. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . WiiKLD Bl »i\i. in im [NDI IN B! 51 RVATION,NORTH VANCOI. MOVING v HOU81 IN fHE^WESI THE TERMINAL CITY 255 goes across to the Fraser at Eburne, and thencefollows up the river. ***** The city of New Westminster is not very interest-ing ; it consists chiefly of one fine broad avenue, asmall cathedral, a prison, and a lunatic asylum,standing in beautiful grounds. There is a fine steelbridge over the Fraser, which carries both the GreatNorthern Railway and the road. The Royal Cityis a pleasant place to live in, however ; it has somevery n
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . WiiKLD Bl »i\i. in im [NDI IN B! 51 RVATION,NORTH VANCOI. MOVING v HOU81 IN fHE^WESI THE TERMINAL CITY 255 goes across to the Fraser at Eburne, and thencefollows up the river. ***** The city of New Westminster is not very interest-ing ; it consists chiefly of one fine broad avenue, asmall cathedral, a prison, and a lunatic asylum,standing in beautiful grounds. There is a fine steelbridge over the Fraser, which carries both the GreatNorthern Railway and the road. The Royal Cityis a pleasant place to live in, however ; it has somevery nice residential districts overlooking the river. The whole peninsula between the Fraser andBurrard Inlet, extending from New Westminster toPoint Grey, will soon be one continuous town. Itis all subdivided already ; the proud old RoyalCity, while still retaining its independence, is fastbecoming absorbed in Greater Vancouver. A couple of miles farther up the Fraser, on thesouth side, is Port Mann, tbe advertised terminusand town site of the Canadian Northern PacificRailway. It was much boomed a few years ago asth
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