 p.m.—Pass Bella Bella and enter Milbanke Sound at 8:30 p.m. 7:00-8:30 a.m.—Now we are at the mouth of the famous Skeena River, at whose source far in the interior of British Colum- 2;^*^\\ bia, salmon spawn. flJ This river has on its banks more canneries than any p. \\ other river in the world. Strange as it may seem, Cap- Uay\\ ta|n Vancouver missed the mouth of the Skeena when = he came along the same route we now sail. We will cruise past Hammer Island, Glenn Island, Lawyer's Lighthouse and Holland rock, and enter Prince Rupert harbour with Digby Island to port, passing Watson Island, site of a 40-million-dollar celanese plant. The island actually lies in a slough of the Skeena River. During the war Watson was an ammunition dump for United States forces in Alaska. 8:30-1 1:30 a.m.—Prince Rupert, 40 miles from the Alaska Boundary, with a population of 8,500, boasts the world's largest cold storage plant. From it thousands of pounds of halibut and salmon, caught in the channels and sound through which we travel, are shipped by air, rail and steamer to all parts of the world. Ten miles from the city is the 300-ton-a-day Columbia Cellulose mill. As the most northern city in British Columbia it is a rail head to eastern Canada. 11:30-3:00 p.m.—We retrace our passage round Digby Island to Chatham Sound, named by Captain Vancouver after the small ship H.M.S. "Chatham" which accompanied him on his voyage of exploration. About 1 p.m. we should pass Lucy Island. It is claimed that the British explorer named this islet after his sweetheart in England. However, he died a bachelor. He was only 33 years old when he sailed from Falmouth, England, on this voyage. In these waters which we cruise in a few days, Vancouver spent five years "feeling" his way and suffering grim hardships and privation. The British Government had a standing reward of Twenty Thousand Pounds (about $50,000) for the first person who returned with proof of the long-dreamed waterway through the North American continent from Pacific to Atlantic. Oddly enough, a passage was finally discovered in 1946. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arctic patrol ship St. Roche finally conquered the northern route, but had to go thousands of miles north through the Arctic circle. 2:00 p.m.—We pass Green Island lighthouse on the starboard hand and enter Holiday Passage, where the crew of the "Discovery" were given a few days holiday before pushing farther northward, and enter Dixon Entrance, another stretch of Pacific sea. This entrance was named by the enterprising trader George Dixon, another English trader who came across from China many years before Captain Vancouver arrived. Dixon saw the priceless sea otter pelts in China where he was trading. They made an excellent luxury companion for those priceless Mandarin silks. He was told the pelts had come across from Siberia. That the Russians had traded them for tea. Dixon had a successful voyage to this coast. From the Tlingit Indians he collected 2,552 sea otter pelts which he sold for $54,875. These enterprising traders considered the six hundred percent profit they made on these trips a fair return for their courage and investments which were usually a few cheap trinkets for the natives. About 3:30 we cross the boundary waters which separate Alaska from British Columbia. The first light in Alaskan waters is Lord Island. 5:30-6:30 p.m.—We are cruising Revilligedo Channel, named after the Viceroy of New Spain (Mexico). Here Captain Vancouver and his companion Puget (after whom Puget Sound is named) were almost stoned to death by a tribe of hostile Indians. From the tall cliffs that tower above us, the natives pelted the explorers with rocks as they rowed back to the "Discovery" anchored in this channel. They had come ashore in a row boat to examine rock formations which might contain gold. While lounging on deck, it will take little imagination to picture Indians and Aleutians, paddling through these waters chanting weird songs, long before the white man knew of this continent. We are now moving into areas which still retain the mark of Baranof, fabulous "Russian King of Alaska", who came down from the eternal ice fields of Siberia in 1740, to establish a chain of fur trading forts through the Alaskan panhandle. During this period of expansion, there were 60-odd trading companies all at each other's throats, establishing forts and having them blown up by rival companies in this frantic rush for pelts. 6:00 p.m.—Angle Point. United States Immigration officers will board our ship from a motor launch. Before disembarking at Ketchikan, our next port of call, all passengers will present their immigration cards and pass inspection. 7:00 p.m.—Ketchikan. This Alaskan city of 9,000 population cans more fish than any other city in the world. There are fourteen canneries and a large cold storage plant in the immediate vicinity. In late summer a run up the stream will reward the visitor with a view of schools of salmon ascending swift waters to the spawning grounds. In the city park are some fine examples of totem poles. There is a good variety of curio stores. Ward Cove is the site of a large new pulp mill. The ship's sailing time from Ketchikan will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway. We sail through Tongass Narrows to starboard and Guard Island to port; during the night we will traverse Clarence Strait and pass Wrangell. A stop will be made southbound. Then you will have an opportunity to inspect this historic city which was originally a Russian trading fort. It was established by Baranof who tried to colonize it with Cossacks. They refused even to try to farm the land. At the height (1831) of Russian colonization in Alaska, Wrangell came under the influence of Baron Von Wrangell and was founded under his able leadership. In 1834 the Russians erected Fort Dionisyus Many influences of Russian life can still be seen in the churches. It has excellent curio shops. (TUT\"""*"^^j 6:00-7:00 a.m.—We are in the Wrangell Narrows. ^\\rd On our left is Kupreanof Island and Mitkof Island on I J5 Day \\ the r'ght' \\ It was through the straits which we shall travel today that the biggest mass otter hunts in Alaska were staged. One hunt staged by the Russians consisted of 550 Aleutian biders (skin boats) and 1,200 Aleutian natives. This hunt took an entire month. The pelts yielded $2,000,000. Here, too, the trading ships of Jacob Astor came to help found that famous fortune. Bloody battles were fought and refought here between traders, explorers, Aleutians and savage Indian tribes. This continual warfare sadly depleted the Aleutian race. Demanded and enslaved by the warring traders because they were good otter hunters, these primitive people found themselves caught in the middle. If they hunted seals they were robbed of them or their flimsy craft were lost in raging gales. If they did not hunt they were massacred. Baranof was the first white trader to give the Aleutians a fair break. It paid off well for him. Now we cruise northward to Frederick Sound. To the northwest lies the Devil's Thumb which rises 9,077 feet high. Farther south the Needles 10,002 feet high and Castle Mountain 7,326 feet high. Around our ship will be ice calves which have broken away from the Baird and Patterson Glaciers. These are remnants of a primeval ice age. It is with awe that we realize that these drifting floes are part of a world of prehistoric mammals. In the ice age, these glacial beds united this continent with Asia. Across these glaciers from Siberia came the aboriginal Aleutians and Eskimos, whose descendants live still in the scattered towns and villages we pass. 3:00 p.m.—The town of Thane is on the right as we enter Gastineau Channel. On the left is Douglas Island. Here is the famous Treadwell Mine, flooded in 1917 and since abandoned. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas. Near the end of this channel is Juneau, capital of Alaska, with a population of about 7,500. The city has modern hotels, many fine residences, an outstanding museum and public buildings. The biggest low grade quartz mine in the United States or Alaska is located here. It is seen on the side of the 4,000-foot Mount Juneau, overlooking the city. Gold recovery from this mine was only around 83 cents per ton of ore. Juneau does not reckon her history from the sealing days, but from 1880 when Joe Juneau and Fred Harris, who had been grubstaked by a Sitka Mining Engineer called Pliz, came north with the frenzied horde of men seeking the gleaming gold nuggets in the Klondike.lt has been the capital of Alaska since 1900. The territorial museum is a must for every visitor. It has the world's finest collection of Russian, Eskimo and Aleutian art. In it is a copy of the document of the purchase of Alaska from Czar Alexander II of Russia by United States of America in 1867. Grand Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake are about a 14-mile drive. 1 1:30 p.m.—Leave Juneau. We retrace our course through Gastineau Channel as far as Marmion Island and into Stephens Passage. During the night we will cruise Lynn Canal, which Captain Vancouver named after King's Lynn, his home in England. ______ 6:00-8:00 a.m.—We are now sailing through t Chilkoot Inlet and passing the town of Haines and Jk ttl the old Chilkoot barracks. A road connects this town JbA Dav \\ w'*^ ^e famed Alcan Highway. Skagway is our next 1 * y \\ port of call. 9:00 a.m.—Skagway, that magic name indelibly engraved on the world's memory. This is the gateway to the real glamour north. To this town in '98 came gold seekers from all over the world — bearded, full-bodied men, slim downy-cheeked youngsters, soft-bosomed, hard-eyed women, the crook, the gambler, the adventurer and the miner. They came not to remain in Skagway. Here they outfitted for the hard trek across the White Pass to bonanza creeks of the Yukon. Ghosts of the days when gold dust and nuggets were standard currency for ham and eggs still haunt this town. Here, fortunes were risked on the turn of a card and human life became the cheapest commodity on the trail. Now tourists can take the train from Skagway over the same route as the gold seekers toiled toward the gold fields beyond. But Skagway has other surprises besides the grave of Soapy Smith and the poems of Robert Service and the tales of Jack London. During the short summer, nature works wonders in this arctic soil. Endless days result in rapid plant life growth. They reach sizes three times bigger than the normal "outside". CRUISE MEMORIES ARE GOOD MEMORIES The Purser will be glad to supply extra copies. 1 957 DAILY BULLETIN of your Ca/iadta/i (fad/cc TRAINS . TRUCKS . SHIPS . PLANES . HOTELS . TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORLD'S MOST COMPLETE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Canadian Gaelic B.C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE DAILY BULLETIN Ship time is Pacific Standard 8:00 p.m.—We glide slowly out of Vancouver harbour on our first lap of this unique cruise to Alaskan ports, once scenes of violent adventure in the mysterious land of the silent seas. For the next few days all the facilities of our service are at your convenience to make this voyage a memorable one. This bulletin will help you identify places of interest as we cruise through deep Inside Passage waters. We follow the wake of intrepid Russian, Spanish and British explorers and adventurers who sought in vain for a northwest waterway from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Glance back at the beautiful setting as we leave Vancouver harbour in the closing dusk. Less than 80 years ago it was desolate bushland. The Lions' Gate suspension bridge divides Vancouver harbour from the Gulf of Georgia. In 1792, Captain George Vancouver, a British naval officer and explorer extraordinary, sailed north on this same course aboard an 80-foot sloop, H.M.S. "Discovery". He named the gulf after King George III, who backed his hardy venture. Soon we pass Point Atkinson lighthouse on our right (starboard). Around us are chunky boats of salmon fishermen; plodding tugs with tows of spruce, fir and cedar rafts; deep-sea ships arriving with exotic cargoes from distant world ports. This lighthouse is their guiding beacon to a safe harbour. Also to starboard is the placid, deep water cutoff to Howe Sound. The explorer named this for Admiral Richard Howe, who was then Commander in Chief of America and a close friend of Benjamin Franklin. On the starboard hand also, we pass close to the shore of Bowen Island, a popular summer resort. Tomorrow about 4 a.m., we will run the Seymour Narrows "slot". Here in surges, swift tide water boils through the passage at al 3 knots. Our ship is equipped with every safety aid to navigation. It is piloted by officers experienced in these coastal waters, which are different from any other waters in the world, who have timed our arrival for slack water. Here, in April 1958, the famous Ripple Rock was blown up by the largest non-atomic explosion ever set off in North America. 7:00 a.m.—We are now in Johnstone Straits. The mountain-girt, heavily wooded shoreline on our left (port), is vast Vancouver Island, 282 miles long and 60 miles wide. It was first discovered by the famed Spanish explorer, Senor Bodega y Quadra in 1775. He came up from Lima, Peru, in a 36-foot boat, built of green timbers. This is just about the same length as our life boats. He named this Quadra Island. When Captain Vancouver arrived later, the island was ceded to Great Britain, and the name changed to Vancouver Island. To its shores came Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese and Russian traders. They sought fabulous fortunes from sea otter pelts, which Indian tribes were using for teepees. They left on record behind them a saga of pillage and brutality which has never been equalled to this day. They also sought gold, and massacred entire Indian villages in their madness for this precious metal. These were the pioneers of civilization through this vast territory, although this was incidental to their real motives. Now the coast of Vancouver Island is dotted with fishing villages and logging camps. 10:30 a.m.—Look to starboard for Alert Bay, population 700, an old Indian Village bristling with totem poles. It is on Cormorant Island and the centre of these waters for salmon canning. Here the Government maintains a large Indian residential school administered by the Anglican Church. There are also a hospital and a wireless station. 2:00-5:00 p.m.—In Queen Charlotte Sound, our first stretch of open water, our ship has struck her real travel beat. With each turn of the propeller, civilization falls behind and we move into the unchanged world of the primitive. Voyagers who keep a sharp lookout may see whales blowing as they frolic through the Pacific. In the distance to port, like a stationary cloud, is the northern tip of Vancouver Island. It was in this Sound, named after Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of King George III, that Captain Vancouver ran his "Discovery" aground and fought off fierce Haida Indians who came in huge red cedar canoes to plunder his ship. 5:00-7:00 p.m.—Now we are in Fitzhugh Sound, named by James Hanna, an enterprising English trader who operated on the China coast in 1785. He sailed across the Pacific in a 60-ton brig. From these waters he got 580 sea otter skins from the natives, which he sold in China for $20,500. 7:30 p.m.—Pass Bella Bella and enter Milbanke Sound at 8:30 p.m. 7:00-8:30 a.m.—Now we are at the mouth of the famous Skeena River, at whose source far in the interior of British Columbia, salmon spawn. ft s This river has on its banks more canneries than any III f\\nd other river in the world. Strange as it may seem, I ^M _^ \\ Captain Vancouver missed the mouth of the Skeena l'i| Mm L/Qy \\ when he came along the same route we now sail. ^- ' We will cruise past Hammer Island, Glenn Island, Lawyer's Lighthouse and Holland rock, and enter Prince Rupert harbour with Digby Island to port, passing Watson Island, site of a 40-million-dollar celanese plant. The island actually lies in a slough of the Skeena River. During the war Watson was an ammunition dump for United States forces in Alaska. 8:30-1 1:00 a.m.—Prince Rupert, 40 miles from the Alaska Boundary, with a population of 10,500, boasts the world's largest cold storage plant. From it thousands of pounds of halibut and salmon, caught in the channels and sound through which we travel, are shipped by air, rail and steamer to all parts of the world. Ten miles from the city is the 300-ton-a-day Columbia Cellulose mill. As the most northern city in British Columbia it is a railhead to eastern Canada. The ship's sailing time from Prince Rupert will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway. 11:00-3:00 p.m.—We retrace our passage round Digby Island to Chatham Sound, named by Captain Vancouver after the small ship H.M.S. "Chatham" which accompanied him on his voyage of exploration. About 1 p.m. we should pass Lucy Island. It is claimed that the British explorer named this islet after his sweetheart in England. However, he died a bachelor. He was only 33 years old when he sailed from Falmouth, England, on this voyage. In these waters which we cruise in a few days, Vancouver spent five years "feeling" his way and suffering grim hardships and privation. The British Government had a standing reward of Twenty Thousand Pounds (about $50,000) for the first person who returned with proof of the long-dreamed waterway through the North American continent from Pacific to Atlantic. Oddly enough, a passage was finally discovered in 1946. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arctic patrol ship St. Roch finally conquered the northern route, but had to go thousands of miles north through the Arctic circle. 2:00 p.m.—We pass Green Island lighthouse on the starboard hand and enter Holiday Passage, where the crew of the "Discovery" were given a few days holiday before pushing farther northward, and enter Dixon Entrance, another stretch of Pacific sea. This entrance was named by the enterprising trader George Dixon, another English trader who came across from China many years before Captain Vancouver arrived. Dixon saw the priceless sea otter pelts in China where he was trading. They made an excellent luxury companion for those priceless Mandarin silks. He was told the pelts had come across from Siberia. That the Russians had traded them for tea. Dixon had a successful voyage to this coast. From the Tlingit Indians he collected 2,552 sea otter pelts which he sold for $54,875. These enterprising traders considered the six hundred percent profit they made on these trips a fair return for their courage and investments which were usually a few cheap trinkets for the natives. About 3:30 we cross the boundary waters which separate Alaska from British Columbia. This first light in Alaskan waters is Lord Island. 