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The fisheries of Canada, from the_

earliest ‘tiines, were recognized as_

among the most valuable assets of thc_ country, the greatest in the \vestern_ heml.~'phere. The vast timber regions have been looked upon \vith jealous and covetous eyes and millions have been; mnrieffrom them. but Canadians nr! British Americans, for generations.. seeinvd to think ti\at their fisheries of value were chiefly those of the Atlantici

Tliore is no doubt but that the AtInntic_ const did furnish tremendous \vrnl_tii,l and efforts. More or loss stlc<‘essf\i|.i were made ro protect and ]rrf‘scr\'e:

them as assets of the lirltlsh part ol'_ this continent. Your nftcr _vcnr they,

were encroached upon, until exrtsperat-_

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Ni. KELLEY, _ I

President, Western Caiiada Flour Miiisi

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ing imposition of foreign aillrression led io stern attempts to holli a national asset for national use. Our American neighbors. after having exhausted their _own territorial fishing grounds, extend- ed thelrsphere of industry to what are] now Canadian waters. This species of Diracy eventually led to armed protec- tion, and almost war with tha ai~i§\‘l‘H- sive nation adjoining us. Then camo r\ period of diplomatic adjustment. With-l out going into unnecessary fiefiliifi °"° only needs to be reminded that undor the Washington treaty; a commission WHS agreed upon. and, under the award of that commission, five and_u_ half mil- lions of dollars was fixed asi the valuu at the fistiins and privileges our neigh- bors had been -using on the Atiantic__ ' ` ' __.'__.__|__.._"".’_"-T-l`-`

coast and in the territorial waters of Columbia, and a sturdy effort is being British Am\=_rl¢3_ made to hold this (. rldlnn business

At that time the waters off the Paci-

fic coast, as a field for fishinp; indus-i A; nw mme Uma ig wus MSM,-y_ U'Y..was known to few but the Siewaahi that tho fisheries should be carried on

Indians. In due time, Canada became! with intelligence. using the best basei

a Dominion, and attention was drawn

to British Columbia. The splendidi sihie delay between the catch and the

salmon fisheries nf the Pacific coast oi'_ niarket .lust hcrc the Grand Truni: Canada, in thc- rsiuarif-s anti rlvorsl Pacific Railway came upon_tl\e svelitni

challenged the attention of the world.)

These fishing grounds iiernvnc thr\` l’:ieii`ic tcrmiilufi. Prince Rupert. is au* gr(-ntogt gn\|rc\=, of supply for <»ppnln_;§ ideal base of operations. flbscrvant salmon known to history. Still the pos-I men saw this; saw tliut the coming new

=ibllitio_s of the ndizmr-|\t fishing: hauits, \\'f-rr scarcely rrnilrneri. A i"‘\v people

OACH T0 THE WHARF-PRINCE RUPERT.

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for Canadians.

of operations and with the shortest pos

\\'hethor by accident nr design, thui

Pzirifii, teiininni of the new trnn.<\~on

limiptul roril was [ming to be tin- henr-

t`i~om Nova Sc-ntl-1, who knew sfnnethlnci rf -~ -‘Sl-;i'_;i__.‘:_';ti.. _ ' . f

about fishing. and happened to find; .

themselves on the P:\r_‘ll'ic const. wrote

to the East, telling their fellow .~uiii_i~~rts| what vast possibilities these salt \v:\ter: i`islu-t‘lf~'= t'.fi`m't’.ivl. 'i`he,\' spoke to df-af, 4-urs. ’i‘hrn value the clit(-rp1"~'inc_N0\v} Flngiandcr. lie saw the possibilities nndi srrnrinnlly workt-d in. . _ i

Every ,vearihe Atlnntic fisheries coli!

cd for greater and greater exprntlittirei of time-_ money and effort. The Newi England fleets~m.'\nneri, it is true, byi Nova Scoti.=»_ns_ Newfoundlnndcrs and Pnrtugursc--\v:-nt further ttnd' further out and made it iiiereasimrly difficult to .s-f'\ii‘e paying can-lit-S. Still tlio'T'nci- fir coast fishing grounds remained al- most ixlitoticiiuti, until the completion o a (Tmmtilnn railway across the con-

tinent, hroulxht the Yankee to the sunny* ,slope oi' the l"ut'il`i_c and he st\\\' that lti was cond in he there. lie realized that|

the immense .salmon run was l~ut n pr\rl| uf the wntcr wealth of British Colum- bla.

