. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . ugged natureof the ground makes logging difficult and expensive,so that the greater part of the timber on this partof the coast has not yet been touched. No mineralhas yet been discovered, and there is no grazingland. There remains the fishing industry, and thatis, in fact, the one industry of the northern BritishColumbian coast. And that cannot be said to bemaking use of the land ! There are salmon canneries at various points, andthere are Indian villages and settlements of someimportance on the way up, but not very many onthe channels t
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . ugged natureof the ground makes logging difficult and expensive,so that the greater part of the timber on this partof the coast has not yet been touched. No mineralhas yet been discovered, and there is no grazingland. There remains the fishing industry, and thatis, in fact, the one industry of the northern BritishColumbian coast. And that cannot be said to bemaking use of the land ! There are salmon canneries at various points, andthere are Indian villages and settlements of someimportance on the way up, but not very many onthe channels that we pass through, and we stopat none on the Prince Rupert run. The mouth of the S keen a is a beautiful sight;little brown, rocky islets, surmounted by dark greenverdure, dotted about all over the place. Just upthe river are numerous canneries, in which thecoast Indians find employment. Before PrinceRupert appeared, Port Essington was the chief portof call in these parts. It is ten miles up the Skeena,and we dont see anything of it on the coast run. nN Mil NORTHE RN COAST.
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