British Columbian
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issued: 2017-03-07
issued: 1882-12-23
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note: Provincial Secret" THE BRITISH COLUMBIAN IH PUBUIHKD-— Every Wednesday & Saturday, -ii- ROBSON BROTHERS. OFFICE, COLUMBIA STREET. Entrance to Editorial and Business Department thiouoh T. R. Pearson & Cos. Book & Stationery Store. TWUHS-H-y Mnll, *3n.yenr; $1 60 foeOmoB.i IsleJfanioH.i puynlilo In Advmiee. Dollvuroil hy Carrier or Agent, SI por quarter, jmyoblo rjiinrtorly to Currier or Agent. AQENTS T. N., Hiram & Co. Viotoria. Wm. Harrison Vale. L.P.FISHER Ailvortl.lng*Agent, 21 Merchant's Uxcliange, San I'raiieleco, LnutlloriBod to receive AdTortlBeinoiita fir tliifl pnpor. Tlllf> DADCD may bo feme* on Die nt THIo rArfclt a«o. v. n..»vii-r.,.-. Newspaper AnvortlHlnji llureau (10 Spruce St.), where n.lvertlelngcontracts may bo lltmln for it in NEW YORK. LU -*- VOLUME n NEW WESTMINSTER, B. 0., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1882. NUMBER 50 'dht f vttisk Cauuitbuin. •nlnrilay Morning, I>ee. ■10, 1119°. The Okaii.-Siiallum. Canal. A Spallumcltecn correspondent of the Inland Sentinel appears to bo greatly exercised over a report to the effect that the Hon. J. W. Trutch, when in that part of the country with tho Marquis of Lorno, expressed the opinion that a line of railway would bo cheaper and %oulil answer every purposo to be served by the proposed canal. To that proposition tho correspondent takes very decided exception. And so do wo 'believe will every man in the country who knows anything about tiio matter. More thau that, wo cannot holieve Mr. Trutch over said anything of the kind. Tbe proposed canal is soino sixteen or sevoutcen miles long. Its great importance consists in the fact of its forming a connecting link in a system of steamboat navigation extending for about four hundred miles through the heart of what is generally conceded to bo tho garden of British Columbia. With that link supplied, thero would bo a magnificent water-way extending from tbo international boundary line and boyond it, on the south, to .the montli ot the Bonaparte, if not to Spence's Bridgo, on…
note: Publisher changes in chronological order: Robson Brothers (1882-1883) ; D. Robson & Co. (1883-1886) ; British Columbia Stationery and Printing Co. (1886-1887) ; British Columbian Printing Company (Limited) (1887-1888) ; Kennedy Brothers (1888-1890).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Westminster (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0346076
language: English
lat: 49.206667
long: -122.910556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Westminster : Robson Brothers
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text