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CTEWART is the last northern ocean port
on the British Columbia seaboard and
the terminus of the Canadian North-eastern
Railway.

It is the outfitting point for the mines of
the Portland Canal District and the gateway
to the fertile Naas River Valley, which will
be opened up by the construction of the
Railway.

We are the largest individual owners of
lots and acreage in Stewart Townsite, and
will be glad to furnish information regarding
Stewart Investments to anyone interested.

Alvo von Alvensleben, Ltd.

HEAD OFFICE:

744 Hastings Street W., Vancouver, B. G

Branches in LONDON, PARIS and BERLIN

London Office: 599 Salisbury House, London Wall,
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" The Pacific's Treasure Chest *

F you inquire of a successful man in any
walk of life the factor of his success, he
will undoubtedly reply: "I looked ahead";
in other words, he foresaw certain results

to be obtained from a set of conditions or circumstances,

and took advantage of them.

This pamphlet will endeavor to show that in the
natural course of events Stewart will become a great
city, because of certain factors and conditions that exist
there, and the reader, looking ahead, foreseeing those
results and availing himself of present opportunities, can
benefit accordingly.

All cities that have achieved wealth and greatness
have done so mainly on account of their natural advan-
tages, and few cities, if any, have been located amidst so
many natural advantages as Stewart. Surrounded on
every side by mineral wealth, commanding the Pacific
gateway to the interior of Northern British Columbia,
with its vast stretches of mineral, timber and agricultural
lands, possessing also a land-locked harbor available at all
stages of the tide, a natural railroad route of easy grade
to the east, and a climate in which work can be prosecuted
all the year round, Stewart has been undoubtedly favored
of the gods.

SITUATION The location of Stewart is ideal. It
occupies the level land lying at the head
of Portland Canal, a waterway of nearly sixty miles of
unrivalled scenic beauty. The Canal averages about one
mile in width, with deep water throughout its entire
course, the mountains towering from three thousand to
six thousand feet in height on either side. Portland Canal
forms the boundary line between Canada and Alaska,
consequently Stewart is the most northerly seaport in
British Columbia, and is the logical point of entry into
the vast interior of the Great Northwest. The town has
a mile frontage on tidewater, and covers, with land avail-
able for townsite purposes, including the tide flats, about
two thousand acres. This limited area insures for the
investor a rapid increase of values, and guarantees the
concentration of commerce within this radius.

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Besides being the most northerly seaport in British
Columbia, Stewart stands at the entrance of the most
direct route to the interior, with easy grades to the east,
to the valleys of the Peace and the Yukon, and it is not
looking too far ahead to say that in the near future the
whole of the trade of this vast territory will some day
pass through this favored spot.

In looking ahead one must consider the factors that
are now, or will be in evidence within the next few years.
Chief among these is the outstanding fact that the West
— the unexploited West — is now narrowed to Northern
British Columbia. The influx of population is greater
today than at any time in the past, and this great tide of
humanity must perforce direct itself to the undeveloped
territory of which Stewart is the natural gateway. With
the extension of the wheat fields of the Prairies still fur-
ther northward and westward into the Peace River Val-
ley, and the opening of the Panama Canal, it is reasonable
to expect that their harvests will find their way to tide-
water by the cheapest and shortest route — via Stewart.

It is little more than a year since the real growth of
Stewart began. For ten years prospecting had been car-
ried on in the neighborhood, and year by year the poten-
tialities of the district became better known, until at this
writing all doubt as to the future of the town and dis-
trict has been set at rest.

CLIMATE A good deal of misconception exists in

regard to the climate of this part of
British Columbia, but from observations made during the
past ten years, it may be said that this section will com-
pare favorably with other parts of the province. In the
winter the snowfall is usually heavy, with many clear,
sunny days, the temperature seldom dropping more than ten
degrees below zero. Spring begins about April 1, and
winter sets in about November 1. The summer is usually
warm with occasional rains, but Stewart lying so close to
the interior has a climate more approximating that portion
of the province than of the rainy coast.

SAIL UP Each corner of the world has its mar-

THE SOUND vels of stupendous scenery, rushing tor-
rents or quiet landscape, and even the
handiwork of men, or the result of the labor or servile
hordes of the dark ages by which the sight-seeing visitors
are delighted or interested, but it has been perhaps justly
claimed bv those who have seen all these that the real

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wonderland embracing the greatest variety of those things
which delight the tourist's mind is to be found in the trip
north from Vancouver or Seattle to Stewart.