'i‘hcn came a time when the harri-

woriting fisherman of the Atlantic dis-I covered that hc had an uniookvd-for' competitor. C-xlti storage and rf-frigrcr-i atm' cars nboiislicd distance, and in tlie_ cities of Plasiern America _there eaniei delicious halibut and other fish from; tho cool, blue waters oftl1r1’:\clfic. The.

Atlantic fislicrvnnn could hardly iw-2 iiove his eyes, but there it was--as flnei fish ns the waters of thc world pro-i' duced were so easily obtained _as to discount his hard work. and compete, with him for even his own Atlantic* market. The Yankee had discovered the' value of Cuna`da’s Pacific fisheries andi_ was workinlr tin-m.

Vi'hlle in the rough Buy of Fundy, on

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most eliminate the factor ol' peril,

investments oi’ money and labor oftorctl

' li rushed on tiicv.\vlli he placer

enrtaki reward. 1 mliii Y I - ~ ,

' , lti ._ ,v u ' :oss of the totuniniz \\ ns

Canadians have now full) awakened :_Vr»_(_ii_'_'__L_°rL_`;t|c__“_)_$ _,___ Em____ As ___h_c___h.

said and abunzl ntly prov<-ri. cold .stor-

in the waters off the const of British _age and refriqcrntnr cars annihilat

to the immense value of the fisheries.

\ time and space. The climatic conditions _on the Pacific coast permit the use of \ numerous _motor boats all the year _ round. There is no stormy winter ses- ison. when the business is only pursued _ at tremendous risk of life and property, -as is the case on the Atlantic const. compelling the practical abandoning of fishing for several months each year.

In short. the building of Canad.a’s

new great national highway is to be at- tended by a develo ment of one of €annda‘s greatest assets in a wayi

scarcely dreamed of five or ten years|

ago. ' _ ‘ i Prof. Edward E. Prince, the Commls _ stoner and General Inspector of Fisher- ics for the Canadian Government, ln- vestigated and reported upon the Kreat value and vast possibilities of the Hrlt- ish Columbia fisheries. "’i‘he_ sea-fish-| ieries," he reported. “ore among thei most prolific and vaiuaivlc In the worid.i They have been developed along the coast of Bri-tish Columbia Lo a marvel-i ions extent. and they are capable oft enormous expansion. ` The amazing] feature of these flslmrles is that they; may he carried on in waters pcrfectlyl land sheltered. Ht-cute Straits. Dixon| ldntruncc. Queen Clxarlotle Sound, nnd' the Straits of Georgia, with innumer- able deep inlets, bays and arms, are so shielded from the open ocean as to fur- nish unique conditions for the pursuit of fishing operations. Vancouver Is- land and the Queen Charlotte Islands ,form 11 barrier against the occasional 1 storms oi’ the waters outside. while thel shores of those lslztnda are thomselvesi penetrated by extensive channels. arms! and bays. abuunding_‘ like the adjacent; ocean waters. in the most valuable economic species of fish. I "The investigations carried on by 11| _coiiiiiiittee of the British Columblal

i-`|<herlr~s t"ornmis.sion, during' the sum-| mor of 1906. proved that extensive feed- iing' grounds for fish occur on every parti of the coast. from Victoria to Nassl River. The bottom. in ndmberless places. is literally alive with inverte- brate animals. especially shell-fish. an-i neilds,‘shrimos and sand stars. which constitute a very large part of the food of the most estcerned kinds of market- ‘nine fish. l

