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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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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__
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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-
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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
as .
PRINCE
RUPERT-LOOKING UP FROM THE
WHA RF.
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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
Those t‘o|wt-s.=lon.s. for \vl\lf'h any for-
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HINGE RUPERT-THE ssclumwo
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"
iz
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
. _. |: _'
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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