The entire route to Stewart is landlocked, or at least
sheltered, with the exception of a short distance. The
Strait of Georgia, which is traversed for the first 120
miles from Vancouver, is fairly open, but many islands,
some of considerable size, relieve any possible monotony
of the view. To the west is Vancouver Island, and that
section of it where coal mines are extensively worked.
From Vancouver to the head of the Strait of Georgia the
features of the route are different from anything north of
that, inasmuch as there is usually a large stretch of water
with a few large islands always in sight, whereas in the
channels north the route is for the most part through a
narrow, winding, canal-like course. The mountains of
Vancouver Island are in view after leaving Vancouver,
and until the head of the island is reached. These moun-
tains rise up in fairly regular form, their entire elevation
being about 5,000 feet. As a general rule, snow is visible
on all. There are no glaciers, consequently the timber
line appears to be about at the summit of the mountains.
The Coast Range, as well, across the Strait of Georgia,
also rises up 5,000 to 6,000 feet, and is somewhat less
regular than the mountains on Vancouver Island.

At the mouth of the Campbell River the Strait of
Georgia ends, and the swift water passage, while one of
the many to be found between Vancouver Island and the
mainland, is possibly the most noted of these narrows or
straits. The rocky, tree-clad walls which hem the water
in, seem within a stone's throw of the steamer on either
side as the narrows are traversed. Great mountains, with
the perpetual snow on the peaks, loom up in stately grand-
eur. This channel is about two miles long and slightly
more than a quarter of a mile wide, through which the
tides rush and meet at certain stages, consequently it is
difficult to navigate against the current, but when travel-
ling with it the speed is very swift and the water has all
the appearance of a considerable rapid. Through Dis-
covery Passage and Johnstone Strait the character of the
scenery varies at each turn, owing to the numerous islands
and the inlets, the latter all along the coast deeply indent-
ing the land, in some cases for hundreds of miles, and
further north direct the warm Chinook winds from the
Japan Current, through the Coast Range of mountains to

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sweep over and temper the climate of an enormous area
of arable land in the northern interior plateau of British
Columbia.

Looking east from the steamer, the summits of the
Coast Range of mountains are constantly in view, and
while not as high as those on Vancouver Island, are more
numerous and show the manifest difficulties in penetrat-
ing to the level land beyond.

After traversing Johnstone Strait, Alert Bay, an Indian
village at the head of a deep bay, is passed, being a port
of call. Alert Bay is noted for the finest and greatest
variety of totem poles on the Pacific Coast. The one
street of the village is bordered with these quaint and
remarkable totems, thirty and forty feet high, some of
them representing a record of tribal history, its wars and
victories. The one-eyed eagle, the whale, the frog, the
crouching bear, and many mythical animals contribute
their shapes in these storied fabrics of fantastic carving to
make a study of peculiar interest to the curious.

The route continues through winding channels, be-
tween myriads of islands, until Queen Charlotte Sound
is reached, and steaming across the opening with nothing
to the west but the Pacific Ocean, brings the steamer into
sheltered ways again, behind Calvert Island, when a great
natural canal to Bella Bella village is followed in almost
a straight course.

The islands at the southwest end of Queen Charlotte
Sound, with the shadowy shores of Vancouver Island be-
hind, make an interesting vista; the mainland shore is
very irregular, and in some places the surf, with the back-
ground of hills, is a very delightful view. This Sound is
traversed in about three hours, and, with the exception
of about four or five miles across Milbank Sound, there
is no possibility of any rough water being encountered
elsewhere on the route between Vancouver and Stewart.

From Bella Bella the steamer traverses its devious,
picturesque way for several hours, when Finlayson Chan-
nel, between Princess Royal Island and the islands and
mainland, and Grenville Channel, between Pitt Island
and the mainland, give an almost unbroken canal-like pas-
sage to within a short distance of Prince Rupert. This is
the most wonderful panorama of scenic beauty in the
world. Swanson's Bay, on Finlayson Channel, besides
the cannery, possesses large sawmills and a sulphite pulp
industry. The power is derived from a magnificent water-

A few scenes on the line of the
Canadian North - Eastern Railway

(Portland Canal Short -Line Railway)

fall which forms a splendid background to the view, for
the settlement is built on a narrow ledge between the
mountains. Canneries are in evidence at every port where
the vessel calls, and at Lowe Inlet there is a freezing
plant in addition, at which the halibut are salted and sent
out in tierces or barrels, no salmon pack being made.
Finlayson Channel offers probably the most attractive
scenery on the whole route, the channel being very nar-
row and the hills abrupt.

Leaving Grenville Channel, Porcher Island is passed
to the west of the steamer, and on the mainland opposite
is Port Essington, marking the mouth of the Skeena
River, along which, for two hundred miles, the Grand
Trunk Pacific is being constructed. The salmon run
takes place in July and August, and myriads of fishing
boats almost block the path of the steamer northward, for
the "Sockeye" will not wait, and while the water is alive
with them the harvest must go on. The channel to Prince
Rupert leads around the south end of Digby Island from
the north, and forms a straight passage from the south.