"'i‘i\l= gyroatcst spuwlliust and feedinc; ';rf~niuls= in the world for herring, hali- imt_ fiat t`isi\--allied to the piaice and sole~ztnti num:-rnu_== otiior food fish ooviir \\'ltl\in the vast slieliercri area (1-lwvring nearlv 30.000 .srlunre miles) 1-xt:-nliintr from' the int:~rnatinnal

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bl I th ld_ WUI r 1 b __ ro _ r nce says the annual halibut gifs Qvcne ,_`:;;€i to p,.e`\.§n€u0u;.lehi?n2;;| catch in_ British Columbia is valued at taking seals in the open waters of the; “bmi 5000000- hilt iilis 0095 “Ui iii- se&_ mpeg outgmt, of any jm,1s(||cu,,n__ clude halibut locally sold, cured. etc. In: we mwf. |,ce,, very kind K., th@m_ W0' Silitl- of stories that the banks are be- have RMU."-|_,_,,l muvh _"_ um num. of Inc tiestmye-ii, Prof. Prince officially

fr|(.,,d5m Tm. _\v,».“ ],:,m|_|'nd I,\1§h` rt-ports that “there is much evidence!

(_\¢\mm`mi have I-Q,.,.|\.__| _._p_._§|u] __0nces__ that the halibut are still more plentiful* sions from the Dominion Government. Um" im ‘UW 0ih0i` i?ii`"U¥ifiH in i-he \\'0l`i¢i~ “nd nm the pr|n(.|_,,‘| hnpbut flgmng-_Z and if some wise protection can bc dc- "rm _,Dm_mm,z _ "_ Uruish Cnmmhm _ vised to prevrnt the destruction of flsbl

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kan limits in Iilxnn Entrance on :tw nnrtii, and shielrlutl from the opcn m'i=an by Vancouver island and Queen Chur- lolte island group. 'Phe number oi' iarisv rivers which take their rise on the i”n-- cific slope of (hxtmda is astonishing, in- cluding. wlth‘um.- or twn exceptionapil the fgrfrnt salmon rlvors on the western wtttersiicd ot' North America. The Fra- ser.‘ Columbia, 'l`hompson, Sizeenu. Nasa.S:|cke..-n, Liard.i’ukon. Polly, Por- cunino. Peel. and other vast strlnnis. all have their source in i?:~ltisi| Columbia. or the Yukon District. and nm.-'t ot' tiu~n\

course through i‘_:\n'\dIan t~\rritox'i'- lhougzh sonic. illfti the Yukon. iiie Silcltlrcii and the Columbia, debouchc into time sea beyond its i»|umiarlcs_ ; "it is :tu axioui amongst fishing nu-_ ftiiorillcs thul fooli iisiics iinprnvc in; lfinvur und quality, in cold mi:-tlieril lwutrrs, and it' must be ndmltted that .those l"nciiic fishing grounds possess 'tor that reason an enviable position. I?i_it the vary pienltudc ni these l‘isl\er_v resources prevented a proper l\i>l>i`*‘ifif\‘ , tion of them for many years, and cven yet their real value and importance. ns latitii-ri to .rank anwmtst the m'»f=\i¢-"I fisheries pos-sessvd bv any country. arc ifontrully undcrestimatt-d. While the sulrnnn cnnnin;Z industry has. for u quarter of n ot\utury_ occupied u pru- nlinr-nt place amongst Pncilic eninuter- eitli enterprises, it is barely fiftccii years ago since the iinniensc value of the !?rit,i:=h <1oiumnt:i halibut .banks Ia iiecntc Straits _und Dixon Entrant-c. was first appreciated. while the rich i\crrin_\; h'!\r\'e1it alon# our ¥"t\cl'tit- shores went to waste until fire or six 3'-'>n\'i' li\:\ 'More nioaey has 'hcen Muuit in unirle than will over cmnc out of them( Paid nn eminent British Columbian to me

