The Ledge
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2011-09-29
issued: 1897-11-11
description: The Nakusp Ledge was published in Nakusp, in the Central Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, from October 1893 to December 1894. The paper was subsequently published as the Ledge both in New Denver, from December 1894 to December 1904, and in Fernie, from January to August 1905. The Ledge was published by Robert Thornton Lowery, a prolific newspaper publisher, editor, and printer who was also widely acclaimed for his skill as a writer. After moving to Fernie, the paper continued to be published under variant titles, including the Fernie Ledger and the District Ledger, from August 1905 to August 1919.
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note: 'Volume V. No. 6 NEW DENVER, B. 0., NOVEMBER 11, 1897. Pbice, $2 00 Year OFFfctaTs' 'Twp to the Hon. Clifford Sifton, Minister of the Interior, accompanied by Hewitt Bos- tock, M. P., J. A.'J. McKenna, of the Dominion Lands Department, and A. G. Magurn, Ottawa Correspondent of the Toronto Globe, who has been with Sifton and party on their trip since leaving- Ottawa, paid Sandon a short visit on Monday. Arriving in Sandon on the regular train over the C. P. 11., the party, after a few moments spent in meeting friends at the station, took horses and proceeded up the hill, visiting the Ruth mine, where they had lunch, and afterward the Slocan Star concentrator. Although no one in the party claimed a knowledge of mining, all expressed themselves as interested in what thev had greatly seen and regretted that they had not more time to spend visiting some of the ��� other great mines of the Slocan. Mr. Magurn expressed regret that he had not been able to visit the Payne mine He had heard so much of the Payne since he had come west that he was very much interested, but as Mr. Sifton said: ''The country is so large, and, much as we would like to, we cannot well arrange to tarrv longer in Sandon." Upon their return from the imines, about three o'clock, a reception was held at the Goodenough house, where a number of the representative citizens of Sandon had an opportunity of meeting Mr. Sifton and Mr. Bostock and laying before them the requirements of the town, with a request that the gentlemen do what lay in their power to remedy as much as possible some of the. present deficiencies in the government services. While granting- that great improvement had been made in the mail service during the past year, better postal facilities were asked' for! The principal request of tlie residents of Sandon was that their town.be made a port of entry by the customs department. A petition to that effect had alreadv been framed and sent to Hewitt Bostock in Victoria with a request that he sh…
note: Preceding Title: The Nakusp Ledge Succeeding Title: The Fernie Ledger Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Denver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0182270
language: English
lat: 49.991389
long: -117.377222
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Denver, B.C. : R.T. Lowery
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text