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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 09, 1947
Page
3
Editorial note resumes after two week absence. The editor and wife spent two weeks touring Canada's Pacific Coast visiting a convention with representation from every province. They offer a brief resume of what they saw and incidents, cautioning it is not a full picture.
The writer recalls a first westward trip to Canada during a Canadian Weekly Newspapers convention in Victoria B C. Travel by CPR to Vancouver and CN R back is noted as revealing vast scenery including lakes and bush while crossing into Ontario near Fort William as dusk fell on a Saturday and midnight approached.
A travelogue describes a mountain journey through the Three Sisters Castle Mountain Mont Eisenhower and other peaks. The narrator praises rivers gorges tunnels and valleys seen from the train and notes the vast Canadian landscape from Frazer River to Vancouver with a long rail voyage through the Rockies.
Delegates and newspaper staff traveled by train to Vancouver for a passage to Victoria aboard the Princess Charlotte. The 85 mile voyage included a dinner service as 400 delegates and a large crowd filled the ship and Victoria hotel rooms. Baggage was claimed in a long line from rotunda to banquet hall and registration booth.
Narrative of a Sunday morning visit to Winnipeg with a half hour layover. Describes the Alexandra Hotel rotunda, station size, and surrounding streets as conveying wide open spaces. Passes through impressions of Manitoba’s brush and high rocks, then Saskatchewan flatlands, Alberta foothills, and brief glimpses of Regina Moose Jaw Calgary Banff and Field stations.
After leaving Calgary the traveler first spots the white mount ins as the great thrill begins. The immense scene looms ahead fifty miles before the trip west starts, and the observation car is packed with passengers eager for the landscape.
The author praises the Empress in Victoria British Columbia as more beautiful and luxurious than many fine hotels. Ivy covered walls lawns and shrubs surround a grand appearance and rear garden view. The Lincoln? gardens boast color without frost and rival the Rockies in grandeur.
At the convention the 400 to 450 delegates filled the banquet hall for an 8,300 break fast and noon luncheon hosted by the City of Victoria. Mayor Percy George welcomed attendees. A full day included visits to Butehart gardens, a government banquet, and talks by officials from Lands and Forests.
Editorial notes praise Halton County for a strong fall fair showing and multiple baseball teams contending for provincial honors. The piece highlights a record of achievements across years, expresses hope for three championships, and offers Thanksgiving reflections across Canada.
Readable lines show scattered schedule fragments with days and times such as Sunday and Monday services. The text mentions eastbound and westbound references, flyer notes, and odd times like 0227 am 637 pm. No coherent route or entity details emerge.
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