From Prince Rupert northerly the steamship route
skirts the south shore of Digby Island, enters Chatham
Sound, and for a distance of five miles Dixon Entrance
is traversed, then sheltered waters continue through to
the head of Portland Arm, where Stewart is situated.
Past the Indian village of Metlakahtla, to the east, the
route is to Port Simpson, twenty-eight miles from Prince
Rupert, which is the first port of call. Port Simpson was
established as a Hudson's Bay Company post more than
one hundred years ago, and as the Indian tribes, includ-
ing the bellicose Haidas of the Queen Charlotte Islands,
had come by this time to regard all intruders as enemies,
a strong fort and entrenchments had to be built to pro-
tect this fur-trading post, and while making this the center
for trading to preserve the lives of the Hudson's Bay
Company officers and men, as it was many years before
these warlike tribes treated newcomers with proper respect.
Even at the present time the original structures are seen
at this unique village, including the "guest house" ot the
chiefs. Many interesting legends are still preserved in the
records at this post, in fact sufficient legendary lore, both
native and white, clusters around this village to delight
the antiquary or the collector of folk-lore. Port Simpson
is situated at the entrance of the Portland Canal, which
is the most northerly inlet on the coast of British Colum-
bia, forming the international boundary between Canada
and Alaska.

STEWART BOASTS MANY SUBSTANTIAL
BUSINESS BLOCKS

This canal, or fjord, is about fifty-five miles long, the
shores being most picturesque, rising like mammoth battle-
ments to the height of 6,000 feet at times, guarding as it
were the rich deposits of mineral which Mother Nature
holds fast in her granite grip, the recent discovery of
which has attracted worldwide notice, and the develop-
ment of which is now assuming gigantic proportions.

The <first call on the Portland Canal is Naas Bay,
Kincolith Wharf. The Naas River empties into Naas
Bay, and it is along this river that some of the greatest
mining development is looked for.

Observatory Inlet opens up at Kincolith and runs due
north for about thirty miles. The steamer route up the
canal to Stewart passes Maple Bay, at which point a
change in the rock formation takes place, and instead of
granite, which is the country rock hitherto on both sides
of the canal, a schist occurs, of a dark gray color, and
this formation extends to a point several miles up Bear
River from Stewart.

The scenery in the immediate neighborhood of Stewart
is of an imposing nature, great mountains rearing their
snow-clad pinnacles 6,000 feet sheer from the water's
edge, immense glaciers filling the upper valleys and gorges,
objects of awe and beauty, their blue caverns echoing to
the murmurings of the icy torrents issuing forth. Sev-
eral of these glaciers may be reached in a few hours' jour-
ney from Stewart, and will prove objects of interest to
the many tourists who visit this section in summer.

Although not widely known, the Bitter Creek Glacier
is the grandest in British Columbia, and while not yet
fully explored, is known to extend for over fifteen miles.
It is surrounded by mountains of an Alpine character,
which test the mettle of the most expert mountaineer.

A comparatively short drive from Stewart over an
excellent road brings the tourist to the foot of this mag-
nificent glacier, where he can witness the unusual specta-
cle of the stream bursting forth in its full strength from
its icy bounds.

An additional attraction to the tourist is the proba-
bility that he may observe on the cliffs on either side,
specimens of that fast-disappearing animal, the mountain
goat.

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FUR, FISH With increased means of transportation

AND to the interior, a prolific field awaits

FEATHER the sportsman, but even now, with lim-

ited travelling facilities, good hunting is
to be obtained within a comparatively short distance of
Stewart. The principal big game in the Bear River Val-
ley is black bear and goat, but across the divide about
thirty miles from Stewart, the sportsman can obtain grizzly
hunting unrivalled in any part of the province. A little
further east and north are to be found moose, cariboo and
mountain sheep. This is one of the few stretches of virgin
ground left to the big game hunter on the continent of
North America.

All streams and lakes supply excellent fishing at dif-
ferent seasons of the year, salmon and trout of different
varieties abounding. It is no exaggeration to say that at
Meridan Lake the angler will find a perfect paradise. In
the spring and fall, ducks and geese are plentiful, and in
the uplands grouse and ptarmigan are numerous.

AGRICULTURE The vast stretches of agricultural
land across the divide from Stewart
will, within the near future, support a great population.
The climate and soil are suitable for mixed farming, as
has been proven by the Indians and the few whites who
are located on the Naas in the neighborhood of Ainsch,
one of the largest areas in British Columbia. For a num-
ber of years prospectors and others living at Stewart have
planted gardens, raising all the usual varieties of root
crops successfully, potatoes ripening in eighty-two days
from planting, and other vegetables in proportion.