5:30-6:30 p.m.—We are cruising Revilligedo Channel, named after the Viceroy of New Spain (Mexico). Here Captain Vancouver and his companion Puget (after whom Puget Sound is named) were almost stoned to death by a tribe of hostile Indians. From the tall cliffs that tower above us, the natives pelted the explorers with rocks as they rowed back to the "Discovery" anchored in this channel. They had come ashore in a row boat to examine rock formations which might contain gold. While lounging on deck, it will take little imagination to picture Indians and Aleutians, paddling through these waters chanting weird songs, long before the white man knew of this continent. We are now moving into areas which still retain the mark of Baranof, fabulous "Russian King of Alaska", who came down from the eternal ice fields of Siberia in 1740, to establish a chain of fur trading forts through the Alaskan panhandle. During this period of expansion, there were 60-odd trading companies all at each other's throats, establishing forts and having them blown up by rival companies in this frantic rush for pelts. 6:00p.m.—Angle Point. United States Immigration officers will board our ship from a motor launch. Before disembarking at Ketchikan, our next port of call, all passengers will present their immigration cards and pass inspection. 7:00 p.m.—Ketchikan. This Alaskan city of 9,000 population cans more fish than any other city in the world. There are several canneries, a large cold storage plant, radio and TV stations and a modern school in the immediate vicinity. In late summer a run up the stream will reward the visitor with a view of schools of salmon ascending swift waters to the spawning grounds. In the city park are some fine examples of totem poles. There is a good variety of curio stores. Ward Cove is the site of a large new pulp mill. The ship's sailing time from Ketchikan will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway. We sail through Tongass Narrows to starboard and Guard Island to port; during the night we will traverse Clarence Strait and pass Wrangell. A stop will be made at the town of Wrangell southbound. Then you will have an opportunity to inspect this historic place which was originally a Russian trading fort. It was established by Baranof who tried to colonize it with Cossacks. They refused even to try to farm the land. At the height (1 831) of Russian colonization in Alaska, Wrangel! came under the influence of Baron Von Wrangell and was founded under his able leadership. In 1 834 the Russians erected Fort Dionisyus. About a mile from the wharf is the Chief Shakes Indian Community House and some interesting totem poles. v 6:00-7:00 a.m.—We are in the Wrangell Narrows. yA "~ I On our left is Kupreanof Island and Mitkof Island on the I right, as is the town of Petersburg at the northern end. L/ay \\ |t was through the straits which we shall travel ' today that the biggest mass otter hunts in Alaska were staged. One hunt staged by the Russians consisted of 550 Aleutian biders (skin boats) and 1,200 Aleutian natives. This hunt took an entire month. The pelts yielded $2,000,000. Here, too, the trading ships of Jacob Astor came to help found that famous fortune. Bloody battles were fought and refought here between traders, explorers, Aleutians and savage Indian tribes. This continual warfare sadly depleted the Aleutian race. Demanded and enslaved by the warring traders because they were good otter hunters, these primitive people found themselves caught in the middle. If they hunted seals they were robbed of them or their flimsy craft were lost in raging gales. If they did not hunt they were massacred. Baranof was the first white trader to give the Aleutians a fair break. It paid off well for him. Now we cruise northward to Frederick Sound. To the northwest lies the Devil's Thumb which rises 9,077 feet high. Farther south the Needles 10,002 feet high and Castle Mountain 7,326 feet high. Around our ship will be ice calves which have broken away from the Baird and Patterson Glaciers. These are remnants of a primeval ice age. It is with awe that we realize that these drifting floes are part of a world of prehistoric mammals. In the ice age, these glacial beds united this continent with Asia. Across these glaciers from Siberia came the aboriginal Aleutians and Eskimos, whose descendants live still in the scattered towns and villages we pass. 3:00 p.m.—The town of Thane is on the right as we enter Gastineau Channel. On the left is Douglas Island. Here is the famous Treadwell Mine, flooded in 1917 and since abandoned. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas. Near the end of this channel is Juneau, capital of Alaska, with a population of about 7,500. The city has modern hotels, many fine residences, an outstanding museum and public buildings. The biggest low grade quartz mine in all the fifty United States is located here. It is seen on the side of the 4,000-foot Mount Juneau, overlooking the city. Gold recovery from this mine was only around 83 cents per ton of ore. Juneau does not reckon her history from the sealing days, but from 1 880 when Joe Juneau and Fred Harris, who had been grubstaked by a Sitka Mining Engineer called Pliz, came north with the frenzied horde of men seeking the gleaming gold nuggets in the Klondike. It has been the capita! of Alaska since 1 900. The territorial museum is a must for every visitor. It has the world's finest collection of Russian, Eskimo and Aleutian art. In it is a copy of the document of the purchase of Alaska from Czar Alexander II of Russia by United States of America in 1 867. Grand Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake are about a 14-mile drive. 1 1:30 p.m.—Leave Juneau. We retrace our course through Gastineau Channel as far as Marmion Island and into Stephens Passage. During the night we will cruise Lynn Canal, which Captain Vancouver named after King's Lynn, his home in England. _______ 6:00-8:00 a.m.—We are now sailing through Chil- i^Tmm^m L.«| koot Inlet and passing the town of Haines and the old jfl tn I Chilkoot barracks. A road connects this town with the All V)av \\ famed Alcan Highway. Skagway is our next port of call. I ^ \\ 9:00 a.m.—Skagway, a magic name indelibly en graved on the world's memory, is the gateway to the real glamour north. To this town in '98 came gold seekers from all over the world — bearded, full-bodied men, slim downy-cheeked youngsters, soft-bosomed, hard-eyed women, the crook, the gambler, the adventurer and the miner. They came not to remain in Skagway. Here they outfitted for the hard trek across the White Pass to bonanza creeks of the Yukon, a journey made today by the White Pass & Yukon Railway. Ghosts of the days when gold dust and nuggets were standard currency for ham and eggs still haunt this town. Here, fortunes were risked on the turn of a card and human life became the cheapest commodity on the trail. Now tourists can take the train from Skagway over the same route as the gold seekers toiled toward the gold fields beyond. But Skagway has other surprises besides the grave of Soapy Smith and the poems of Robert Service and the tales of Jack London. During the short summer, nature works wonders in this arctic soil. Endless days result in rapid plant life growth. They reach sizes three times bigger than the normal "outside". p R I N C E S S L O U I S E 4032 gross register tons CRUISE MEMORIES 1 Length 330' Breadth 48' ARE GOOD MEMORIES 1962 The Purser will be glad to supply extra copies. (jZ/tCLCua/l C/aufft^\\ ALASKA CRUISE DAILY BULLETII Canadian Gwcitic ALASKA CRUISE DAILY BULLETIN 'W J, mm"".,, if ; ALICE ARM D'XOA/ P°*lLAND INLE' ^TRANCE JS> * c£>ST GREEN ISLAND HGHTHOUSE ^ f m^ fLUCY ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE DIGBY ISLAND/* PRINCE RUPERT PORCHER ISLAND SKEENA RIVER LAWYER'S LIGHTHOUSE ALASKA ROUTE PRINCESS PATRICIA QUEEN '77 '■ ■'.'"' CHARLOTTE PRINCESS feUTEDALE SOUND ROYAL ISLAND ^j ^T* BOAT BLUFF M/LBANK SO^D IVORY ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE BELLA BELLA* ► OCEAN FALLS Jr' G \\SLAND Jr^VQWX. CHANNEL I BELLA COOLA &7 - Ift CAPE SCOTT EGG ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE PINE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE ftPULTNEY POINT LIGHTHOUSE GILFORD ISLAND DENMAN ISLAND i ^?-N HORNBY ISLAND! ^ Southbound: Wmk Only deviation shown in blue. BHb. Only deviation shown In blue. ^ BOWEN ISLAND POINT ATKINSON PVancouver Georgia/ omm^ ALASKA ROUTE - PRINCESS PATRICIA >.i/s WHITEHORSE mm "V ft DAVIDSON GLACIER ELDRED ROCK SENTINAL ISLAND! ^MENDENHALL GLACIER DOUGLA^»Vl DOUGLAS ISLAND • TRACY ARM I FIVE FINGERS LIGHTHOUSE # Hi WRANGELL # NARROWS-^ PETERSBURGH \\ + DEVIL'S THUMB +'KATE'S NEEDLE CAPE DECISION! LINCOLN RO«ty§ LIGHTHOUSV t GW^RD ISLAND ! JtVKETCHIKAlf ANNETTE 9c ISLAND Ok ^~^tLA$KA CANAD4 D*oN dTREE POINT LIGHTHOUSE 1ALORD ROCK LIGHT ENTRANCE r1 PRINCES PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Gross tonnage 6000 tons Length 373 ft. 9 in. Breadth 56 feet Draught 15 ft. 7 in. Horsepower 15,500 Maximum speed 23.5 knots FULLY AIR CONDITIONED DISTANCES IN STATUTE MILES NORTHBOUND Vancouver to Prince Rupert 548 Prince Rupert to Ketchikan 106 Ketchikan to Juneau 327 Juneau to Skagway 115 1096 SOUTHBOUND Skagway to Wrangell 267 Wrangell to Kitimat 329 Kitimat to Vancouver 504 1100 TOTAL STATUTE MILES VANCOUVER TO SKAGWAY & RETURN 2196 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Regarding Ship's Services MAIL- Mail received on board will be delivered to staterooms as soon as received. Outgoing mail properly stamped may be placed in the box by the Purser's office. Mail going ashore at Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Kitimat, B.C., must bear Canadian stamps which can be obtained from the Canadian stamp-vending machine by the newsstand. Mail going ashore at Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Wrangell in Alaska must bear U.S. stamps which can be obtained from the U.S. stamp-vending machine, also by the newsstand. Rates for postage when mailed from Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Kitimat, B.C. to Canadian points are: Postcards 4 cents, letters 5 cents. Postcards and the average letters to Canadian destinations are usually handled by airmail wherever possible without additional charge. Rates to U.S. points by surface carrier: postcards 4 cents, letters 5 cents. By airmail: postcards or letters 8 cents. Rates for postage when mailed from Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway or Wrangell to Canadian or U.S. points by surface carrier: postcards 5 cents, letters 6 cents. By airmail: postcards 8 cents, letters 10 cents. There is daily airmail service from the points mentioned in Alaska. BATHS - If your room is not equipped with bath please check with stewardess (women) or bellboy (men) who will arrange your bath schedule. LIBRARY - The library is attended by the Social Hostess, and is situated aft on "E" deck. Library hours will be posted on the Bulletin Board. LAUNDRY & VALET SERVICE-An automatic self-service laundry is available aboard. There is also laundry and dry-cleaning service available at shore establishments at Prince Rupert and Juneau. Please check with Bellboy. SEATS IN THE DINING ROOM - When entering the Dining Room for the first luncheon, please present your meal coupon to the Steward at Dining Room entrance and he will assign your table and seat, which will be yours for the complete cruise. DEPARTURE TIMES - Please check Departure Times on the blackboard at the head of the gangway before going ashore at Ports of Call. Don't Miss the Ship. WARNING WHISTLE - A half hour before departure — 2 long blasts; 15 minutes before — one long blast; at cast off — one short toot. ! BINGO CARDS - After the first Luncheon you will be handed a Bingo Card by the hostess - it is called "get acquainted Bingo". The Hostess will show you what to do. Please retain these cards until called for. DECK GAMES - Shuffleboard - Ping-Pong. Horse Racing and regular Bingo games will be held as announced. A Hat Parade and dance will be held the night leaving Kitimat southbound. CAUTION RE-ACCIDENTS ABOARD - Please remember that because of the peculiar construction of a ship, it is necessary to have high sills at each outside doorway, leading out on deck, and smaller ones inside. All stairs are steep so use hand-rails. Special word for those wearing double focus glasses and high heel shoes: Be careful! NEWSSTAND - Situated forward on the Promenade Deck. BEAUTY PARLOUR - Situated midships on the Promenade Deck. Please consult attendant regarding appointments. RADIO SERVICE - Messages should be filed with Marconi Operator at the Wireless Room. LOST ARTICLES - Apply at the Purser's Off ice. VALUABLES - Deposit with Purser for safekeeping. BULLETIN BOARDS - Notices of daily activities will be posted each day. ELEVATOR - Self-service between the Upper, Promenade and Boat Decks only. BAGGAGE - Announcements regarding baggage will be made evening before arrival at Vancouver. FIRE & BOAT DRILL - At 11 A.M. on the first morning northbound, the Master will announce Fire & Boat Drill. This is a practice drill only and will acquaint you with procedures. Listen carefully to the instructions. DIVINE SERVICES - A nondenominational Protestant service will be held on board each Sunday when and if there is a clergyman available. Similarly Holy Mass will be celebrated if a Roman Catholic priest is aboard. MEAL Breakfast - 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. HOURS: Lunch ■first sitting second sitting 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 12:00 noon 1:00 p.m. Dinner -first sitting second sitting Afternoon Tea Available 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Night Lunch Available 10:30 -11:30 p.m. Early morning coffee available in the After Social Hall 5:00a.m. All Times shown (Pacific) Daylight Saving Time. Punctuality at meals is essential for the benefit of all passengers. COCKTAIL LOUNGE - "PRINCESS ROOM" - Forward on the Boat Deck-Open 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., except while the vessel is in port. The "Princess Room" is an ideal spot for a pre-dinner cocktail and chat or an after-dinner liqueur. In order to serve everyone better, wine service is not available in the dining room. DAILY BULLETIN 9:00 p.m. D.S.T. - We glide slowly out of Vancouver harbour on our first lap of this unique cruise to Alaskan ports, once scenes of violent adventure in the mysterious land of the silent seas. For the next few days all the facilities of our services are at your convenience to make this voyage a memorable one. This bulletin will help you identify places of interest as we cruise through deep Inside Passage waters. We follow the wake of intrepid Russian, Spanish and British explorers and adventurers who sought in vain for a northwest waterway from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Glance back at the beautiful setting as we leave Vancouver harbour in the closing dusk. Less than 80 years ago it was desolate bushland. The Lions' Gate suspension bridge divides Vancouver harbour from the Gulf of Georgia. In 1792, Captain George Vancouver, a British naval officer and explorer extraordinary, sailed north on this same course aboard an 80-foot sloop, H.M.S. "Discovery". He named the gulf after King George III, who backed his hardy venture. Soon we pass Point Atkinson lighthouse on our right (starboard). Around us are chunky boats of salmon fishermen; plodding tugs with tows of spruce, fir and cedar rafts; deep-sea ships arriving with exotic cargoes from distant world ports. This lighthouse is their guiding beacon to a safe harbour. Also to starboard is the placid, deep water cutoff to Howe Sound. The explorer named this for Admiral Richard Howe, who was then Commander in Chief of America and a close friend of Benjamin Franklin. On the starboard hand also, we pass close to the shore of Bowen Island, a popular summer resort. 7:00 a.m. D.S.T. - We are now in Johnstone Straits. The mountain- girt, heavily wooded shoreline on our left (port), is vast Vancouver Island, 282 miles long and 60 mi les wide. It was first discovered by the famed Spanish explorer, Senor Bodega y Quadra in 1775. He came up from Lima, Peru, in a 36-foot boat, built of green timbers.This is just about the same length as our life boats. He named this Quadra Island. When Captain Vancouver arrived later, the island was ceded to Great Britain, and the name changed to Vancouver Island. To its shores came Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese and Russian traders. They sought fabulous fortunes from sea otter pelts, which Indian tribes were using for teepees. They left on record behind them a saga of pillage and brutality which has never been equalled to this day. They also sought gold, and massacred entire Indian villages in their madness for this precious metal. These were the pioneers of civilization through this vast territory, although this was incidental to their real motives. Now the coast of Vancouver Island is dotted with fishing villages and logging camps. 10:30 a.m. D.S.T. - Look to starboard for Alert Bay, an old Indian Village bristling with totem poles. Here the Government maintains a large residential school. It is also the transportation centre for fishing and logging operations of the surrounding district. 1:30-4:30 p.m. D.S.T. - In Queen Charlotte Sound, our first stretch of open water, our ship has struck her real travel beat. With each turn of the propeller, civilization falls behind and we move into the unchanged world of the primitive. Voyagers who keep a sharp lookout may see whales blowing as they frolic through the Pacific. In the distance to port, like a stationary cloud, is the northern tip of Vancouver Island. It was in this Sound, named after Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of King George III, that Captain Vancouver ran his "Discovery" aground and fought off fierce Haida Indians who came in huge red cedar canoes to plunder his ship. 5:00-7:00 p.m. D.S.T. - Now we are in Fitzhugh Sound, named by James Hanna, an enterprising English trader who operated on the China coast in 1785. He sailed across the Pacific in a 60-ton brig. From these waters he got 580 sea otter skins from the natives, which he sold in China for $20,500. 