sonic years ago. ‘nhd.'_ lzc added. 'P\'\'l\ ,nfter ou'r ibm sr hast si gone and our : forests have been out down. our :unwr- i ics' will still remain to supply labor and itood, and are our must permanent nn- iihirhi resourcol."' |<_ Prof. Prince goes nn to speak in i lowing terms ol tht-.quantity and qual- ifty of British Columbia salt water fish. Nature nan been exceptionally generous

Ei Cllnndn. \Vi\iie the fisii_er|es»of lim nitazi Stacey-timse ly\‘_tim|r.~»wn ter-

,rltprlsi ymmra ima tnliqcwhivh ve" lti' _oparspid from their _own shores as lv i1\|d__of operations--are or»vw\i\‘1ili\'Pi¥ innifnirn-nn¢'.1_nnpg_uw-hgtll _ tie- "_iw,§_

on -win' to tin- fisitinn grounds. Ar- botindai-_v line un the south, to the Alas- tin-ouch C\u==1\l=\ lv the i7\|i"-li r:i7‘f:(\1\wiiis \\m~e~ tiuirily made. and `

the stormy Gc0l‘E\"S ilflii the 0li'iL‘i` tiicil till* \ee\v;= wits i\:unIell out io the

banks of the Atlantic. which were most wot-lti that n hugr clnnpanx had bc:-n fittingiy worked from the Canadian _ formed. known as the Canzztii-an l-ish const. the business was uccompanlednmnd Cold Storagf- Company, Liinlled. by hardship and peril, the Pacific coast l starting with a C-aifiliii U,f il iiiiiiiiifi Mid ilffvfdfid §i`0Uf\iiS i¢€iI\ii'1l_! Wiiii ii-“ik in in. half. with Prince Rupert as their base waters so protected and calm as to al- ` of operations. /The new terminal clt>`

is close to the most pi-olIl`lc_t'ishlnt:

Great catches were easily obtained. nnd BYOUIN-if' ‘if iii? Pl\0iiiC °"i\5i» with lk"

l rank as the greatest salmon rivers In t the world. :intl flow rlui‘iny',' tin'~i\‘ whole

catchcs ul' fish taught in iinll:\_l :'~`iniv.-:- vcssn-ls, and lo purl-im_~u: if-t~ und sup- pilos under rult\.~< lzlltl dutvn ily thi- t":tu-

adlun liililisicr oi' l‘u.\'t~n:vs. 'l`l:u.~_ il,

will be Observed, our Ynilltcc iieigluburs

'ure given for tn>t‘ll"t: prlvlli os oil

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tliliing fish in our i’::ci.`ict'o:1:<t far inure valuable than tlm.»,i- for will:-li we were

u\vurded fivf- and it hull' million lil>iln|`.~'__

by on lntcriitiiiuiinl i'oin1nl.<. inn, on our Atlantic coast. 'i'hl‘_\' nrt- alveii L§i't~:\i<'r l’f`i\’ii€i!¢‘-< ill lil" \\':|.\` 'ti' u~'inl: our shores as iv l>.1e=t» uf -lplrzltil-ii for noth- in'~' than lin-ir l`t‘iiu\v titixous on thc At Iautic pay us a dollar nini :l half n ion for. Oi’ 1-.nirsl-, thi.-1 nvvy not uontl1lut._

nu other 1-.lunrry in t\\~» \vfn~id wouliy

I s~»:|~=ui\ iiuvo tnkvn’i`rom 80,000 to lil0,000 = pouniis nl' linllhnl in :L siimlr- day. in-1 :lm-si ,about the mldlili- oi’ August Inst, the new halibut ste-:lnwr “li/l:\nlu\ttan,"| built in tho United States i`or the New.