All conditions indicate that during the summer there
will be a large influx of prospectors, land locators and
others into the territory that lies on the Naas River side
of the mountains. This territory is known to be rich in
agricultural possibilities, with coal and other minerals,
and with the extension of the Canadian Northern Rail-
road it is certain to be rapidly settled.

A government trail, following the natural railroad
route into this section, will be completed this summer, giv-
ing easy access. In addition to the above features, the
railroad now under construction, opening up, as it does,
the valleys of the Naas, the Iskut and the Stickeen Rivers,
will undoubtedly bring about the immediate development
of the vast agricultural resources of these regions. Fur-
thermore, it is reasonable to expect that the mineral

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discoveries which have been made in the Bear River Valley
will be repeated in the ranges beyond.

One noteworthy feature of the Portland Canal dis-
trict is that it is the only point in British Columbia where
tidewater enters the mineralized zone of the Coast Range.
The importance of this will be realized when considera-
tion is given to the cost of transportation charges. Touch-
ing on this point, W. Fleet Robertson, the government
mineralogist, says as follows: "Seldom in British Colum-
bia has the truth been so clearly demonstrated as at Stewart
that the value of an ore body is dependent upon the facility
of getting its contents to market."

STEWART Less than a year ago the settlement at
TODAY Stewart consisted of a little hotel, a

small general store and a few cabins,
and these lay across a mile of tide-flat from any possible
landing. Today it is a modern town, approached by two
magnificent wharves, one nearly a mile in length, for the
general public; the other more than a mile long, connect-
ing with the railway. The city is provided with water-
works, electric light and telephone service; a modern
public school building is under construction by the Pro-
vincial Government; there are three churches; there is
ample and luxurious hotel accommodation, and every line
of business known to modern cities is creditably repre-
sented, and the volume of its business is already such that
two chartered banks have established branches to handle
it. The town also boasts of an excellent fire department,
with its apparatus housed in a modern fire hall, and a
Public Hospital built and furnished at a cost of $10,000.

THE Prospecting on the rivers and creeks that

MINES flow into Portland Canal began in

1898, actual mining operations followed
in 1905, though at first on a rather small scale. During
the last year development work has been carried on at
twenty-four properties, and a mining recorder's office was
established in Stewart in August, 1910.

As described by Herbert Carmichael, provincial as-
sayer, the characteristic rock of the country is argillite,
traversed by felsitic dykes, and cut everywhere by long
and regular fissures filled with quartz, carrying values in
gold, silver, lead and copper.

What has been true of every other mining field in
British Columbia is true also of Portland Canal — the

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rich discoveries have been made by prospectors who have
not the capital necessary for development. But in one
respect, and a most important one, Portland Canal is
unique among the gold fields of the world — the mines are
practically on tide-water ; it is only necessary to prove the
extent and value of the ore bodies and bring the ore to the
surface ; cheap and rapid transportation is at hand and
waiting.

On the south fork of Glacier Creek are the mines
and works of the Portland Canal Mining Company, the
pioneer and first producer of the camp, already equipped
at great cost with an 80-ton concentrating mill, water
power harnessed and all modern facilities for mining and
treatment. On the same creek are the Jumbo, Ben Bolt,
Apex, Rush-Portland, Lordigordi and many other claims
of rich promise.

On Glacier Creek's middle fork are the Evening Sun,
Columbia and Lake View, all carrying high-grade silver.

On the north side is the property of the Stewart Min-
ing and Development Company, already very extensively
developed, showing large bodies of ore similar in character
and value to that of the Portland Canal Mining Company.

Near the Stewart is the Little Wonder, owned and
operated by the Portland Wonder Mining Company, and
on the same creek are the O. K., Main Reef, Tyee and
other promising claims.

On Bitter Creek is the Roosevelt Group, the first
location of the district, an extensive and promising prop-
erty on which nearly $10,000 has already been expended
in development.

One of the most important mines in the whole district
is the Red Cliff, on Lydden Creek, a tributary of Bear
River. The discoveries at depth on the Red Cliff during
the last six months have attracted attention and interest
throughout the mining world. It is already proved to be
one of the most extensive gold-copper mines in existence.

On American Creek are other valuable properties now
being developed, including the Mountain Boy and the
claims of the Portland-Bear River Company. Salmon
River, Fish Creek and the upper tributaries of the Naas
River also contribute their quota.

When it is remembered that the district has been
known even to prospectors for only 12 years, that no
development was attempted until about six years ago, and

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MINING COMPANY

The PORTLAND CANAL MINE

C The ore of the Portland Canal Mine carries gold, silver and lead.
The Company owns a large area of ground; has done extensive devel-
opment and has demonstrated the adaptability of the ore to successful
concentration. The mine has the distinction of being the ('amp's first shipper.

that real work with adequate means was begun less than
12 months ago, the extent of achievement is as wonderful
as the character of the ore bodies — admitted to be the
most diversified of any mining division in British Col-
umbia.