7:30 p.m. D.S.T. - Pass Bella Bella and enter Milbanke Sound at 8:30 p.m. 2nd DAY 7:00-8:30 a.m. D.S.T. - Now we are at the mouth of the famous Skeena River, at whose source far in the interior of British Columbia, salmon spawn. This river has on its banks more canneries than any other river in the world. Strange as it may seem, Captain Vancouver missed the mouth of the Skeena when he came along the same route we now sail. We will cruise past Hammer Island, Glenn Island, Lawyer's Lighthouse and Holland rock, and enter Prince Rupert harbour with Digby Island to port, passing Watson Island, site of a 40-million-dollar celanese plant. The island actually lies in a slough of the Skeena River. During the War Watson was an ammunition dump for United States forces in Alaska. 9:00-12:00 Noon D.S.T. - Prince Rupert, 40 miles from the Alaska Boundary, with a population of 12,000, boasts the world's largest cold storage plant. From it thousands of pounds of halibut and salmon, caught in the channels and sound through which we travel, are shipped by air, rail and steamer to all parts of the world. Ten miles from the city is the 300-ton-a-day Columbia Cellulose mill. As the most northern city in British Columbia it is a rail head to eastern Canada. 12:00-3:00 p.m. D.S.T. - We retrace our passage round Digby Island to Chatham Sound, named by Captain Vancouver after the small ship H.M.S. "Chatham" which accompanied him on his voyage of exploration. About 1 p.m. we should pass Lucy Island. It is claimed that the British explorer named this islet after his sweetheart in England. However, he died a bachelor. He was only 33 years old when he sailed from Falmouth, England, on this voyage. In these waters which we cruise in a few days, Vancouver spent five years "feeling" his way and suffering grim hardships and privation. The British Government had a standing reward of Twenty Thousand Pounds (about $50,000) for the first person who returned with proof of the long-dreamed waterway through the North American continent from Pacific to Atlantic. Oddly enough, a passage was finally discovered in 1946. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arctic patrol ship St. Roche finally conquered the northern route, but had to go thousands of miles north through the Arctic circle. 2:30 p.m. D.S.T.-We pass Green Island lighthouse on the starboard hand and enter Holiday Passage passing Holiday Light, the last Canadian navigational aid, where the crew of the "Dis- 6 covery" was given a few days' holiday before pushing farther northward, and enter Dixon Entrance, another stretch of Pacific sea. This entrance was named by the enterprising trader George Dixon, another English trader who came across from China many years before Captain Vancouver arrived. Dixon saw the priceless sea otter pelts in China where he was trading. They made an excellent luxury companion for those priceless Mandarin silks. He was told the pelts had come across from Siberia. That the Russians had traded them for tea. Dixon had a successful voyage to this coast. From the Tlingit Indians he collected 2,552 sea otter pelts which he sold for $54,875. These enterprising traders considered the six hundred percent profit they made on these trips a fair return for their courage and investments which were usually a few cheap trinkets for the natives. About 3:30 p.m. D.S.T. - We cross the boundary waters which separate Alaska from British Columbia. The first light in Alaskan waters is Lord Island. 5:30-6:30 p.m. D.S.T. - We are cruising Revitlagi- gedo Channel, named after the Viceroy of New Spain (Mexico). Here Captain Vancouver and his companion Puget (after whom Puget Sound is named) were almost stoned to death by a tribe of hostile Indians. From the tall cliffs that tower above us, the natives pelted the explorers with rocks as they rowed back to the "Discovery" anchored in this channel. They had come ashore in a row boat to examine rock formations which might contain gold. While lounging on deck, it will take little imagination to picture Indians and Aleutians, paddling through these waters chanting weird songs, long before the white man knew of this continent. We are now moving into areas which still retain the mark of Baranof, fabulous "Russian King of Alaska", who came down from the eternal ice fields of Siberia in 1740, to establish a chain of fur trading forts through the Alaskan panhandle. During this period of expansion, there were 60-odd trading companies all at each other's throats, establishing forts and having them blown up by rival companies in this frantic rush for pelts. 6:30 p.m. D.S.T.-Angle Point. United States Immigration officers will board our ship from a motor launch. Before disembarking at Ketchikan, our next port of call, all passengers will present their immigration cards and pass inspection. 7:30 p.m. D.S.T. - Ketchikan. This Alaskan city of 9,000 population is the centre of the fishing industry of South East Alaska. In late summer a run up the stream will reward the visitor with a view of schools of salmon ascending swift waters to the spawning grounds. In the city park are some fine examples of totem poles. There is a good variety of curio stores. Ward Cove is the site of a large new pulp mill. The ship's sailing time from Ketchikan will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway. 8 We sail through Tongass Narrows to starboard and Guard Island to port; during the night we will traverse Clarence Strait and pass Wrangell A stop will be made southbound. Then you will' have an opportunity to inspect this historic city which was originally a Russian trading fort 3ri DAY 6:00-7:00 a.m. D.S.T. - We are now in Chatham Strait, with Kuiu Island on our Starboard side and Baranof Island on our Port side. About 4 a.m., we rounded Cape Decision, the southern extremity of Kuiu Island, which also marks the entrance of Chatham Strait from the Pacific Ocean. Westward on Baro- nof Island is the town of Sitka. This city, during the Russian period and up to 1908, was the capital of Alaska. Juneau became the Capital in 1908 because Sitka was felt to be unsuitable due to its isolated position. We will soon enter Frederick Sound and on into Stephens Passage. Watch for whales which are sighted frequently in this passage - also look for Icebergs that drift out on the tide from Endicott and Tracy Arms. Because of the fog in Wrangell Narrows in the early morning, it is necessary for us to steam 60 miles further around Cape Decision to arrive at Juneau on time. Southbound we pass through Wrangell Narrows in the late forenoon. It was through the straits which we shall travel today that the biggest mass otter hunts in Alaska were staged. ,r«r^ne hunt sta§ed by the Russians consisted of 550 Aleutian biders (skin boats) and 1,200 Aleutian natives. This hunt took an entire month. The pelts yielded $2,000,000. Here, too, the trading ships of Jacob Astor came to help found that famous fortune. Bloody battles were fought and refought here between traders, explorers, Aleutians and savage Indian tribes. This continual warfare sadly depleted the Aleutian race. Demanded and enslaved by the warring traders because they were good otter hunters, these primitive people found themselves caught in the middle. If they hunted seals they were robbed of them or their flimsy craft were lost in raging gales. If they did not hunt they were massacred. Baranof was the first white trader to give the Aleutians a fair break. It paid off well for him. 2:30 p.m. D.S.T. - The town of Thane is on the right as we enter Gastineau Channel. On the left is Douglas Island. Here is the famous Treadwell Mine, flooded in 1917 and since abandoned. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas. Near the end of this channel is Juneau, capital of Alaska, with a population of about 9,000. The city has modern hotels, many fine residences, an outstanding museum and public buildings. The biggest low grade quartz mine in the United States or Alaska is located here. It is seen on the side of the 4,000-foot Mount Juneau, overlooking the city. Gold recovery from this mine was only around 83 cents per ton of ore. Juneau does not reckon her history from the sealing days, but from 1880 when Joe Juneau and Fred Harris, who had been grubstaked by a Sitka Mining Engineer called Pliz, came north with the frenzied horde of men seeking the gleaming gold nuggets in the Klondike. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1908. The territorial museum is a must for every visitor. It has the world's finest collection of Russian, Eskimo and Aleutian art. In it is a copy of the document of the purchase of Alaska from Czar Alexander II of Russia by United States of America in 1867. Grand Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake are about a 14- mile drive. 12:30 a.m. D.S.T. — Leave Juneau. We retrace our course through Gastineau Channel as far as Mar- mion Island and into Stephens Passage. During the night we will cruise Lynn Canal, which Captain Vancouver named after King's Lynn, his home in England. 6:00-8:00 a.m. D.S.T. - We are now «*.»%/! sailing through Chilkoot Inlet IJAY I and passing the town of Haines fTfl VHi I and the old Chilkoot barracks. A road connects this town with the famed Alcan Highway. Skagway is our next port of call. 9:00 a.m. D.S.T.-Arrive Skagway, that magic name indelibly engraved on the world's memory. This is the gateway to the real glamour north. To this town in '98 came gold seekers from all over the world - bearded, full-bodied men, slim downy-cheeked youngsters, soft-bosomed, hard- eyed women, the crook, the gambler, the adventurer and the miner. They came not to remain in Skagway. Here they outfitted for the hard trek across the White Pass to bonanza creeks of the Yukon. Ghosts of the days when gold dust and nuggets were standard currency for ham and eggs still haunt this town. Here, fortunes were risked on the turn of a card and human life became the cheapest commodity on the trail. Now tourists can take the train from Skagway over the same route as the gold seekers toiled toward the gold fields beyond. But Skagway has other surprises besides the grave of Soapy Smith and the poems of Robert Service and the tales of Jack London. During the short summer, nature works wonders in this arctic soil. Endless days result in rapid plant life growth. They reach sizes three times bigger than the normal "outside". After the vessel arrives at Skagway, the White Pass & Yukon Route's narrow-gauge train will leave for Carcross and return. This train is powered by a modern diesel unit and is equipped with parlour car coaches. The route is through mountain gorges on parts of "The Trail of '98", through tunnels and over bridges through the White Pass, thence over the top of mountains (elevation 2900 feet) to Lake Bennett where stop is made for lunch. From Bennett the line follows Lake Bennett for 36 miles to Carcross, Yukon Territory. The train is turned at this point and returned to Skagway, in time for dinner on board "Princess Patricia". This is an optional trip for $23.50 (subject to change) U.S. funds or equivalent in Canadian funds which includes round trip transportation in parlor car accommodation and lunch at Lake Bennett. If you have not already purchased tickets for this optional trip, arrangements may be completed at the Purser's office. Camera fans should carry plenty of film as there is much opportunity for interesting photography. Passengers who do not take the trip to Carcross will be served lunch on board "Princess Patricia" if they so desire. After dinner the citizens of Skagway provide special entertainment for the passengers at Eagles Hall, with the theme of Robert Service's poem, "Shooting of Dan McGrew". Bring your cameras with flashes, and get some shots of the "Can Can Girls". Time of departure will be posted on the ship's bulletin board. 5thMYl 10:00-12:00 Noon D.S.T.-Sail by the entrance to Tracy and Endi- cott Arms. We now turn south and proceed down Lynn Canal across Frederick Sound and enter Wrangell Narrows, arriving about 1:30 p.m. D.S.T. at Wrangell. Near the Entrance of Wrangell Narrows on the Port side is the little town of Petersburg, population 1,500. 10 11 The industry is fishing and the population is predominantly Scandinavian. This is a very scenic passage as we navigate the ensuing 22 miles of intricate waterways. Parts of these waterways are so narrow you can throw a stone across them. Mitkof Island is on the Port side and Kupreanof Island is to Starboard. Have your camera ready here for good northern scenery. Looking back through the Entrance of the Narrows at Petersburg, if the weather is clear, you may see a high mountain peak, called the Devil's Thumb, rising oven 9,000 feet. Further South is tbe Needles, 10,000.feet high. These are also boundary markers, defining the boundary between British Columbia and Alaska Pan-handle. 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. D.S.T. - Arrive at the town of Wrangell. Population 1,800. On the wharf we are met by the Wrangell High School Band. The industry is Fishing and Lumbering. It was founded by the Russians in 1831, and later in the year 1834 became known as Fort Dionisyus. Nothing remains of the Russian occupation. It has excellent curio shops. About one mile from the ship, Chief Shakes Indian Community House, with its totem poles and Indian lore, may be found. The people here, like all Alaskans, are very friendly. The children come down to meet the ship on arrival. See them on the wharf with their Mother's baking pans. They contain Garnet stones, from a local deposit. They sell for 10c or as much as the market will bear. Have some fun! This is your last Alaskan Port, so get your letters mailed. This afternoon, we sail for Kitimat, B.C. During the evening we sail down Clarence Strait and pass Ketchikan about 9 p.m. We will cross Dixon Entrance about midnight. 6th 8 a.m. - We have been steaming -^#1 thru Granville Channel, one of T\\ AV I the beauty spots of the "inside Ir f» ■ I passage". It is a long narrow passageway, with high mountains on each side, covered by a lush green forest, intersected by ribbons of waterfalls, and rushing waterways. We will soon turn hard to Port and head north again, this is Douglas Channel, another beautiful waterway, at the head of which is located the community of Kitimat, sixty miles from the open sea. This is a new town carved out of the forest about 1952, and is the site of the giant factory of the Aluminum Company of Canada. To-night we will proceed south thru Douglas Channel and Fraser Reach, passing the fishing village of Butedale about midnight. To-night is also gala night aboard ship. The Captain's Dinner is featured, providing the ladies a chance to "Dress up". Dinner is followed by a "Hat Parade" at 9 p.m., and dance. 7a 0M We will enter Queen Charlotte Sound approximately 9:00 a.m., and will arrive at Alert Bay at approximately 3 p.m. If local conditions are favourable a landing will be made at this interesting little port. Announcements will be made in this connection just prior to arrival. Alert Bay is the Transportation centre for the surrounding district and has a large Indian population. These people are very proud of their heritage and have recently completed a new Indian Lodge where ceremonial dances are held. Whenever possible every effort will be made to have this interesting ceremony performed for the benefit of the passengers. Announcements in this regard will be made as soon as confirmation can be obtained. Across from the dock you will observe the Indian Cemetery, in the grounds of which are some very fine specimens of Totem Poles, in good condition. Bring your camera. The white buildings on the left is the Hospital. Time of departure will be announced. 8th -^ m\\i\\ Breakfast for the first sitting nAY 7:00 a.m. Ir™" I Have your last-minute packing completed before breakfast as the steward will be calling at your room for your baggage - Time to say "Au Revoir" and obtain the address of new friends before arriving Vancouver at 9.30 a.m. DST. We sincerely hope you have enjoyed our cruise aboard the "Princess Patricia" to the "Land of the Midnight Sun" and that we shall meet again soon. PRINCE RUPERT B.C. The City of Prince Rupert, population 12,000, is situated on Kaien Island. It is particularly noted for its fishing. Two great northern Salmon rivers are located to the north and south of it, the Naas River to the North and the Skeena River to the South. Prince Rupert has the world's largest Cold Storage Plant for fish. During the fishing season, long refrigerated fish trains can be seen moving eastward to markets in North America. To the seaward, the continental shelf provides a wonderful feeding ground for the Halibut and in the fall of the year shoals of herring invade the coastal inlets. Not only is this city a distributing centre for the north country but it is also the terminus of 12 13 Provincial Highway Number 6 from Prince George, five hundred miles to the Eastward. This is also the southern terminus of the Alaska sea-ferry service connecting with the Alaska highway at Haines, Alaska, via Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau. The name Prince Rupert was selected from a competition by school children and is derived from English History at the time of James 1st (1670). Approximately 12 miles out from the city the Columbia Cellulose Company has established a large pulp and paper plant at Port Edwards, which has steadied the economy considerably for this area. Prince Rupert also has a large grain elevator where grain from the Prairie Provinces is stored before export overseas, mainly to the Orient. The City has a totem Pole Park, where specimens of early Indian Art are found. These are principally from the Queen Charlotte Islands and are made by the Haida Indians. The City Museum is well worth a visit. It boasts an interesting display of Indian Art and articles of pioneer days. KETCHIKAN, Alaska Ketchikan is your first port in Alaska on this cruise. It is a city of approximately 10,000 people, situated on Revillagigedo Island. Like Prince Rupert its economy is also based on the Fishing and Pulp and Paper Industries. It was founded in 1880 by Mark Martin, a sawmill operator. At one time Ketchikan had 12 fish canneries operating in its vicinity, but now, in light of more modern methods of refrigeration, fish are kept in cold storage until they are required. The city has modern apartment blocks, two of which are nine stories high. It has T.V. and a Radio Station, large schools, and new shopping centres. Saxman Park has some very good examples of Indian Totem Poles, Curios and photographic stores are on the main street. Daily Aircraft flights carrying passengers and mail, land on Annette Island and keep Ketchikan in direct contact with the outside world. WRANGELL, Alaska Wrangell, situated on Wrangell Island near the mouth of the Stikine River, is a fishing and lumbering town of 1500 people. It was first founded by the Russians in 1831 and in 1834 and was known then as Fort Dionisyus. It was first settled by Russian Cossacks, who found they were unable to farm the surrounding country. There is little or nothing left of the old Russian occupation, at the present day. Wrangell is surrounded by hills of virgin forest overlooking a beautiful wide bay, known as Etolin Bay which sometimes is the setting for fantasticly 14 colourful sunsets. Gardens abound and beautiful flowers grow in the damp soil which seems to suit them so well. Dahlias, pansies, and wild sitka (purple) roses do very well here. The people are very friendly and the town has a settled look about it. Curios stores are on the main street. JUNEAU, Alaska Juneau, the Capital of Alaska, is situated on Gastineau Channel; is a city of 9000 people. It was first founded in 1881 by the discoverer of gold - Joseph Juneau, a French Canadian. For many years the city prospered on the operation of two large gold mines, the Treadwell Mines at Douglas, on the opposite shore to Juneau. However, both mines are now closed and Juneau biggest industry is being the capital, the seat of the various government agencies. A fish cold storage plant operates full time and a lumber mill processes timber for the area. Aircraft fly in and out of Juneau to neighbouring cities, such as Sitka, Anchorage and Fairbanks, making Juneau the transportation centre. The Baranof Hotel in the centre of the city is a modern structure, and is the social centre for community activities. Eighteen miles out of Juneau by way of a modern highway, lies the Mendenhall Glacier, a large expanse of frozen ice. The Government recently completed a fine Observation building, where one can get an excellent view of this vast expanse of ice. Sightseeing buses take passengers from the ship to the Mendenhall Glacier and back for a moderate charge. The Glacier drains into Auk Lake, where the beautiful log Presbyterian church nestles on the shore. This is a wonderful spot for the camera fans to shoot some typical northern scenery. 