iiimgillviil ldlslilntr i‘o\npnn_\', s-'<»<f\\i‘f-tl thc' lfwrfest .single i~.'\|¢»'\ i-et-in-<ir~rl_ viz.: 170.- iiitfi iioiiiilis iv' h'vli‘»ut, or i0,ni\0 more iimn tim :'tf_~:~:nr-:- ".\T:~\\' i<h~.l:iaiui,", »'.~.'lli\-l\, nimut ti.l~ _sonic liutl-_ l»|~nugl1t .ilown 1f',f»»».:f». F.:-_-in ni' lln»_-~ fish--_ ,\\'hit-li \\'oul:l havl- lui-:en \\'<»l~l<s to take, Ion the Georgi 's Punks or in the i'Zay of; _ l<`unIiy--und. indeed, all the best cntches_ I "t that time of year, nrt- mode lwtwconi I"rincess Iioyui i.-iami and Queen Char- lloite Sound, and no tzrrent dl.~'tancc 1 t'ron1 siiore, i-iaiilnit vl».ss<~l.'~‘ are known gm have l»lf»:m-tl .$"0_000 in one .~4e:\:.ori_ ,-after pnyint: ilu- i-xpt-ns-1-.s oi' .se\'1>|'.\il itrips, null the 1-:ltoln-_s nficr bein!! ship-i pod l-:lst \\'.i\ll<i _viclil 1-vt-n larger rc-l _turns in ilu- \\'iio!r-.szllv and rl-lull deal-_ _crs l¢'a-ilnlile 1-stilinttes' pill the annual, lil'-li of l¢:illl>ul lu Hrilish finltxzniilni \\-_-.tt-r>~ naw nr -l-lfvillllio to .f».'._<\un_r».'»n` lim in r~<-1 nt _vi-.vr_~‘, 1i'rl-f l’rinu~»'.~: i'l.-t =\nl:uni |'»-|~o"|» .lx |‘-.uri.».~n in fifiviin liii)l»_~' ;_;~,>~;.t1-.` illzin '_in‘ iinliinit vntlrii of All 1"-l\‘\f 1- lin fm-'\i'.~' li--i`l»t`l-_ l

lflfirl--l: llniiilul, ln»\\'r\'t-r. the wntr-rs,

:llnnlinl in otln r ~ x/*viii-lit i'uo<_l fish. The _l»lnt'l< l-.nl is lain-n in deep water, ini _l"nih_~: ol' _frmn .=l<\'eul,v to eighty filth-i lows, :tim-;,' thu- \\'->.~tr»m\ shore of Quociii l1‘l-nrioitn l=;l:|pil:1, and is even found at :\ dl;-th twii hninirell to two l\u|\1lrv~\ll 1-nd fifty l`:\t!n»n\<_ 'Pile ouin<‘iu»u. thev ~-nu it, Ihr lu\i'rin_t: ure in innnt»|\‘<c ||u.:ntitlt-s. lnrli~~=i_ .sr-\*-\\':\i lzikoons ini tgnr-en (‘i\:\ri-lite l~~'l:tud-l ,s\va\rn\ with: lnnvwnse .st-iio-'vis of herrinyr. The stur- gef-|\ cuitus t-lui. rock lniss, whiting, pil- i-l\nrri_ .sluul nrt- nil thi-rc in qunntiilfas.