A RAILWAY That the great and wonderfully varied
TERMINUS wealth of the Portland Canal district

and its immense hinterland in the
Naas Valley, and the certain early development of a
large seaport city at Stewart, are now widely recognized
may be seen from the following passages from the Vic-
toria Colonist, which include definite expressions of con-
fidence from two eminent authorities in different spheres,
Sir Donald Mann of the Canadian Northern Railway,
and W. Fleet Robertson, provincial mineralogist of British
Columbia:

"Stewart, at the head of Portland Canal, is to be the
next great transcontinental railroad terminal in the North.
Arrangements are under way for the continuation of the
railroad now in operation from there across the rich Naas
and Peace Valleys, opening up wonderfully rich districts,
where the resources have long lain dormant. The advan-
tages of Stewart as an ocean port are easily apparent. The
city lies at the head of a great sheltered waterway scooped
by nature in the Glacial Age through the Coast Mountain
section — a saving of millions in construction — and it is
the farthest inland port of the western coast of Canada,
as well as the most northerly, being at the boundary line.
Sir Donald D. Mann, who is the chief moving spirit in
the enterprise which will result in making Stewart a
bustling city, where ocean liners will meet the fourth
transcontinental railroad of Canada in the North, says
this road will have the advantage of 24 hours in time
saved over the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad from east
to west, and in these days when time is the essence of
business, the advantage of this saving is obvious. A year
ago, when Stewart was coming into being, Sir Donald
D. Mann said, at a banquet tendered him by the citizens
at the Empress Hotel — a hostelry which has no equal north
of Vancouver — when speaking of the building of the Cana-
dian North-Eastern, the railroad which is now to link
up with a transcontinental line across the valleys of the
Naas and Peace to join with the Canadian Northern at
Edmonton :

" 'The townsite of Stewart, at the head of Portland
Canal, is, in my opinion, one of the finest for a city I have

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ever seen. The fact that Portland Canal is at the head of
navigation means, if history repeats itself, that this will
be one of the greatest commercial ports in the world. Take
cities like London and Liverpool, for instance, on the
other side, and Montreal in Eastern Canada — all are at
the head of navigation ; and this, being the most northerly
port in British Columbia, should be the distributing point
for the whole of the Northern frontier. I have often
been asked why I am building this railroad. It is because
we have an ocean port at one end of it and a mining
country at the other. There is an ideal transportation
proposition. In addition to this, over in the Naas Valley,
I am informed, is a good farming country with an abun-
dant supply of coal, which we hope to reach with this
railway in the near future. Whether the railroad I am
now building will go through the Bear River Pass or not,
I am not prepared to say. A man should be very careful
in making statements as to things he cannot carry out.
I will say this much, however, that reports in regard to the
Pass are very favorable, and next month I intend to send
out a corps of engineers to investigate the Pass, and I
hope to be able to build through it, and on east, to connect
with all the great railway lines that reach the Atlantic
Coast, also north to the Yukon and Alaska.'

"It was in July last year that Sir Donald D. Mann
spoke. Since then the shriek of the locomotive is heard in
the wide valley that reaches from where the two wharves
berth steamers off the bustling city of Stewart, and trains
are running over a solidly built line that is in operation to
Glacier Creek, and is being completed to the works of the
Red Cliff mine, eight miles away. Since then the
engineers have found that they can build through the
Pass with slight engineering difficulty, and arrangements
have been made to carry out the construction of the great
northern transcontinental railroad. Prospectors have been
busy in the Naas and found that not only rich fields of
anthracite coal, but rich mining fields exist there, in addi-
tion to the great farming area; they have found placers
in the Omineca that have been unworked because of the
difficulty of transportation, and others who have pene-
trated into the Peace Valley have returned with glowing
prophecies of tremendous rushes expected into that section
when railroad communication is provided. There big coal
lands remain untouched, a large part of the Peace Valley
being underlaid by an immense coalfield. F. C. Campbell,
sent by the Provincial Government to report upon the
resources of this section, said in his report: 'Southward
from the Peace and between the 122nd and 123rd degrees

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of longitude, it is to all appearances coal country every-
where. The outcrop is bituminous, of the highest quality
(for surface coal), and of excellent coking qualities. This
field will probably rival that of the Crow's Nest Pass
when once the country obtains facilities for railway trans-
port. The proximity of the coal measures of the Peace
River Valley to the richly mineralized adjacent district
of the Omineca has also to be taken into consideration in
approximating the natural future of both districts, for, as
the Omineca mines are opened up, coal will here be readily
available for the economical operation of any number of
smelters.'