15 In the evening the curio shops are open for the tourist. One of the musts is to pay a visit to the State's Museum, located on the third floor of the Administrative Building. Here displays of local Indian Art; such as totem poles, Eskimo Ivory, and samples of minerals, as well as wild animal life of the north are on view. SKAGWAY, Alaska Skagway, with a population of approximately 500, is located at the head of the Lynn Canal, and known in history as the gateway to the rich Klondike Rush of 1896-98. It was here that tens of thousand people disembarked from ships and made their way over the Chilkoot Train to Lake Bennett and down the Yukon River to Dawson. It was also here that the famous character "Soapy Smith" held the town in his grip and by means of games of chance and fraud, relieved the traveller of his hard-earned gold nuggets. In time he stirred up some opposition and a vigilante committee was established. One night the town's people held their meeting on the end of the wharf to decide"what to do with Soapy and his men. At the entrance to the wharf, a man named Reid stood guard at a point where the dock joined the shore. Here "Soapy" in a angry mood met Reid. Reid would not let him through to the meeting at the end of the Dock...both men fired simultaneously and Soapy died soon after - Reid a few days later as a result of his wound. They were buried in a little cemetery not far from the White Pass Railway Round House, and for years people have come to see "Soapy's" grave. Chips of stone have been removed so many times from his grave stone that new stones had to be installed. Strange as it may seem, Reid, the man who saved the town, received little attention, but the stories of the many sided "Soapy" has lived on to be one of the memorable characters of the North. Commercially, Skagway is to this day, as in the past, the jumping off place to entrain for Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. All Canadian cargo for the Yukon comes up by ship and is discharged at Skagway for reloading into the little Freight Cars of the White Pass & Yukon Railway. Many town buildings constructed at the turn of the Century show their date of architecture by the overhead balconies and fancy cornices. Scenically it is nicely located on the delta of the Skagway River with towering mountains on both sides, capped with the eternal snows. Flowers bloom profusely, and lupins and fireweed are in season everywhere. 16 KITIMAT, B.C. Kitimat is a new community, situated at the head of Douglas Channel, approximately 60 miles from the sea, whose entire economy is based on the manufacture of aluminum ingots. It is a romantic story of the uniting of natural elements with modern science to produce a product that can be sold at competitive prices on the world markets. The basic requirement of this industry is intense heat. Heat can be made from coal, gas, even atomic power. Here in this relatively isolated area the Aluminum Company was able to obtain water rights from the British Columbia Government giving them access to abundant hydro-electric power. This was a huge capital investment for a private Company, but with the heavy annual rainfall, tremendous river and lake systems in the interior of the Province, a constant source of power was available without the use of a pound of coal or any other allied heating agency. To reduce the Kitimat story to a few facts, here is what happened. In 1951, when it was decided to go ahead with the project, it was divided into four essential parts. First the construction of the Kennedy Dam, (third largest earth filled dam in the world) which diverted the flow of the rivers and lakes of this area of the interior from the upper regions of the Thompson and Fraser River Systems to Tahtsa Lake. Second a tunnel ten miles long and twenty-five feet wide was drilled thru a mountain to drain the waters of Tahtsa Lake with a fall of water some two thousand feet. At Kemano Bay a Power House was built into the mountain for the generation of the power, amounting to over one-million horse-power. Thirdly, a transmission line was built over five thousand foot mountains for a distance of fifty miles. Fourthly, the building of the town of Kitimat itself. This is a modern community equipped with everything a city of 10,000 people would have, modern schools, shopping centres, Churches and Hospitals, all laid out in accordance with modern town planning. Deep sea docks were built to accommodate the aluminum ore ships that come in from the West Indies via the Panama Canal. Branch roads and rail lines connect with its neighboring community of Terrace on highway 16 and the Canadian National Railways System. Between these two centres lies Lakelse, a favourite natural Hot Spring Spa of great beauty. Special excursion by bus to Lakelse, also a tour of Kitimat will be available, announcements will be made from the Purser's Office, in this regard. 17 ALERT BAY, B.C. Alert Bay is a community of some 1500 persons, situated on an Island approximately 175 miles north of Vancouver on the main shipping route of the famous "inside passage" to Alaska. It is also the home of one of the larger and more progressive Indian tribes of the coast, as well as being a transportation centre for the area. Considerable fishing and logging is done by its inhabitants. A large Indian residential school is maintained by the government. The community is also served by a hospital, Wireless and Radio Telephone Station. 18 NOTES INFORMATION AND CUSTOMS NORTHBOUND-All passengers must proceed through U.S. Immigration inspection at Ketchikan and should have available suitable identification and proof of citizenship. SOUTHBOUND-All passengers must proceed through Canadian Customs and Immigration inspection immediately upon disembarking at Vancouver and should have available suitable identification and proof of citizenship. Canadian passengers who have made purchases in Alaska exceeding $5.00, should complete usual declaration form available at Purser's office for delivery to Customs officer, and have goods available for inspection. SAFETY INFORMATION The "Princess Patricia", registered in Canada, meets International Safety Standards for new ships developed in 1960, and meets the 1966 fire safety requirements. 20 TRAINS/TRUCKS/SHIPS/PLANES/HOTELS/TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORLD'S MOST COMPLETE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM )1968 &K Daily 2% Bulletin CANADIAN PACIFIC B.C. COAST STEAMSHIP SERVICE Canadian Pacific Railway B. C. Coast Steamship Service DAILY BULLETIN « "oreworc » » This Bulletin is for your information and to assist you in locating the various points of interest which can be seen from the steam ship. The times shown are necessarily approximate, exact time of arrival at and departure from way ports will be posted on ship's bulletin board. A large chart of the route is displayed in the Social Hall on which the ship's position will be posted daily. Do not miss the notices on the Bulletin Board, they will be of interest to you. FIRST DAY July 31 — 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Our ship sails from Pier "D" and passes out of Vancouver Harbour through First Narrows. A few miles beyond on the right or "starboard" side is Point Atkinson Lighthouse. The point on the left or "port" side is Point Grey with the buildings of the University of British Columbia near the point. After passing Point Atkinson, * the steamship turns northwest along the Strait of Georgia following the Vancouver Island shore. Between 1:00 and 2:00 p.m. we pass Texada Island, a long narrow Island on the starboard side on the north end of which is located Blubber Shortly before dinner, Cape Mudge light on Quadra Island is on the right and we then proceed along Discovery Passage through Seymour Narrows, the narrowest point between Vancouver Island and the Islands off the mainland. A strong tide runs through the narrows due to the ebb and flow of the tide around the north end of Vancouver Island and the passage is usually made only at the time of slack water. During the late evening and night the vessel proceeds along Johnstone Straits, with Vancouver Island on the left and the mainland and adjacent islands on the right. A large number of logging camps are located on the Vancouver Island shore, from which logs are rafted and towed to the sawmills on the Lower Island and Mainland. About 11:00 p.m. the village of Alert Bay may be seen on the right, a small village on Cormorant Island. No landing will be made on northbound trip but on our return voyage from Skagway, sufficient time will be allowed at Alert Bay to visit the Indian Cemetery with its many Totem poles reminding us of bygone days, and the Church of England Indian Residential School and Hospital. During the night for about three hours we cross Queen Charlotte Sound, the longest stretch of open water on the entire voyage. At the entrance to the Sound is Pine Island Lighthouse on the right and two thirds of the way across is Egg Island light also on the right. SECOND DAY August 1—9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. A stop of two hours will be made at Ocean Falls, the site of a large pulp and paper mill, owned and operated by the Pacific Mills Limited. Ocean Falls is situated at the head of Cousins Inlet about 311 miles north of Vancouver and 180 miles south of Prince Rupert. The port is open to navigation the year around and accomodation is provided for the largest ocean freight steamships. The Company was incorporated in the year 1915, the mill having a daily production of about 325 tons of ground wood, sulphite and sulphate pulp and about 300 tons of newsprint, kraft wrapping and other papers which are shipped to all parts of the world. August 1—11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Leaving Ocean Falls we proceed South along Dean Channel and through Johnson Channel to Seaforth Channel thence along Graham Reach and Fraser Reach during the afternoon, a long narrow stretch of sheltered water with Princess Royal Island on the left and the mainland on the right, thence through Grenville Channel during the late afternoon, with Pitt Island on the left and the mainland on the right. During the night we pass Prince Rupert on the right and several hours later cross the International Boundary and enter Alaska waters. THIRD DAY August 2—8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Ketchikan, our first call in Alaska. A stop of about two hours will be sufficient to visit the most interesting places including the Falls, a short distance from the wharf where, from the bridge, can be seen in the late Summer, large numbers of salmon ascending the River. About 15 salmon canneries are located in the vicinity of Ketchikan which is one of the most important fishing centres in the North and the outfitting point for the Halibut fleet operating in the Gulf of Alaska. Ketchikan is an enterprising and modern City with a population of about 4000. August 2—10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Leaving Ketchikan we proceed south along the Tongass Narrows for about twenty miles and enter the Behm Canal thence northward along this beautiful stretch of water with Revilla Gigedo Island on the left and the mainland of Alaska on the right, passing on the left a sharp pinnacle of rock known as the Eddystone Rock, rising 250 feet above the water and cruise into the beautiful landlocked Rudyard Bay, frequently called the Punch Bowl with a magnificent panorama of mountains on all sides. Further along the Canal is Walker Cove, a narrow and tortuous stretch of water about seven miles long with the most impressive mountain scenery. During the late afternoon we pass Behm Narrows and about 6:00 p.m. turn northerly along Clarence Strait, the main channel to tjje North. FOURTH DAY August 3—Daylight to 12:00 noon During the early morning hours we pass through Wrangell Narrows with Point Alexander Lighthouse on the right, a narrow tortuous Channel about twenty miles long between Kupreanof Island on the left and Mitkof Island on the right. The channel is well marked with buoys and beacons and ship passes at half speed through some very beautiful scenery. At the north end of the Narrows, on the right lies the old town of Petersburg, settled originally in the days of the Russian occupancy and now a flourishing fishing centre. After leaving the north end of Wrangell Narrows many small icebergs may be seen ahead of and to the right of the vessel. The bergs have broken away from the Baird and Patterson Glaciers, both of which can be seen clearly in fair weather. After passing Petersburg a beautiful panorama of mountain scenery opens before us. Passing Proleway Point light on the left we enter Frederick Sound, to the northwest can be seen the Devil's Thumb, a sharp needle of rock 9,077 feet high located on the International Boundary line, further south the Needles, 10,002 feet high and Castle Mountain 7,325 feet high. All of these peaks are located on the International Boundary line. In the late afternoon we enter Taku Inlet diverging from the main channel enroute to the Glacier. August 3—12:00 noon to 2:30 p.m. We now steam to within a few feet of the magnificent TAKU GLACIER (pronounced Ta-koo). This immense river of ice about a mile wide on its face and 200 to 300 feet high, has its origin in the perpetual ice-fields to the East of the Coast Range in British Columbia, running for 90 miles before entering the sea. Small bergs are continually breaking off from the main body and may be encountered for a considerable distance south of Taku Inlet. On the left is the dead or receding Norris Glacier. August 3—2:30 p.m. to 12 midnight A 25-mile run from the Glacier brings us to Juneau, Capital of Alaska, on Gastineau Channel. On the right as we enter is the town of Thane. On the left, on Douglas Island, is the famous Treadwell Mine, flooded by a cave-in during 1917 and not since operated. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas and near the end of the Channel lies Juneau, the Capital of Alaska, population about 5000. There are splendid stores and curio shops, modern hotels and many beautiful residences and public buildings. On the side of Mount Roberts overlooking the City can be seen the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, the largest gold quartz mill in the United States or Alaska with a capacity of 10,000 tons of ore per day. A motor trip of 14 miles will take you to the Great Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake and the territorial museum with its splendid collection of Eskimo Curios is well worth a visit. Juneau was founded in the 80's and became capital of Alaska in 1900 but executive offices were not removed from Sitka until 1906. FIFTH DAY August 4 — Daylight to 9:00 a.m. During the early morning hours a magnificent panorama of mountains and glaciers can be viewed from the deck as our vessel passes along the Lynn Canal, at the extreme end of which is located Skagway, the end of our sea voyage and the gateway to the Yukon. Connection is made with trains of the White Pass and Yukon Route for Lake Bennett, Carcross and Whitehorse and at Carcross connection is made with their Lake steamship to West Taku Arm. Skagway has a population of about 500 and is almost surrounded by mountains. Principal points of interest are Reid's Falls, Dewey Falls, Dewey Lake, Alpine Ridge and Skagway Park and numerous relics of the Trail of '98 to the Klondyke Gold Fields. SIXTH DAY August 5 — 7:00 p.m. to midnight Leaving Skagway at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time we proceed south along the Lynn Canal and Chatham Straits and during the early morning hours enter Peril Straits enroute to Sitka. SEVENTH DAY August 6—11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sitka—The former Capital, and the oldest settlement in South Eastern Alaska. The first post was established in 1799 and in 1802 sacked, burned and completely destroyed by the Indians. Among the principal points of interest are the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. Michael, the park with its picturesque Totem poles, the reconstructed block house and many other relics of the early days. EIGHTH DAY August 7—10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. During the night we have passed along Peril Straits and Chatham Straits and arrived at Wrangell, an old settlement established by the Russians and named after Baron von Wrangell, one of the ablest Russian Governors in Alaska. A few miles North of Wrangell, is the mouth of the Stikine River, navigable for 185 miles to Telegraph Creek, the outfitting point for big game hunters, entering the famous Cassiar District of British Columbia. A regular weekly gas boat service is operated between Wrangell and Telegraph Creek during the summer season. Interesting curio stores and some splendid Totem poles make our short stop a pleasant one. August 7—7:30 p.m. to 12 midnight The evening is spent in Ketchikan giving an opportunity to visit the many interesting points in the vicinity. NINTH DAY August 8 — 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Prince Rupert with its population of about 8000 is the largest city in Northern British Columbia. Having direct rail connection with Eastern Canada, Prince Rupert is the shipping point for large quantities of fish. Cold storage plant and Government drydock are both well worth a visit. August 8 — 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. A short stop is made at Butedale on Princess Royal Island for the purpose of visiting a salmon cannery in operation. TENTH DAY August 9—10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, with its totem poles and Indian Schools is one of the oldest missionary settlements on the British Columbia Coast. August 9 — 8:00 p.m. to midnight Powell River the site of a pulp mill, owned and operated by the Powell River Company, one of the most modern pulp mills in North America, has a daily output of almost 600 tons of newsprint. An opportunity will be furnished to those who wish, to visit the plant. ELEVENTH DAY August 10— A short stop will be made at Nanaimo,. city of about 8000 on Vancouver Island, forty miles from Vancouver, and the gateway to the many pleasure resorts of Vancouver Island. A beautiful drive has been arranged to Cathedral Grove, a splendid stand of timber, returning via Qualicum Beach, one of British Columbia's beauty spots for those who wish to avail themselves of this opportunity. At 1:30 p.m. we arrive at Vancouver, the largest city in British Columbia, where connections can be made with Canadian Pacific trains for the Canadian Rockies and Eastern Canada or the United States also with Canadian Pacific steamships for Victoria and Seattle. OceTr"1 **•* ULTNEY POINT LIGHTHOUSE ALERT BAY •$ GILFORD ISLAND 'CAMPBELL RIVER • VALDES ISLAND CAPE M.UDGE DENMAN ISLAND | m HORNBY ISLAND * TEXADA ISLAND Southbound: Only deviation shown in blue. Only deviation shown in blue. O^L B0WEN ISLAND * ^-"^OINT ATKINSON 1 VANCOUVER GULF OF ^_n GEORGIA/ 0^% ALASKA ROUTE - PRINCESS PATRICIA WHITEHORSE DAVIDSON GLACIER MENDENHALL GLACIER JUNEAU FINGERS LIGHTHOUSE ^ & KUPREANOF ^ ISLAND \\ + D£VIL'S THUMB CAPE DECISION *#WRANGELL \\ ^C jjARD ISLAND IKETCHIKAW ANNETTE %:; ISLAND % Canada " teTREE POINT LIGHTHOUSE KA LORD ROCK LIGHT °I*0N ENTRANCE ? HBBBBhhH PRINCES! PATRICIA PARTICULARS OF VESSEL Gross tonnage 6000 tons Length 373 ft. 9 in. Breadth 56 feet Draught 15 ft. 7 in. Horsepower 15,500 Maximum speed 23.5 knots FULLY AIR CONDITIONED DISTANCES IN STATUTE MILES NORTHBOUND Vancouver to Prince Rupert 548 Prince Rupert to Ketchikan 106 Ketchikan to Juneau 327 Juneau to Skagway 115 1096 SOUTHBOUND Skagway to Wrangell 267 Wrangell to Kitimat 329 Kitimat to Vancouver 504 1100 TOTAL STATUTE MILES VANCOUVER TO SKAGWAY & RETURN 2196 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Regarding Ship's Services MAIL- Mail received on board will be delivered to staterooms as soon as received. Outgoing mail properly stamped may be placed in the box by the Purser's office. Mail going ashore at Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Kitimat, B.C., must bear Canadian stamps which can be obtained from the Canadian stamp-vending machine by the newsstand. Mail going ashore at Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Wrangell in Alaska must bear U.S. stamps which can be obtained from the U.S. stamp-vending machine, also by the newsstand. Rates for postage when mailed from Vancouver, Prince Rupert and Kitimat, B.C. to Canadian points are: Postcards 4 cents, letters 5 cents. Postcards and the average letters to Canadian destinations are usually handled by airmail wherever possible without additional charge. Rates to U.S. points by surface carrier: postcards 4 cents, letters 5 cents. By airmail: postcards or letters 8 cents. Rates for postage when mailed from Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway or Wrangell to Canadian or U.S. points by surface carrier: postcards 4 cents, letters 5 cents. By airmail: postcards 6 cents, letters 8 cents. There is daily airmail service from the points mentioned in Alaska. BATHS - If your room is not equipped with bath please check with stewardess (women) or bellboy (men) who will arrange your bath schedule. LIBRARY - The library is attended by the Social Hostess, and is situated in the Forward Observation Room. Library hours will be posted on the Bulletin Board. LAUNDRY & VALET SERVICE-An automatic self-service laundry is available aboard. There is also laundry and dry-cleaning service available at shore establishments at Prince Rupert and Juneau. Please check with Bellboy. SEATS IN THE DINING ROOM - When entering the Dining Room for the first luncheon, please present your meal coupon to the Steward at Dining Room entrance and he will assign your table and seat, which will be yours for the complete cruise. DEPARTURE TIMES - Please check Departure Times on the blackboard at the head of the gangway before going ashore at Ports of Call. Don't Miss the Ship. WARNING WHISTLE - A half hour before departure — 2 long blasts; 15 minutes before — one long blast; at cast off — one short toot. BINGO CARDS - After the first Luncheon you will be handed a Bingo Card by the hostess - it is called "get acquainted Bingo". The Hostess will show you what to do. Please retain these cards until called for. DECK GAMES - Shuffleboard - Ping-Pong. Horse Racing and regular Bingo games will be held as announced. A Hat Parade and dance will be held the night leaving Kitimat southbound. CAUTION RE-ACCIDENTS ABOARD - Please remember that because of the peculiar construction of a ship, it is necessary to have high sills at each outside doorway, leading out on deck, and smaller ones inside. All stairs are steep so use hand-rails. Special word for those wearing double focus glasses and high heel shoes: Be careful! NEWSSTAND - Situated forward on the Promenade Deck. BEAUTY PARLOUR - Situated midships on the Promenade Deck. Please consult attendant regarding appointments. RADIO SERVICE - Messages should be filed with Marconi Operator at the Wireless Room. LOST ARTICLES - Apply at the Purser's Office. VALUABLES - Deposit with Purser for safekeeping. BULLETIN BOARDS - Notices of daily activities will be posted each day. ELEVATOR - Self-service between the Upper, Promenade and Boat Decks only. BAGGAGE - Announcements regarding baggage will be made evening before arrival at Vancouver. FIRE & BOAT DRILL - At 11 A.M. on the first morning northbound, the Master will announce Fire & Boat Drill. This is a practice drill only and will acquaint you with procedures. Listen carefully to the instructions. DIVINE SERVICES - A nondenominational Protestant service will be held on board each Sunday when and if there is a clergyman available. Similarly Holy Mass will be celebrated if a Roman Catholic priest is aboard. MEAL Breakfast - 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. HOURS: Lunch -first sitting 12:00 noon second sitting 1:00 p.m. Dinner -first sitting 6:00 p.m. second sitting 7:00 p.m. Afternoon Tea Available 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Night Lunch Available 10:30 -11:30 p.m. Early morning coffee available in the After Social Hall 5:00a.m. All Times shown (Pacific) Daylight Saving Time. Punctuality at meals is essential for the benefit of all passengers. COCKTAIL LOUNGE - "PRINCESS ROOM" - Forward on the Boat Deck - Open 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m., except Sundays and while the vessel is in port. DAILY BULLETIN 9:00 p.m. D.S.T. - We glide slowly out of Vancouver harbour on our first lap of this unique cruise to Alaskan ports, once scenes of violent adventure in the mysterious land of the silent seas. For the next few days all the facilities of our services are at your convenience to make this voyage a memorable one. This bulletin will help you identify places of interest as we cruise through deep Inside Passage waters. We follow the wake of intrepid Russian, Spanish ana British explorers and adventurers who sought in vain for a northwest waterway from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Glance back at the beautiful setting as we leave Vancouver harbour in the closing dusk. Less than 80 years ago it was desolate bushland. The Lions' Gate suspension bridge divides Vancouver harbour from the Gulf of Georgia. In 1792, Captain George Vancouver, a British naval officer and explorer extraordinary, sailed north on this same course aboard an 80-foot sloop, H.M.S. "Discovery". He named the gulf after King George III, who backed his hardy venture. Soon we pass Point Atkinson lighthouse on our right (starboard). Around us are chunky boats of salmon fishermen; plodding tugs with tows of spruce, fir and cedar rafts; deep-sea ships arriving with exotic cargoes from distant world ports. This lighthouse is their guiding beacon to a safe harbour. Also to starboard is the placid, deep water cutoff to Howe Sound. The explorer named this for Admiral Richard Howe, who was then Commander in Chief of America and a close friend of Benjamin Franklin. On the starboard hand also, we pass close to the shore of Bowen Island, a popular summer resort. 7:00 a.m. D.S.T. io — We are now in Johnstone Straits. The mountain- ■^ M\\/ girt, heavily wooded shoreline on If AY our left (port), is vast Vancouver Vi* Island, 282 miles long and 60 miles wide. It was first discovered by the famed Spanish explorer, Senor Bodega y Quadra in 1775. He came up from Lima, Peru, in a 36-foot boat, built of green timbers.This is just about the same length as our life boats. He named this Quadra Island. When Captain Vancouver arrived later, the island was ceded to Great Britain, and the name changed to Vancouver Island. To its shores came Dutch, Portuguese, Chinese and Russian traders. They sought fabulous fortunes from sea otter pelts, which Indian tribes were using for teepees. They left on record behind them a saga of pillage and brutality which has never been equalled to this day. They also sought gold, and massacred entire Indian villages in their madness for this precious metal. These were the pioneers of civilization through this vast territory, although this was incidental to their real motives. Now the coast of Vancouver Island is dotted with fishing villages and logging camps. 10:30 a.m. D.S.T. - Look to starboard for Alert Bay, an old Indian Village bristling with totem poles. Here the Government maintains a large residential school. It is also the transportation centre for fishing and logging operations of the surrounding district. 1:30-4:30 p.m. D.S.T. - In Queen Charlotte Sound, our first stretch of open water, our ship has struck her real travel beat. With each turn of the propeller, civilization falls behind and we move into the unchanged world of the primitive. Voyagers who keep a sharp lookout may see whales blowing as they frolic through the Pacific. In the distance to port, like a stationary cloud, is the northern tip of Vancouver Island. It was in this Sound, named after Queen Charlotte Sophia, wife of King George III, that Captain Vancouver ran his "Discovery" aground and fought off fierce Haida Indians who came in huge red cedar canoes to plunder his ship. brig. From these waters he got 580 sea otter skins from the natives, which he sold in China for $20,500. 7:30 p.m. D.S.T. - Pass Bella Bella and enter Milbanke Sound at 8:30 p.m. ZdDM 5:00-7:00 p.m. D.S.T. - Now we are in Fitzhugh Sound, named by James Hanna, an enterprising English trader who operated on the China coast in 1785. He sailed across the Pacific in a 60-ton 6 I 7:00-8:30 a.m. D.S.T. - Now we are at the mouth of the famous Skeena River, at whose source far in the interior of British Columbia, salmon spawn. This river has on its banks more canneries than any other river in the world. Strange as it may seem, Captain Vancouver missed the mouth of the Skeena when he came along the same route we now sail. We will cruise past Hammer Island, Glenn Island, Lawyer's Lighthouse and Holland rock, and enter Prince Rupert harbour with Digby Island to port, passing Watson Island, site of a 40-million-dollar celanese plant. The island actually lies in a slough of the Skeena River. During the War Watson was an ammunition dump for United States forces in Alaska. 9:00-12:00 Noon D.S.T. - Prince Rupert, 40 miles from the Alaska Boundary, with a population of 12,000, boasts the world's largest cold storage plant. From it thousands of pounds of halibut and salmon, caught in the channels and sound through which we travel, are shipped by air, rail and steamer to all parts of the world. Ten miles from the city is the 300-ton-a-day Columbia Cellulose mill. As the most northern city in British Columbia it is a rail head to eastern Canada. 12:00-3:00 p.m. D.S.T. - We retrace our passage round Digby Island to Chatham Sound, named by Captain Vancouver after the small ship H.M.S. "Chatham" which accompanied him on his voyage of exploration. About 1 p.m. we should pass Lucy Island. It is claimed that the British explorer named this islet after his sweetheart in England. However, he died a bachelor. He was only 33 years old when he sailed from Falmouth, England, on this voyage. In these waters which we cruise in a few days, Vancouver spent five years "feeling" his way and suffering grim hardships and privation. The British Government had a standing reward of Twenty Thousand Pounds (about $50,000) for the first person who returned with proof of the long-dreamed waterway through the North American continent from Pacific to Atlantic. Oddly enough, a passage was finally discovered in 1946. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arctic patrol ship St. Roche finally conquered the northern route, but had to go thousands of miles north through the Arctic circle. 2:30 p.m. D.S.T.-We pass Green Island lighthouse on the starboard hand and enter Holiday Passage passing Holiday Light, the last Canadian navigational aid, where the crew of the "Dis- covery" was given a few days' holiday before pushing farther northward, and enter Dixon Entrance, another stretch of Pacific sea. This entrance was named by the enterprising trader George Dixon, another English trader who came across from China many years before Captain Vancouver arrived. Dixon saw the priceless sea otter pelts in China where he was trading. They made an excellent luxury companion for those priceless Mandarin silks. He was told the pelts had come across from Siberia. That the Russians had traded them for tea. Dixon had a successful voyage to this coast. From the Tlingit Indians he collected 2,552 sea otter pelts which he sold for $54,875. These enterprising traders considered the six hundred percent profit they made on these trips a fair return for their courage and investments which were usually a few cheap trinkets for the natives. About 3:30 p.m. D.S.T. - We cross the boundary waters which separate Alaska from British Columbia. The first light in Alaskan waters is Lord Island. 5:30-6:30 p.m. D.S.T.-We are cruising Revitlagi- gedo Channel, named after the Viceroy of New Spain (Mexico). Here Captain Vancouver and his companion Puget (after whom Puget Sound is named) were almost stoned to death by a tribe of hostile Indians. From the tall cliffs that tower above us, the natives pelted the explorers with rocks as they rowed back to the "Discovery" anchored in this channel. They had come ashore in a row boat to examine rock formations which might contain gold. While lounging on deck, it will take little imagination to picture Indians and Aleutians, paddling through these waters chanting weird songs, long before the white man knew of this continent. We are now moving into areas which still retain the mark of Baranof, fabulous "Russian King of Alaska", who came down from the eternal ice fields of Siberia in 1740, to establish a chain of fur trading forts through the Alaskan panhandle. During this period of expansion, there were 60-odd trading companies all at each other's throats, establishing forts and having them blown up by rival companies in this frantic rush for pelts. 6:30 p.m. D.S.T.-Angle Point. United States Immigration officers will board our ship from a motor launch. Before disembarking at Ketchikan, our next port of call, all passengers will present their immigration cards and pass inspection. 7:30 p.m. D.S.T. — Ketchikan. This Alaskan city of 9,000 population is the centre of the fishing industry of South East Alaska. In late summer a run up the stream will reward the visitor with a view of schools of salmon ascending swift waters to the spawning grounds. In the city park are some fine examples of totem poles. There is a good variety of curio stores. Ward Cove is the site of a large new pulp mill. The ship's sailing time from Ketchikan will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway. 8 We sail through Tongass Narrows to starboard and Guard Island to port; during the night we will traverse Clarence Strait and pass Wrangell. A stop will be made southbound. Then you will have an opportunity to inspect this historic city which was originally a Russian trading fort. 3rd DAY 6:00-7:00 a.m. D.S.T. - We are now in Chatham Strait, with Kuiu Island on our Starboard side and Baranof Island on our Port side. About 4 a.m., we rounded Cape Decision, the southern extremity of Kuiu Island, which also marks the entrance of Chatham Strait from the Pacific Ocean. Westward on Baro- nof Island is the town of Sitka. This city, during the Russian period and up to 1908, was the capital of Alaska. Juneau became the Capital in 1908 because Sitka was felt to be unsuitable due to its isolated position. We will soon enter Frederick Sound and on into Stephens Passage. Watch for whales which are sighted frequently in this passage — also look for Icebergs that drift out on the tide from Endicott and Tracy Arms. Because of the fog in Wrangell Narrows in the early morning, it is necessary for us to steam 60 miles further around Cape Decision to arrive at Juneau on time. Southbound we pass through Wrangell Narrows in the late forenoon. It was through the straits which we shall travel today that the biggest mass otter hunts in Alaska were staged. One hunt staged by the Russians consisted of 550 Aleutian biders (skin boats) and 1,200 Aleutian natives. This hunt took an entire month. The pelts yielded $2,000,000. Here, too, the trading ships of Jacob Astor came to help found that famous fortune. Bloody battles were fought and refought here between traders, explorers, Aleutians and savage Indian tribes. This continual warfare sadly depleted the Aleutian race. Demanded and enslaved by the warring traders because they were good otter hunters, these primitive people found themselves caught in the middle. If they hunted seals they were robbed of them or their flimsy craft were lost in raging gales. If they did not hunt they were massacred. Baranof was the first white trader to give the Aleutians a fair break. It paid off well for him. 2:30 p.m. D.S.T. — The town of Thane is on the right as we enter Gastineau Channel. On the left is Douglas Island. Here is the famous Treadwell Mine, flooded in 1917 and since abandoned. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas. Near the end of this channel is Juneau, capital of Alaska, with a population of about 9,000. The city has modern hotels, many fine residences, an outstanding museum and public buildings. The biggest low grade quartz mine in the United States or Alaska is located here. It is seen on the side of the 4,000-foot Mount Juneau, overlooking the city. Gold recovery from this mine was only around 83 cents per ton of ore. Juneau does not reckon her history from the sealing days, but from 1880 when Joe Juneau and Fred Harris, who had been grubstaked by a Sitka Mining Engineer called Pliz, came north with the frenzied horde of men seeking the gleaming gold nuggets in the Klondike. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1908. The territorial museum is a must for every visitor. It has the world's finest collection of Russian, Eskimo and Aleutian art. In it is a copy of the document of the purchase of Alaska from Czar Alexander II of Russia by United States of America in 1867. Grand Mendenhall Glacier and beautiful Auk Lake are about a 14- mile drive. 12:30 a.m. D.S.T. - Leave Juneau. We retrace our course through Gastineau Channel as far as Mar- mion Island and into Stephens Passage. During the night we will cruise Lynn Canal, which Captain Vancouver named after King's Lynn, his home in England. 6:00-8:00 a.m. D.S.T. - We are now fv m\\i sailing through Chilkoot Inlet If A V and passing the town of Haines VI*■ and the old Chilkoot barracks. A road connects this town with the famed Alcan Highway. Skagway is our next port of call. 9:30 a.m. D.S.T. - Arrive Skagway, that magic name indelibly engraved on the world's memory. This is the gateway to the real glamour north. To this town in '98 came gold seekers from all over the world - bearded, full-bodied men, slim downy-cheeked youngsters, soft-bosomed, hard- eyed women, the crook, the gambler, the adventurer and the miner. They came not to remain in Skagway. Here they outfitted for the hard trek 4th across the White Pass to bonanza creeks of the Yukon. Ghosts of the days when gold dust and nuggets were standard currency for ham and eggs still haunt this town. Here, fortunes were risked on the turn of a card and human life became the cheapest commodity on the trail. Now tourists can take the train from Skagway over the same route as the gold seekers toiled toward the gold fields beyond. But Skagway has other surprises besides the grave of Soapy Smith and the poems of Robert Service and the tales of Jack London. During the short summer, nature works wonders in this arctic soil. Endless days result in rapid plant life growth. They reach sizes three times bigger than the normal "outside". After the vessel arrives at Skagway, the White Pass & Yukon Route's narrow-gauge train will leave for Carcross and return. This train is powered by a modern diesel unit and is equipped with parlour car coaches. The route is through mountain gorges on parts of "The Trail of '98", through tunnels and over bridges through the White Pass, thence over the top of mountains (elevation 2900 feet) to Lake Bennett where stop is made for lunch. From Bennett the line follows Lake Bennett for 36 miles to Carcross, Yukon Territory. The train is turned at this point and returned to Skagway, in time for dinner on board "Princess Patricia". This is an optional trip for $23.50 (subject to change) U.S. funds or equivalent in Canadian funds which includes round trip transportation in parlor car accommodation and lunch at Lake Bennett. If you have not already purchased tickets for this optional trip, arrangements may be completed at the Purser's office. Camera fans should carry plenty of film as there is much opportunity for interesting photography. Passengers who do not take the trip to Carcross will be served lunch on board "Princess Patricia" if they so desire. After dinner the citizens of Skagway provide special entertainment for the passengers at Eagles Hall, with the theme of Robert Service's poem, "Shooting of Dan McGrew". Bring your cameras with flashes, and get some shots of the "Can Can Girls". Time of departure will be posted on the ship's bulletin board. DM\\ 10:00-12:00 Noon D.S.T.-Sail by the entrance to Tracy and Endi- a mjn*#i cott Arms. We now turn south Hh&Mw I and Proceed down Lynn Canal across Frederick Sound and enter Wrangell Narrows, arriving about 1:30 p.m. D.S.T. at Wrangell. Near the Entrance of Wrangell Narrows on the Port side is the little town of Petersburg, population 1,500. 10 11 The industry is fishing and the population is predominantly Scandinavian. This is a very scenic passage as we navigate the ensuing 22 miles of intricate waterways. Parts of these waterways are so narrow you can throw a stone across them. Mitkof Island is on the Port side and Kupreanof Island is to Starboard. Have your camera ready here for good northern scenery. Looking back through the Entrance of the Narrows at Petersburg, if the weather is clear, you may see a high mountain peak, called the Devil's Thumb, rising oven 9,000 feet. Further South is the Needles, 10,000 feet high. These are also boundary markers, defining the boundary between British Columbia and Alaska Pan-handle. 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. D.S.T. - Arrive at the town of Wrangell. Population 1,800. On the wharf we are met by the Wrangell High School Band. The industry is Fishing and Lumbering. It was founded by the Russians in 1831, and later in the year 1834 became known as Fort Dionisyus. Nothing remains of the Russian occupation. It has excellent curio shops. About one mile from the ship, Chief Shakes Indian Community House, with its totem poles and Indian lore, may be found. The people here, like all Alaskans, are very friendly. The children come down to meet the ship on arrival. See them on the wharf with their Mother's baking pans. They contain Garnet stones, from a local deposit. They sell for 10c or as much as the market will bear. Have some fun! This is your last Alaskan Port, so get your letters mailed. This afternoon, we sail for Kitimat, B.C. During the evening we sail down Clarence Strait and pass Ketchikan about 9 p.m. We will cross Dixon Entrance about midnight. 8 a.m.— We have been steaming m\\i t'iru Granville Channel, one of |\\Aw the beauty spots of the "inside Iff?I passage". It is a long narrow passageway, with high mountains on each side, covered by a lush green forest, intersected by ribbons of waterfalls, and rushing waterways. We will soon turn hard to Port and head north again, this is Douglas Channel, another beautiful waterway, at the head of which is located the community of Kitimat, sixty miles from the open sea. This is a new town carved out of the forest about 1952, and is the site of the giant factory of the Aluminum Company of Canada. It is also at this Port that the Canadian Customs and Immigration will be passed. This examination will enable you to go ashore upon arrival at Vancouver without further examination till you cross the U.S. Border. To-night we will proceed south thru Douglas Channel and Fraser Reach, passing the fishing village of Butedale about midnight. To-night is 12 also gala night aboard ship. The Captain's Dinner is featured, providing the ladies a chance to "Dress up". Dinner is followed by a "Hat Parade" at 9 p.m., and dance. 6th 7aS?] We will enter Queen Charlotte Sound approximately 11 a.m., fit I il\\#l and wi" arrive at Alert Bay at in I//I ■ I approximately 3 p.m. If local conditions are favourable a landing will be made at this interesting little port. Announcements will be made in this connection just prior to arrival. Alert Bay is the Transportation centre for the surrounding district and has a large Indian population. These people are very proud of their heritage and have recently completed a new Indian Lodge where ceremonial dances are held. Whenever possible every effort will be made to have this interesting ceremony performed for the benefit of the passengers. Announcements in this regard will be made as soon as confirmation can be obtained. Across from the dock you will observe the Indian Cemetery, in the grounds of which are some very fine specimens of Totem Poles, in good condition. Bring your camera. The white buildings on the left is the Hospital. Time of departure will be announced. 8th -^ m\\i Breakfast for the first sitting DAY 7:00 a-m- I/O I Have your last-minute packing completed before breakfast as the steward will be calling at your room for your baggage - Time to say "Au Revoir" and obtain the address of new friends before arriving Vancouver at 9.30 a.m. DST. We sincerely hope you have enjoyed our cruise aboard the "Princess Patricia" to the "Land of the Midnight Sun" and that we shall meet again soon. PRINCE RUPERT B.C. The City of Prince Rupert, population 12,000, is situated on Kaien Island. It is particularly noted for its fishing. Two great northern Salmon rivers are located to the north and south of it, the Naas River to the North and the Skeena River to the South. Prince Rupert has the world's largest Cold Storage Plant for fish. During the fishing season, long refrigerated fish trains can be seen moving eastward to markets in North America. To the seaward, the continental shelf provides a wonderful feeding ground for the Halibut and in the fall of the year shoals of herring invade the coastal inlets. Not only is this city a distributing centre for the north country but it is also the terminus of 13 Provincial Highway Number 6 from Prince George, five hundred miles to the Eastward. This is also the southern terminus of the Alaska sea-ferry service connecting with the Alaska highway at Haines, Alaska, via Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau. The name Prince Rupert was selected from a competition by school children and is derived from English History at the time of James 1st (1670). Approximately 12 miles out from the city the Columbia Cellulose Company has established a large pulp and paper plant at Port Edwards, which has steadied the economy considerably for this area. Prince Rupert also has a large grain elevator where grain from the Prairie Provinces is stored before export overseas, mainly to the Orient. The City has a totem Pole Park, where specimens of early Indian Art are found. These are principally from the Queen Charlotte Islands and are made by the Haida Indians. The City Museum is well worth a visit. It boasts an interesting display of Indian Art and articles of pioneer days. KETCHIKAN, Alaska Ketchikan is your first port in Alaska on this cruise. It is a city of approximately 10,000 people, situated on Revillagigedo Island. Like Prince Rupert its economy is also based on the Fishing and Pulp and Paper Industries. It was founded in 1880 by Mark Martin, a sawmill operator. At one time Ketchikan had 12 fish canneries operating in its vicinity, but now, in light of more modern methods of refrigeration, fish are kept in cold storage until they are required. The city has modern apartment blocks, two of which are nine stories high. It has T.V. and a Radio Station, large schools, and new shopping centres. Saxman Park has some very good examples of Indian Totem Poles, Curios and photographic stores are on the main street. Daily Aircraft flights carrying passengers and mail, land on Annette Island and keep Ketchikan in direct contact with the outside world. WRANGELL, Alaska Wrangell, situated on Wrangell Island near the mouth of the Stikine River, is a fishing and lumbering town of 1500 people. St was first founded by the Russians in 1831 and in 1834 and was known then as Fort Dionisyus. It was first settled by Russian Cossacks, who found they were unable to farm the surrounding country. There is little or nothing left of the old Russian occupation, at the present day. Wrangell is surrounded by hills of virgin forest overlooking a beautiful wide bay, known as Etolin Bay which sometimes is the setting for fantasticly 14 colourful sunsets. Gardens abound and beautiful flowers grow in the damp soil which seems to suit them so well. Dahlias, pansies, and wild sitka (purple) roses do very well here. The people are very friendly and the town has a settled look about it. Curios stores are on the main street. JUNEAU, Alaska Juneau, the Capital of Alaska, is situated on Gastineau Channel; is a city of 9000 people. It was first founded in 1881 by the discoverer of gold - Joseph Juneau, a French Canadian. For many years the city prospered on the operation of two large gold mines, the Treadwell Mines at Douglas, on the opposite shore to Juneau. However, both mines are now closed and Juneau biggest industry is being the capital, the seat of the various government agencies. A fish cold storage plant operates full time and a lumber mill processes timber for the area. Aircraft fly in and out of Juneau to neighbouring cities, such as Sitka, Anchorage and Fairbanks, making Juneau the transportation centre. The Baranof Hotel in the centre of the city is a modern structure, and is the social centre for community activities. Eighteen miles out of Juneau by way of a modern highway, lies the Mendenhall Glacier, a large expanse of frozen ice. The Government recently completed a fine Observation building, where one can get an excellent view of this vast expanse of ice. Sightseeing buses take passengers from the ship to the Mendenhall Glacier and back for a moderate charge. The Glacier drains into Auk Lake, where the beautiful log Presbyterian church nestles on the shore. This is a wonderful spot for the camera fans to shoot some typical northern scenery. 15 In the evening the curio shops are open for the tourist. One of the musts is to pay a visit to the State's Museum, located on the third floor of the Administrative Building. Here displays of local Indian Art; such as totem poles, Eskimo Ivory, and samples of minerals, as well as wild animal life of the north are on view. SKAGWAY, Alaska Skagway, with a population of approximately 500, is located at the head of the Lynn Canal, and known in history as the gateway to the rich Klondike Rush of 1896-98. It was here that tens of thousand people disembarked from ships and made their way over the Chilkoot Train to Lake Bennett and down the Yukon River to Dawson. It was also here that the famous character "Soapy Smith" held the town in his grip and by means of games of chance and fraud, relieved the traveller of his hard-earned gold nuggets. In time he stirred up some opposition and a vigilante committee was established. One night the town's people held their meeting on the end of the wharf to decide what to do with Soapy and his men. At the entrance to the wharf, a man named Reid stood guard at a point where the dock joined the shore. Here "Soapy" in a angry mood met Reid. Reid would not let him through to the meeting at the end of the Dock...both men fired simultaneously and Soapy died soon after - Reid a few days later as a result of his wound. They were buried in a little cemetery not far from the White Pass Railway Round House, and for years people have come to see "Soapy's" grave. Chips of stone have been removed so many times from his grave stone that new stones had to be installed. Strange as it may seem, Reid, the man who saved the town, received little attention, but the stories of the many sided "Soapy" has lived on to be one of the memorable characters of the North. Commercially, Skagway is to this day, as in the past, the jumping off place to entrain for Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. All Canadian cargo for the Yukon comes up by ship and is discharged at Skagway for reloading into the little Freight Cars of the White Pass & Yukon Railway. Many town buildings constructed at the turn of the Century show their date of architecture by the overhead balconies and fancy cornices. Scenically it is nicely located on the delta of the Skagway River with towering mountains on both sides, capped with the eternal snows. Flowers bloom profusely, and lupins and fireweed are in season everywhere. 16 KITIMAT, B.C. Kitimat is a new community, situated at the head of Douglas Channel, approximately 60 miles from the sea, whose entire economy is based on the manufacture of aluminum ingots. It is a romantic story of the uniting of natural elements with modern science to produce a product that can be sold at competitive prices on the world markets. The basic requirement of this industry is intense heat. Heat can be made from coal, gas, even atomic power. Here in this relatively isolated area the Aluminum Company was able to obtain water rights from the British Columbia Government giving them access to abundant hydro-electric power. This was a huge capital investment for a private Company, but with the heavy annual rainfall, tremendous river and lake systems in the interior of the Province, a constant source of power was available without the use of a pound of coal or any other allied heating agency. To reduce the Kitimat story to a few facts, here is what happened. In 1951, when it was decided to go ahead with the project, it was divided into four essential parts. First the construction of the Kennedy Dam, (third largest earth filled dam in the world) which diverted the flow of the rivers and lakes of this area of the interior from the upper regions of the Thompson and Fraser River Systems to Tahtsa Lake. Second a tunnel ten miles long and twenty-five feet wide was drilled thru a mountain to drain the waters of Tahtsa Lake with a fall of water some two thousand feet. At Kemano Bay a Power House was built into the mountain for the generation of the power, amounting to over one-million horse-power. Thirdly, a transmission line was built over five thousand foot mountains for a distance of fifty miles. Fourthly, the building of the town of Kitimat itself. This is a modern community equipped with everything a city of 10,000 people would have, modern schools, shopping centres, Churches and Hospitals, all laid out in accordance with modern town planning. Deep sea docks were built to accommodate the aluminum ore ships that come in from the West Indies via the Panama Canal. Branch roads and rail lines connect with its neighboring community of Terrace on highway 16 and the Canadian National Railways System. Between these two centres lies Lakelse, a favourite natural Hot Spring Spa of great beauty. Special excursion by bus to Lakelse, also a tour of Kitimat will be available, announcements will be made from the Purser's Office, in this regard. 