l"ri\f_ Princi- wins-~s his last report by

lhi< .stntt~i|\l>iil: "Tile signs of rapid de- |\'»iopnu\iit ure unniistukninle, and in D 'vi-ry i'r-w _\'t~ni‘,= the lirltish Cuiuinlxia t`i.~'ln-ries siinuid double their present annual ni-vney returns." 1 i ills prellit-tion is certainly now beingi lv.-rli'it-il. The anlvent of tho Canadian, I l"i.<l\ and tiuld Stlnvtgrc Cunipnny, Lim-i i lied. is one of the luost itnpurtnnt uc-i unrr- n\~|-- in the hir<tor_\' ni' the tievclop-_ i un-ni ni' (_lnn:uln's nntnral resvxtircrwl The l’r¢~.sidt-nt is Mr. i\ndrf~\v Kelly, off \\'lnnip(-fr. 'i`in- \'ioc-prositlciits are Mr. .inincn t‘n|~ruth\~rs and Mr. J. VV. Stew-l nrt. oi' Winnipeg. Tho treasurer and' . managing director is Mr. C. H. Collins.'

‘of Vancouver. Director and general nntnnger, Mr. Grier Stnrratt, of Van-i ,couv<~r_ a lzrnlleninn of wide practical' |t~xper|vnc.~, who is nt present general n1nnu_|z-r of the New Ehtrlnml Fish Co.._ \\'i‘.it'h has been so successful. _ y

._ in addition they ure to have builti

i\n auxiliary public- cold stornprc plant tn_ lkc earl- oi' fish, fruit. produce, ment.

lt is nn exhibition oi' l;e|\<~rr\.~‘ity _qui-1| ,f\_.; 911;, so thut tho gr_w_,H_ nf _‘___ ______V|m.L.

as well its lmportntlonn frlnn the Anti-

>tin\\v. it is quite possible lhz1tl"\nulin rmlvs' van he hnridlt-ri and kc L renfl

may det-ide to keep her flzzhcrlvs for Cunariinns.

, . p _ y in' .shipment in roi`ri.';f~i‘:iir\r t-nrx for the l-`.n.<t. _‘Til-~y will not only place such_

products in good condition in the chief cities of Canada and the United Ststsl but by reshlpping in the cold storsgaof the Atlantic liners will Mtuaiiy DH! them in iirltish and continental Euro-- pczln markets. _

The fish freezing and cold storage

plant, situated right at the wharf will he a modern concrete structure 100 bl 102 feet. containing four stories and Q ventilation floor. The building is th have nn inner wail or lining of vltrified llic, and i;».\t\\'ct-n this and the outer t--me-rite wail will i»c,granulated cork. 'l‘iu- floors are to he nf reinforce ooh- crritc with such c-olumns and girreerl ll will t‘f|rr_\' a load of 350 lbs. per BQUIN foot. The plant is designed to htndii 6,000,000 lbs. of fish.

'i‘ht»r<~ has. iierotnfore, been a. waste of

fish offnl and no use could be mad! #J the nf\n~t~llibil> i”i_~'h. T"_l- new company, i~v:'!i:cil:.': what profit iliere is in thing! often vn~r:li-t-i.»»i, are to have n factory for lin. _inaiiiifuvitirv of ufful and othtr- '\\‘l,se \isf=less fish into fertilizer. Tilil will tw at Pnrpnlse Bay. eight milsl from Prince Rupert, and will have am-

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Jai/nas cARau'r|-lens.

Grain Exporter, Montreal.

nie capacity for handling the results of enormous catches.

The experiment of stocking the wl-

ters of British Columbia with lobsters i'rom Nova Scotia is now being carried on by the Dominion Government. The latest et`l'ln~t ot' this kind has been most proxnlslng, tin- loblaters being success- fully carried across tho continent and seeming lively and healthy in their new home. The numerous islands with abundance of natural food for the lob- ster on the bottom should in time make the const of British Columbia as proli- fic und valuable afioinltcr fishery In that of the south coast of Nova Booth, now the |‘»rlnr|pai_ supply place of tin world. With the flciiitics the new com- pany have, and the advantages ol Prince Rupert as a base of operations. the ioi_».~ter fishery should become s

vniuailio ndljunct to their business. Some idea o "the importance of cultiv- ating and protecting the lobster fishery may be gatimrrd from the fact that its annual yield to Canada is even new two million dollars.

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