" Glance at the map, and see what the opening up of
this great treasure-house of natural resources means to
Stewart when the new transcontinental railroad provides
the key to open the way to its riches. It requires no
prophetic vision to imagine the Portland Canal with the
liners plying to and from Stewart, carrying the grain of
the great Northern wheat fields to many markets, and
bound overseas with great cargoes which the railroad has
carried to Stewart, where keel will meet rail at Canada's
most northerly port on this coast.

"See the map again. Look how the free approach
from the Pacific Ocean to Portland Canal is obvious. This
wonderful waterway, at the head of which Stewart
stretches across a valley flat as a billiard table, seemingly
a great glacial scoop left from the days when the great
ice fields that filled the Northern valleys suddenly went
out, extends northerly and easterly with very deep water,
wide and free, but thoroughly sheltered by the bordering
mountains, until it reaches the northern-most waterfront
point of Canada on the Pacific. Stewart, at its head, is
the nearest port on the Western Canadian seaboard to the
Eastern centres of population and the route traversed by
the railroad to be built from it traverses some of the rich-
est sections in the Dominion.

"It is not two years since Stewart came into being,
and already it is a bustling city. It has electric light,
water and telephone systems, good hospital, fire hall and
department, three hotels, two of which represent invest-
ments of $60,000 each ; sawmill and lumber yards, and its
general appearance is indicative of the promise it holds.
The streets are well built up, with stores equal to any in
the larger cities, and the daily turnover of the proprietors
is a surprise to visitors. The railroad station stands at
the edge of the present city, facing the broad townsite

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STEWART

The Gateway to the Portland Canal and Naa> Valley Diltricti

R. BOYD YOUNG CO., Ltd.

Can supply all the needs of the Prospector, Land Locator, Tourist,
Miner or Settler. Complete outfits a Specialty.

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Transacts a General Investment

Realty, Brokerage and

Insurance Business

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SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS

STEAMSHIP AGENTS

Belmont Block

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which has been plotted by Sir Donald D. Mann, and the
railroad runs from tidewater over an excellent bed stretch-
ing in the straightest of lines back up the valley — the
beginning of a fourth transcontinental road. Two wharves
jut out from the front of the city, with long approaches,
and one of these connects with the railroad, the other being
a public wharf. Up the valley are many mining camps,
the nearest being that of the Portland Canal Mining Com-
pany, with its towering concentrator, from where rich
concentrates are regularly shipped, and other companies
have large camps along the line of the railroad.

"The future of the port of Stewart as a mining centre
is great. Every mining engineer who has visited this dis-
trict and seen the surface showings and indications
throughout the district from the Naas Valley on one side
to the valley of the Salmon River on the other, has been
enthusiastic. They have said it needed time only to prove
whether there was any ore body at depth. The develop-
ment done to date on the Portland Canal mine, the Red
Cliff and Stewart has proved this. At the Red Cliff,
where a tunnel was driven for about 1,400 feet, over
three hundred feet below the first upper workings, it has
been demonstrated that there are available at least 360,000
tons of ore, averaging about $10 per ton at the smelter,
a value of over three and a half millions of dollars to be
taken from this mine alone. Sir Donald D. Mann and
associates have bonded no less than fifty properties in the
district.

"William Fleet Robertson, provincial mineralogist, in
his report dealing with his examination of the mines of
Portland Canal, says high assays have been obtained and
the camp justifies expectations. He says the advantage
of the district in being reached by Portland Canal is
great. His report says in this connection: 'This is the
only arm of the sea cutting the mountain range, although
the range is cut elsewhere by certain rivers flowing west-
ward from the interior, notably the Stikine, Skeena and
Fraser, the latter two having already been utilized as
railway locations. The importance of this arm, from a
mining point of view, is that it gives deep seawater navi-
gation to, and so renders easily accessible, a district in
which the granites of the Coast Range come in contact
with the sedimentary formations lying to the eastward
and farther inland. This region of contact extends for
the whole length of the Coast Range, and, from its geo-
graphical features, forms a zone of probable mineraliza-
tion.' This zone of mineralization has been developed

PORTLAND CANAL MINING STOCKS
AND MINERAL CLAIMS

STEWART REALTY AND

NAAS RIVER FARM LANDS

INSURANCE AND COMMISSION AGENTS

COur many years of experience and thorough
knowledge of realty values combine to give an
exceptional service to a large list of clients for
whom we have made money. Why not you?

CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED

FIFTH STREET

STEWART

sufficiently in Portland Canal to show how immense an
ore body exists, and with the completion of the railroad
and further development of the mines, it is likely that
a fleet of ore carriers will at some date, not far removed,
be plying from Stewart in connection with the railroad
system. The mineralization of the Naas is not yet dem-
onstrated, but it has been prospected sufficiently to show
what promise it holds. Rich finds of silver-lead have been
made there, and it is expected that this valley will also
have much to offer to the miner.