17 NOTES ALERT BAY, B.C. Alert Bay is a community of some 1500 persons, situated on an Island approximately 175 miles north of Vancouver on the main shipping route of the famous "inside passage" to Alaska. It is also the home of one of the larger and more progressive Indian tribes of the coast, as well as being a transportation centre for the area. Considerable fishing and logging is done by its inhabitants. A large Indian residential school is maintained by the government. The community is also served by a hospital, Wireless and Radio Telephone Station. 18 19 NOTES INFORMATION AND CUSTOMS SOUTHBOUND-Canadian Customs and immigration will board vessel on arrival at Kitimat. ALL ONE-WAY PASSENGERS boarding vessel at Skagway, Juneau or Wrangell, on arrival at Kitimat should stand by their rooms until Canadian Immigration Officer has completed his examination. ROUND TRIP UNITED STATES PASSENGERS may proceed ashore at Kitimat upon arrival and on presentation of white Immigration card at the gangplank. ROUND TRIP CANADIAN PASSENGERS on arrival at Kitimat should stand by their rooms until Canadian Immigration Officer has completed his examination. CANADIAN CUSTOMS EXAMINATION - Ail one-way southbound passengers, as well as all round trip Canadian passengers, are requested to stand by their rooms on arrival in Kitimat until Canadian Customs officer has called and cleared them. Canadian passengers who have made purchases in Alaska exceeding $5.00, should complete usual declaration form available at Purser's office for delivery to Customs officer. Upon completion of examination passenger should have officer stamp his blue or buff coloured landing card for presentation to officer at the gangplank to go ashore. 20 TRAINS/TRUCKS/SHIPS/PLANES/HOTELS/TELECOMMUNICATIONS WORLD'S MOST COMPLETE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM )1967 r^LLF.: .- '■• -a VAV: Vancouver, b.c. <° SKAGWAY, ALASKA PRINCESS LOUISE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY STEAMSHIP LINES DAILY BULLETIN —*- Foreword This Bulletin has been prepared for the assistance and guidance of passengers. The times shown are necessarily approximate, and exact times of arrival and departure at ports may be obtained by reference to the Bulletin Board. Chart showing the vessel's course is hung in the Social Hall. Do not fail to read the notices on the Bulletin Board. They are for your information. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE -w?C^?.-FIEST DAY 6.00 a.m.—We proceed through Seymour Narrows in Discovery Passage. On our left is Vancouver Island, and on our right Quadra Island. This is the narrowest part of the channel between Vancouver Island and the Mainland, and at certain stages of the tide the water rushes through like a mill-race, due to the ebb and flow of the tide around the north end of Vancouver Island. 7.00 a.m.—We pass through Johnstone Straits, still with Vancouver Island on our left and the Mainland on our right, passing a number of logging camps, from which logs are rafted and towed to the sawmills on the Lower Island and Mainland. 10.30 a.m.—We arrive at Alert Bay, a village on Cormorant Island, a small island close to Vancouver Island, and land at the wharf of the Alert Bay cannery, obtaining our first glimpse of the salmon canning PRINCESS ALICE industry, one of the largest in British Columbia. There will be time allowed for a walk ashore. To the right is the Indian cemetery and a number of interesting totem poles. To the left the village and Anglican missionary hospital and school. 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m^_We have had our last glimpse of the north end of Vancouver Island on our left, and are crossing Queen Charlotte Sound, the longest stretch of open water on the entire voyage. Two-thirds of the way across we get a glimpse of the entrance to Smith's Inlet and Rivers Inlet, where are located numerous salmon canneries. 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.—After crossing the Sound we enter Fitzhugh Sound, thence through a narrow channel called Lama Passage, and see the old Indian village of Bella Bella on the left, then through Seaforth Channel. 10.00 p.m.—We cross Millbank Sound, about ten miles of open water. SECOND DAY 8.30 a.m.—Digby Island, with the Canadian Government wireless station and buoy depot, is on the left. 9.00 a.m.—We arrive at Prince Rupert, population 8,000, the Pacific terminal of the Canadian National Railways, where the ship will remain for two or three hours. Sailing time will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway. There will be plenty of time to see the city. Automobiles are available on the dock, and it is only a short ride to the Government Floating Drydock, 600 feet long, capable of lifting vessels of 20,000 tons deadweight, or to the large cold storage plant in the upper harbor, where immense quantities of frozen halibut from the banks of Southeastern Alaska may be inspected. Prince Rupert is an important fishing centre. Large quantities of fish, particularly halibut, are continually being shipped from this point to Eastern Canada and the United States. 11.30 a.m.—Shortly after leaving Prince Rupert we pass on our right the old Indian village of Metlakatla, and about thirty minutes later, Port Simpson, one of the oldest settlements in Northern British Columbia, where the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post over sixty years ago. 2.30 p.m.—On the right is Green Island Lighthouse, six miles south of the International Boundary. Next, the steamer crosses Dixon Entrance, with the Pacific Ocean on the left, and passes along Revilla Gigedo Channel to Tongass Narrows, on which is located our first port of call in Alaska, Ketchikan. 5.00 p.m.—Shortly before arrival at Ketchikan the ship will be boarded by Immigration Officials, and passengers will be required to present their immigration cards and pass immigration inspection before going ashore. Ketchikan is one of the largest and most prosperous towns in Alaska. There are fifteen salmon canneries located in this vicinity, and a large cold storage plant. Visitors will find a number of interesting curio stores, where Alaska curios may be purchased. A pleasant fifteen - minute walk up the stream to the waterfall will in the late summer months give the visitor an opportunity to see salmon ascending the swift waters of the rapids in large numbers. The ship's sailing hour will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway as you go ashore. THIKD DAY 4.00 a.m.—We arrive at Wrangell, an old Russian settlement named after Baron von Wrangell, a former Russian Governor of Alaska, situated near the mouth of the Stikine River, which is navigable for about 180 miles to Telegraph Creek, in Northern British Columbia, an outfitting point for big game hunters entering the Cassiar District. A regular service on the Stikine is operated by the Barrington Transportation Company during the open season of navigation. Part of the old Russian fort still exists, and there are some very old totem poles to be seen. Only a short stop will be made, but a call will be made again southbound. 9.00 a.m. — About two hours after leaving Wrangell, ship enters Wrangell Narrows, a narrow, tortuous channel about twenty miles long, between Kopreanof Island on the left, and Mitkof on the right. The channel is well marked with buoys and beacons, and the ship passes at half speed through some very beautiful scenery. At the north end of the Narrows on the right lies the old town of Petersburg, settled originally in the days of the Russian occupation, and now a flourishing fishing centre. 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. —After passing Petersburg a beautiful panorama of mountains opens before us, and away to the northeast may be seen the Devil's Thumb, a sharp needle of rock 9,100 feet high. For several hours we pass along a wide stretch of water called Frederick Sound, thence along Stephen's Passage to the magnificent Taku Glacier. (Pronounced Ta-koo.) During the afternoon we will probably pass numerous small bergs which have broken off the glacier, and as we arrive at the head of Taku Inlet we pass on the left a dead or receding arm of the glacier, while directly ahead is the mighty mass of the Taku, a river of ice a mile wide, originating in the mountains ninety miles inland, the face of the ice as it enters the sea being over 100 feet in height above the water. 7.00 p.m.—A short run from Taku Glacier brings us to Gastineau Channel, and on our right, as we enter, is the town of Thane, and on the left on Douglas Island is the famous Treadwell Mine, formerly the largest free milling stamp mill in the world. This mine was flooded by a cave- in in 1917, and has not since operated. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas. Near the end of the channel lies the town of Juneau, the capital of Alaska, population about 3,500. Here are splendid stores and curio shops, modern hotels and many beautiful residences and public buildings. On the side of Mount Roberts, overlooking the city, can be seen the mine of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, the largest gold quartz mill in the United States or Alaska, with a capacity of 9,000 tons of ore per day. Do not fail to visit the Territorial Museum, where can be seen a collection of Eskimo curios said to be the finest and only complete one of its kind in the world. A motor trip of fourteen miles will take you to the Great Mendenhall Glacier, or a twenty-minute hike will take you into the Gold Creek Basin, often called the Grand Canyon of Alaska, the scene of the first placer gold strike in Alaska, made by Joe Juneau and Richard Haines in the early 80's. 12.00 Midnight—We leave for Skagway. FOUKTH DAY 6.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. (Ship's time) — The trip up the Lynn Canal from Juneau takes us between towering mountains, many of them covered with glaciers and snow, which on a sunny morning is a beautiful sight indeed. On the west side of the Canal, one hour before we reach Skagway, are the towns of Haines and Fort Seward, the latter a United States military post. Our sea trip ends at Skagway, where connection is made with trains of the White Pass & Yukon Route for interior points. There are several points of interest in and around Skagway, including Reid's Falls, Dewey Falls and De~Wey Lake, Alpine Bridge and Skagway Park, and the grave of "Soapy Smith." There are also good trails to A. B. and Dewey Mountains. Mail this to a friend. ALASKA ROUTE T^-^Ba Canadian Pacific Railway Co. B. C CoasT Steamship Service 1 CAN ADS AN PACIFIC P It.l Rfc^l wrrmi BTV JP^M ios L j WIjHBBL''^-^ iLVwkSM JL.aHOJk.^, ^ J§ l-Sr^-^ m" -*v 5 2%'m7 mm^ B e/tke ¥mi®fe firm \\kn€omm&t SvwmAixm CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY STEAMSHIP LINES DAILY BULLETIN -*- Foreword For the assistance and guidance of passengers this Daily Bulletin has been prepared. The times shown are necessarily approximate and exact time of arrival and departure at ports may be obtained from the Purser's Office or upor reference to the Bulletin Board. Chart showing the vessel's course is hung in the Social Hall. Do not fail to read the notices on the Bulletin Board. They are for your information and assistance. FIRST DAY 6.00 a.m.—Ship passes through Seymour Narrows. This is the narrowest par1 of the channel between Vancouver Is- landj and the Mainland and at Certain stages of the tide the water pushes through like a mill-race. This is. due to the ebb and flow of the tides around the North end of Vancouver Island. 7.00 a.m. —Passing through Johnstone Straits and later Broughton Straits. Along these Straits a number of logging camps are located from which logs are rafted and towed to the various sawmills on the lower Island and Mainland. 10.30 a.m?—Arrive at Alert Bay, situated on Cormorant Island, a small island close to Vancouver Island. The ship lands at the wharf of the Alert Bay Cannery, one of the principal salmon canneries on the coast. Passengers will be allowed time for a walk ashore. The Indian cemetery on the right and the Indian village on the left are worth a visit. 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.—Ship crosses Queen Charlotte Sound which is open to the Pacific Ocean. During the voyage the ship is only three times in the open ocean and then only for short periods. 9.00 p.m.—Passing through Lama Passage, Bella Bella.is on the left, a very old and practically deserted Indian village. 10.00 p.m. —We enter Milbank Sound. Crossing the second stretch of open ocean, about ten miles in extent. SECOND DAY 8.30 a.m.—Digby Island is on the left, on which may be seen the Canadian Government Wireless Station and Buoy Depot. 9.00 a.m.—Arrive at Prince Rupert, where the ship will remain for from two to three hours. For exact information, note the blackboard at the gangway as you pass ashore. Ample time will be given to see the city. This is the Pacific Terminal of the Canadian National Railways. Here there is a very large floating drydock capable of lifting vessels of 20,000 tons weight. It is 600 feet long. /* c^a^a^t y«<* I mm Prince Rupert is now an important fishing centre. Large quantities of fish, particularly halibut, are being shipped from this point to Eastern Canada and United States. A large cold storage plant is located in the Upper Harbor. At this point the fish are unloaded, put into cold storage or iced, as the case may be, for shipment to the East. 11.30 a.m a short time after leaving Prince Rupert we pass the old Indian village of Metlakatla, and about thirty minutes later,- Port Simpson. These villages may be seen in the distance. At Port Simpson is an old Hudson's Bay Company's post, and it is one of the oldest settlements in Northern B. C. Here the Hudson's Bay have been trading wifh the Indians for over sixty years. 2.30 p.m.—About three hours after leaving Prince Rupert the steamer passes Green Island Lighthouse on the right. This is six miles South of the International Boundary. Next the steamer crosses Dixon Entrance, another wide entrance from the open sea, and we wind our way through Revilla Gigedo Channel. At this point the channel is called the Tongass Narrows, and leads you to Ketchikan, which town is located on the Revilla Gigedo Island. 5.00 p.m. —jUst prior to arriving at Ketchikan, the ship is boarded by the Port Doctor, Customs and Immigration Officials and all passengers are required to present their Immigration Cards and pass the Official Inspection before going ashore. Ketchikan is ona*. of the largest and most prosperous towns in Alaska, and has several canneries and a large cold storage plant. Visitors will find on walking through the town a number of curio stores where furs and Alaskan curios may be purchased. There is a pleasant walk up the stream to the Waterfall, which takes about fifteen minutes and is well worth the visit. In the late summer months salmon may be seen ascending the shallow waters of the rapids in large numbers, even to the point of crowding one another out of the water. THIRD DAY 4.00 a.m.—We arrive at Wrangell after a six-hour run from Ketchikan. Wrangell is an old Russian settlement named after a former Russian Governor of Alaska. It is situated near the mouth of the |>tikine River, which is navigable for about 180 miles to Telegraph Creek in Northern British Columbia, the outfitting point for big game hunters entering the Cassiar District. There is a regular service on the Stikine River operated by the Barrington Transportation Company. Part of the old Russian fort still exists and there are also some very old Totem Poles to be seen. Only a short stop will be made, but call will be made again southbound. 9.00 a.m. —About two hours after leaving Wrangell the ship enters Wrangell Narrows. These narrows are twenty miles in length, being very narrow and shallow with many turns and windings which are well marked with buoys and beacons. The scenery here is very beautiful and the ship proceeds at half speed. At the north end of the Narrows, on the right, lies the old town of Petersburg, at one time a Russian settlement and now a flourishing~iishing centre. 5.00 p.m.—A run of about seven hours across Frederick Sound and along Stephen's Passage brings us to Taku Glacier (pronounced Tak-oo). During the afternoon we will, in all probability, pass some small iceflows from the glacier. There are two glaciers. The one on the left is a "dead" glacier, which is gradually receding. The other one is "alive" and continually moves forward. Taku Glacier is a mile wide and 90 miles long, the ice on the face of the glacier being over 100 feet thick. 7.00 p.m.—We enter the Gastineau Channel. On our right is the town of Thane. On the left of the channel, on Douglas Island, can be seen the old buildings of the famous Treadwell Mine, where formerly stood the largest free-milling stamp mill in the world. This mine was flooded by a cave-in in 1917 and has not been operated since that time. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas. At the end of Gastineau Channel lies the town of Juneau, the capital of Alaska, population about 3,500. Here are splendid stores and curio shops, modern hotels and many beautiful residences and public buildings. On the side of Mount Roberts, overlooking the city, can be seen the mine of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, the largest gold quartz mill in the United States or Alaska, capacity 9,000 tons of ore per day. Do not fail to visit the Territorial Museum where can be seen a collection of Eskimo curios said to be the finest and only complete one of its kind in the world. A motor trip of fourteen miles will take you to the great Mendenhall Glacier, or a twenty-minute hike will take you into the Gold Creek Basin, often called the Grand Canyon of Alaska, the site of the first placer gold strike in Alaska, made by Joe Juneau and Richard Haines in the early 80's. 12.00 mdt.