"The British Columbia Government is cutting a road
into the Naas Valley, and the completion of this road
will give the foreloper, the pioneer who precedes the rail-
road, opportunity to prospect and lay bare the riches.
Already prospectors are gathering at Stewart, getting
their kits in order, ready for a long season in the open,
ransacking Nature's treasure-house tributary to Stewart,
for coal, copper, gold, timber and farming lands, and
settlers are beginning to follow, forelopers who are taking
up land to get into the valleys in advance of the railroad,
the cities that are to be."

MINERAL The Stewart Land Company, Ltd., the
MUSEUM original owners of the townsite, have

established a mineral museum, represen-
tative of the ores of the district, in a convenient location on
Fifth Street, to the inspection of which they welcome not
only mining men, but general visitors and tourists.

LOOK In conclusion, we would again advise the

AHEAD reader to "Look Ahead." If he has care-

fully read and considered the plain facts
here presented to him, he will realize that Stewart offers
one of those opportunities which rarely present themselves
to a man more than once. Just as surely as natural advan-
tages of geographical location and rich material resources
have caused the growth of other great cities, so is it certain
that Stewart is destined at an early date to be a great
seaport city and the market and centre of a very wealthy
mining and farming country.

j-ffljA PROSPECTOR^ >-—>,

SAMUEL
HARRISON
& COMPANY

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BROKERS AND FINANCIAL AGENTS

PORTLAND CANAL STOCKS AND CLAIMS
A SPECIALTY

FIFTH STREET, STEWART, B.C. SECOND AVENUE, PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.

V. F. a GAMBLE

S. S. Prince George
S. S. Prince Rhrert

TWICE A WEEK
FROM

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VICTORIA

VANCOUVER

PRINCE RUPERT
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STEWART

CITY TICKET AGENTS

Stewart Trust Co. Limited

BELMONT BLOCK STEWART, B.C.

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^T^^HE most striking of
VU all the natural
beauties of Stewart's en-
vironment is this magnifi-
cent glacier, visible from
all parts of the town.

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This bank has a
branch at Stewart,
B.C., and does
general banking
business. The
management will
be pleased to give
their best atten-
tion to any busi-
ness offered.

W. H. GRAY
Local Manager

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MOUNTAINS

Scemcally Stewart Is Unsurpassed

If you are Interested in the news of

Stewart, the Naas Valley and the mines
A of the Portland Canal, subscribe for the

PORTLAND CANAL MINER

Percy F. Godenrath - Publisher

THE EMPRESS HOTEL

THE FINEST IN THE NORTH

"

J. FREDERICK UNS

Manager

PROFESSIONAL
CARDS

G. A. CLOTHIER, B.A.Sc.

Metallurgist and Assay er
FIFTH STREET STEWART

T. J. VAUGHAN-RHYS

CONSULTING MINING ENGINEER
FIFTH STREET STEWART

H. COLLINSON

PROVINCIAL ASSAYER and METALLURGICAL
CHEMIST

FIFTH STREET STEWART

R. G. EDWARDS LECKIE

Consulting Mining Engineer

BELMONT BLOCK BOWER BUILDING

STEWART VANCOUVER

HOTEL KING EDWARD

THE MOST MODERN AND FINEST
EQUIPPED HOTEL IN THE NORTH

Electric Lights, Hot and Cold Water, Baths
and Lavatories on each floor.

The King Edward, in brief, has the best furni-
shed rooms and the finest Cusine in Stewart.

J. A. ROGERS, Proprietor

Commodious Sample Bus meets all boats

Rooms m

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REPRESENTATIVE
BUSINESS FIRMS

OF

STEWART, B.C.

The Stewart News Co,

Handles All Periodicals
Picture Post Cards

Frank Martin Proprietor

De Mille Transfer Co.

GENERAL FREIGHTING
TEAMING and PACKERS

Esplin & Johnston

Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobaccos
Magazines and Newspapers

L. WATMOUGH

BUILDER and CONTRACTOR

CONCRETE WORK A SPECIALTY

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THE NORTHERN HOTEL

is the most convenient to the Public Wharf, O, It

is headquarters for the prospector, miner and land

locator. €L Accommodation for fifty guests.