—We leave for Skagway. FOURTH DAY 6.00 a.m. to 9.0(1 a.m. (ship's time)—The trip up the Lynn Canal from Juneau takes us between towering mountains, m^ny of them covered with glaciers and snjpw, which on a sunny morning is a beautiful sight indeed. On the West side of the canal, one hour before we reach Skagway, are the towns of Haines and Fort Seward, the latter a U. S. military post. Skagway is the terminus of the voyage. There are several points of interest in and around Skagway, including Reid's Falls, Dewey Falls and Lake Dewey, the Alpine Bridge and the Skagway Park. The grave of "Soapy Smith" is also interesting. For those who enjoy mountain climbing there is a good trail to A. B. Mountain and Dewey Mountain. MAIL THIS TO A FRIEND For further information and descriptive folder apply to nearest CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY AGENT or to N. R. DesBRISAY, General Passenger Agent, Vancouver, B. C. PRINTED IN CANADA 2 *" 7 / / /T/Zr/fr T/777//W v'^'v//Tf/7^w^'^/7W^ PRINCESS LOUISE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY STEAMSHIP LINES DAILY BULLETIN ' -£- Foreword This Bulletin has been prepared for the assistance and guidance of passengers. The times shown are necessarily approximate, and exact times of arrival and departure at ports may be obtained by reference to the Bulletin Board. Chart showing the vessel's course is hung in the Social Hall. Do not fail to read the notices on the Bulletin Board. They are for your information. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE FIRST DAY 6.00 a.m,—We proceed through Seymour Narrows in Discovery Passage. On our left is Vancouver Island, and on our right Quadra Island. This is the narrowest part of the channel between Vancouver Island and the Mainland, and at certain stages of the tide the water rushes through like a mill-race, due to the ebb and flow of the tide around the north end of Vancouver Island. 7.00 a.m.—We pass through Johnstone Straits, still with Vancouver Island on our left and the Mainland on our right, passing a number of logging camps, from which logs are rafted and towed to the sawmills on the Lower Island and Mainland. 10.30 a.mr-We arrive at Alert Bay, a village on Cormorant Island, a small island close to Vancouver Island, and land at the wharf of the Alert Bay cannery, obtaining our first glimpse of the salmon canning PRINCESS ALICE industry, one of the largest in British Columbia. There will be time allowed for a walk ashore. To the right is the Indian cemetery and a number of interesting totem poles. To the left the village and Anglican missionary hospital and school. 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m_we have had our last glimpse of the north end of Vancouver Island on our left, and are crossing Queen Charlotte Sound, the longest stretch of open water on the entire voyage. Two-thirds of the way across we get a glimpse of the entrance to Smith's Inlet and Rivers Inlet, where are located numerous salmon canneries. 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m.,—After crossing the Sound we enter Fitzhugh Sound, thence through a narrow channel called Lama Passage, and see the old Indian village of Bella Bella on the left, then through Seaforth Channel. 10.00 p.m. —We cross Millbank Sound, about ten miles of open water. SECOND DAY 8.30 a.m.-—Digby Island, with the Canadian Government wireless station and buoy depot, is on the left. 9.00 a.m.—We arrive at Prince Rupert, population 8,000, the Pacific terminal of the Canadian National Railways, where the ship will remain for two or three hours. Sailing time will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway. There will be plenty of time to see the city. Automobiles are available on the dock, and it is only a short ride to the Government Floating Drydock, 600 feet long, capable of lifting vessels of 20,000 tons deadweight, or to the large cold storage plant in the upper harbor, where immense quantities of frozen halibut from the banks of Southeastern Alaska may be inspected. Prince Rupert is an important fishing centre. Large quantities of fish, particularly halibut, are continually being shipped from this point to Eastern Canada and the United States. 11.30 a.m.—Shortly after leaving Prince Rupert we pass on our right the old Indian village of Metlakatla, and about thirty minutes later, Port Simpson, one of the oldest settlements in Northern British Columbia, where the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post over sixty years ago. 2.30 p.m.—On the right is Green Island Lighthouse, six miles south of the International Boundary. Next, the steamer crosses Dixon Entrance, with the Pacific Ocean on the left, and passes along Ptevilla Gigedo Channel to Tongass Narrows, on which is located our first port of call in Alaska, Ketchikan. 5.00 p.m.—Shortly before arrival at Ketchikan the ship will be boarded by Immigration Officials, and passengers will be required to present their immigration cards and pass immigration inspection before going ashore. Ketchikan is one of the largest and most prosperous towns in Alaska. There are fifteen salmon canneries located in this vicinity, and a large cold storage plant. Visitors will find a number of interesting curio stores, where Alaska curios may be purchased. A pleasant fifteen - minute walk up the stream to the waterfall will in the late summer months give the visitor an opportunity to see salmon ascending the swift waters of the rapids in large numbers. The ship's sailing hour will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway as you go ashore. THIRD DAY 4.00 a.m.—We arrive at Wrangell, an old Russian settlement named after Baron von Wrangell, a former Russian Governor of Alaska, situated near the mouth g^gZfr of the Stikine River, which is navigable for about 180 miles to Telegraph Creek, in Northern British Columbia, an outfitting point for big game hunters entering the Cassiar District. A regular service on the Stikine is operated by the Barrington Transportation Company during the open season of navigation. Part of the old Russian fort still exists, and there are some very old totem poles to be seen. Only a short stop will be made, but a call will be made again southbound. 9.00 a.m. — About two hours after leaving Wrangell, ship enters Wrangell Narrows, a narrow, tortuous channel about twenty miles long, between Kopreanof Island on the left, and Mitkof on the right. The channel is well marked with buoys and beacons, and the ship passes at half speed through some very beautiful scenery. At the north end of the Narrows on the right lies the old town of Petersburg, settled originally in the days of the Russian occupation, and now a flourishing fishing centre. 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. —After passing Petersburg a beautiful panorama of mountains opens before us, and away to the northeast may be seen the Devil's Thumb, a sharp needle of rock 9,100 feet high. For several hours we pass along a wide stretch of water called Frederick Sound, thence along Stephen's Passage to the magnificent Taku Glacier. (Pronounced Ta-koo.) During the afternoon we will probably pass numerous small bergs which have broken off the glacier, and as we arrive at the head of Taku Inlet we pass on the left a dead or receding arm of the glacier, while directly ahead is the mighty mass of the Taku, a river of ice a mile wide, originating in the mountains ninety miles inland, the face of the ice as it enters the sea being over 100 feet in height above the water. 7.00 p.m.—A short run from Taku Glacier brings us to Gastineau Channel, and on our right, as we enter, is the town of Thane, and on the left on Douglas Island is the famous Treadwell Mine, formerly the largest free milling stamp mill in the world. This mine was flooded by a cave- in in 1917, and has not since operated. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas. Near the end of the channel lies the town of Juneau, the capital of Alaska, population about 3,500. Here are splendid stores and curio shops, modern hotels and many beautiful residences and public buildings. On the side of Mount Roberts, overlooking the city, can be seen the mine of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, the largest gold quartz mill in the United States or Alaska, with a capacity of 9,000 tons of ore per day. Do not fail to visit the Territorial Museum, where can be seen a collection of Eskimo curios said to be the finest and only complete one of its kind in the world. A motor trip of fourteen miles will take you to the Great Mendenhall Glacier, or a twenty-minute hike will take you into the Gold Creek Basin, often called the Grand Canyon of Alaska, the scene of the first placer gold strike in Alaska, made by Joe Juneau and Richard Haines in the early 80's. 12.00 Midnight—We leave for Skagway. FOURTH DAY 6.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. (Ship's time) — The trip up the Lynn Canal from Juneau takes us between towering mountains, many of them covered with glaciers and snow, which on a sunny morning is a beautiful sight indeed. On the west side of the Canal, one hour before we reach Skagway, are the towns of Haines and Fort Seward, the latter a United States military post. Our sea trip ends at Skagway, where connection is made with trains of the White Pass & Yukon Route for interior points. There are several points of interest in and around Skagway, including Reid's Falls, Dewey Falls and Dewey Lake, Alpine Bridge and Skagway Park, and the grave of "Soapy Smith." There are also good trails to A. B. and Dewey Mountains. I Mail this to a friend. / / %**2 ALASKA ROUTE Canadian Pacific Railway Co. - B. C. Coasf Steamship Service %\\\\iaB\\Wrvv "AV 'n\\\\\\\\\\w m ini|i(v-. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAI pB^fe-Goa-st—S.S. Ser Mm •i i| IW OF THE I-ROM VAN • to SKAGWAY ALASKA ~ Princess Louise Canadian xacilic Railway B.C. Coast Oteamsmp iService Daily Bulletin foreword This Bulletin has been prepared for the assistance and guidance of passengers. The times shown are necessarily approximate, and exact times of arrival and departure at ports may be obtained by reference to the Bulletin Board. Chart snowing the vessel's course is hung in the Social Hall. Do not fail to read the notices on the Bulletin Board. They are for your information. Princess Charlotte FIRST DAY 6.1/1/ a.m. —"We proceed through Seymour Narrows in Discovery Passage. On our left is Vancouver Island, and on our right Quadra Island. This is the narrowest part of the channel between Vancouver Island and the Mainland, and at certain stages of the tide the water rushes through like a mill-race, due to the ebb and flow of the tide around the north end of Vancouver Island. 7.00 a.m. —We pass through Johnstone . Straits, still with Vancouver Island on our left and the Mainland on our right, passing a number of logging camps, from which logs are rafted and towed to the sawmills on the Lower Island and Mainland. 10.00 a.m.—We arrive at Alert Bay, a village on Cormorant Island, a small island close to Vancouver Island, and land at the Princess Alice wharf of the Alert Bay cannery, obtaining our first glimpse of the salmon canning industry, one of the largest in British Columbia. There will be time allowed for a walk ashore. To the right is the Indian cemetery and a number of interesting totem poles. To the left the village and Anglican missionary hospital and school. . 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. —We have had our last glimpse of the north end of Vancouver Island on our left, and are crossing Queen Charlotte Sound, the longest stretch of open water on the entire voyage. Two-thirds of the way across we get a glimpse of the entrance to Smith's Inlet and Rivers Inlet, where are located numerous salmon canneries. 5.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m. —After crossing the Sound we enter Fitzhugh Sound, thence through a narrow channel called Lama Passage, and see the old Indian village of Bella Bella on the left, then through Seaforth Channel. 10.00 p.m.—Wt cross Millbank Sound, about ten miles of open water. SECOND DAY 8.30 a.m. —Digby Island, with the Canadian Government wireless station and buoy depot, is on the left. 9.00 a.m. —We arrive at Prince Rupert, population 8,000, the largest city in northern British Columbia, where the ship will remain for two or three hours. Sailing time will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway. There will be plenty of time to see the city. Automobiles are available on the dock, and it is only a short ride to the Government Floating Drydock, 600 feet long, capable of lifting vessels of 20,000 tons deadweight, or to the large cold storage plant in the upper harbor, where immense quantities of frozen halibut from the banks of Southeastern Alaska may be inspected. Prince Rupert is an important fishing centre. Large quantities of fish, particularly halibut are continually being shipped from this point to Eastern Canada and the United States. 11.30 a.m.—Shortly after leaving Prince Rupert we pass on our right the old Indian village of Metlakatla, and about thirty minutes later Port Simpson, one of the oldest settlements in Northern British Columbia, where the Hudson's Bay Company established a trading post in 1834. 2.30 p.m. —On the right is Green Island Lighthouse, six miles south of the International Boundary. Next, the steamer crosses Dixon Entrance, with the Pacific Ocean on the left, and passes along Revilla Gigedo Channel to Tongass Narrows, on which is located our first port of call in Alaska, Ketchikan. 5.00 p.m. —Shortly before arrival at Ketchikan the ship will be boarded by Immigration Officials, and passengers will be required to present their immigration cards and pass immigration inspection before going ashore. Ketchikan is one of the largest and most prosperous towns in Alaska. There are fifteen salmon canneries located in this vicinity, and a large cold storage plant. Visitors will find a number of interesting curio stores, where Alaska curios may be purchased. A pleasant fifteen-minute walk up the stream to the waterfall will in the late summer months give the visitor an opportunity to see salmon ascending the swift waters of the rapids in large numbers. The ship's sailing hour will be posted on the blackboard at the foot of the gangway as you go ashore. THIRD DAY 4.00 a.m.—We arrive at Wrangell, an old Russian settlement named after Baron von Wrangell, a former Russian Governor of Alaska, situated near the mouth of the Stikine River, which is navigable for about 180 miles to Telegraph Creek, in Northern British Columbia, an outfitting point for big game hunters entering the Cassiar District. A regular service on the Stikine is operated by the Barrington Transportation Company during the open season of navigation. Part of the old Russian fort still exists, and there are some very old totem poles to be seen. Only a short stop will be made, but a call will be made again southbound. 9.00 a.m. —About two hours after leaving Wrangell, ship enters Wrangell Narrows, a narrow, tortuous channel about twenty miles long between Kopreanof Island on the left, and Mitkof on the right. The channel is well marked with buoys and beacons, and the ship passes at half speed through some very beautiful scenery. At the north end of the Narrows on the right lies the old town of Petersburg, settled originally in the days of the Russian occupation, and now a flourishing fishing centre. 11.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.—After passing Petersburg a beautiful panorama of mountains opens before us, and away to the northeast may be seen the Devil's Thumb, a sharp needle of rock 9,100 feet high. For several hours we pass along a wide stretch of water called Frederick Sound, thence along Stephen's Passage to the magnificent Taku Glacier. (Pronounced Ta-koo). During the afternoon we will probably pass numerous small bergs which have broken off the glacier, and as we arrive at the head of Taku Inlet we pass on the left a dead or receding arm of the glacier, while directly ahead is the mighty mass of the Taku, a river of ice a mile wide, originating in the mountains ninety miles inland, the face of the ice as it enters the sea being over 100 feet in height above the water. 7*00 p.m.—A short run from Taku Glacier brings us to Gastineau Channel, and on our right, as we enter, is the town of . Thane, and on the left on Douglas Island is the famous Treadwell Mine, formerly the largest free milling stamp mill in the world. This mine was flooded by a cave- in in 1917, and has not since operated. Adjoining the site is the town of Douglas. Near the end of the channel lies the town of Juneau, the capital of Alaska, population about 3,500. Here are splendid stores and curio shops, modern hotels and many beautiful residences and public buildings. On the side of Mount Roberts, overlooking the city, can be seen the mine of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company, the largest gold quartz mill in the United States or Alaska, with a capacity of 9,000 tons of ore per day. Do not fail to visit the Territorial Museum, where can be seen a collection of Eskimo curios said to be the finest and only complete one of its kind in the world. A motor trip of fourteen miles will take you to the Great Mendenhall Glacier, or a twenty-minute hike will take you into the Gold Creek Basin, often called the Grand Canyon of Alaska, the scene of the first placer gold strike in Alaska, made by Joe Juneau and Richard Haines in the early 80's. 12.00 Midnight —We leave for Skagway. FOURTH DAY 6.00 a.m. to 8.00 a.m. (Ship's time)— The trip up the Lynn Canal from Juneau takes us between towering mountains, many of them covered with glaciers and snow, which on a sunny morning is a beautiful sight indeed. On the west side of the Canal, one hour before we reach Skagway, are the towns of Haines and Fort Seward, the latter a United States military post. Our sea trip ends at Skagway, where connection is made with trains of the White Pass & Yukon Route for interior points. There are several points of interest in and around Skagway, including Reid's Falls, Dewey Falls and Dewey Lake, Alpine Bridge and Skagway Park, and the grave of ''Soapy Smith." There are also good trails to A. B. and Dewey Mountains. Mail this to a friend. ^GCLTd. PRINTED IN CANADA ALASKA ROUTE _ , Canadian Pacific Railway Co. -&-3£^ B. C. 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