Rates reasonable. W. R. JAMIESON, Proprietor

PHILIP WALTERS

GENERAL BLACKSMITH
and MACHINIST

B. E. Badger

Plumber, Steamfitter and Sheet
Metal Worker

The Stewart Bakery

Bakers and Confectioners
R. E. DAWTELL, - - Proprietor

0. F. HA UN

Jeweller
First-class Watch Repairing

P. BURNS & CO.

MEAT, POULTRY, FISH
and GAME

General Freighting
and Forwarding

from Stewart to all parts
of the Portland Canal, Bear
and Naas River Valleys

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Heavy freight a specialty. Tugboats and scows for hire
Freight may be forwarded to Stewart consigned to us for
storage or delivery. ©» Storage warehouse and stables
beside Government Wharf, C Office : Fifth Street

STEWART TRANSFER AND

TRANSPORTATION COMPANY I

STEWART PLUMBING, HEATING
and SHEET METAL WORKS

MANUFACTURERS and CONTRACTORS

T. W. Falconer

Hardware Merchant, Tinsmith and
Machinery

Stewart Gents' Furnishing Co.

OUTFITTERS fOR MEN
G. A. Macdonald, - - Proprietor

JACKS FRUIT STORE

SCHOOL CHILDREN'S SUPPLIES
and NOVELTIES

The Corner Grocery

Caters to the Homes with
GOOD GOODS

FIFTH STREET

McMillan transfer co.

Rons a Daily Stage to Bitter Creek and Pack Outfit to the Naas.

Saddle Horse* and Rigs for Hire General Freighters and Packers.

&*mg* Transferred and Stored. Prospective Camping and Hunting Parti** Catered to.

Office, Fifth Street Warehouse and Stable*, Third Street

STEWART and WTTER CREEK - B. C.

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GURNEY & LLOYD

PAINTERS and PAPERHANGERS
SIGN WRITERS

Eugene Cashman

Transfer and General
Light Teaming

WM. PRATT

LARGEST POOL and BILLIARD
HALL IN STEWART

J. H. SMITH

NORTHERN TRANSFER COMPANY

Meets all Trains and Steamers

E. A. ROLF

Lumber, Shingles and Building
Material

^R.5MITH

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
TELEPHONE SYSTEMS

DAM

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GENERATORS

WATER POWER

Electrical Supplies

TELEPHONE SYSTEMS
INSTALLED

LIGHTING PLANTS

GAS ENGINE SUPPLIES

LAMPS and ILLUMINATIONS

5ALMON GLACIER

Electrical and Consulting Engineer for s p c L p*

& & & W. CO. Limited

FRANK D. RICE

BRITISH COLUMBIA LAND SURVEYOR

FIFTH STREET
STEWART

62 HUTCHINSON BLOCK

VANCOUVER

BEATON & HEMS WORTH

Mining Operators and Brokers

PENDER STREET VANCOUVER

TWO STEWART BOOSTERS

DAL'S

FLYNN'S

POOL

BARBER

ROOM

SHOP

AND

AND

CIGAR

BATH

STAND

HOUSE

FIFTH STRE1

ET, STEWART

STEWART DRUG CO.

Agents for

Eastman Kodaks

Medical Outfit* for Campi
Prescriptions Carefufiy Compouaded

And carry a full line of

Cameras and
Photographic f
Sup plies

Wm. Vallance W. G. Mackenzie M. H. Leggat

President Vice-President and Managing Director Secretary-Treasurer

WOOD, VALLANCE & LEGGAT

LIMITED

Heavy and Shelf Hardware
and Ship Chandlery

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL

Vancouver - British Columbia

Cable Address: SUTINVEST

Sutcliffe Investment Company

Investment Brokers

DEALERS IN ALL PORTLAND CANAL MINING STOCKS

317 Pender Street Vancouver, B. C.

Main Office : 321 Bush Street, San Francisco, Cal.

WILL J. HUGHES

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Shoes, Boots and
House furnishings

DEVELOPING
and Printing
for Amateurs

The photographs re-
produced in this
, booklet were
developed
by us.

Travel to Stewart

on the fast, safe and commodious
passenger steamer

Camosun

^ Leaves Vancouver every
Wednesday evening at 9
p.m. — arriving at Stewart
Saturday noon.

For tickets and berth reservation apply

The Union Steamship Co.

of B.C., Limited

Vancouver British Columbia

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Alvo von Alvensleben

Limited

HEAD OFFICE:

744 Hastings Street West
Vancouver, B. C.

Members Vancouver and Victoria
Stock Exchanges

CL We handle Portland Canal
Mining and Industrial Stocks
and Lots and Acreage in
=Stewart Townsite

Branch Offices in
LONDON, PARIS and BERLIN

London Office:

J. von ALVENSLEBEN,

599 Salisbury House,
London Wall,

London, E. C.

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Original Owners Stewart Townsite

Stewart Land

Company Limited

Real Estate

Stocks and Bonds

Insurance and

Financial

Agents

OFFICES: 5th Street, STEWART

101-102 Pemberton Block, VICTORIA

Headquarters for Stewart Lots

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