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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1925
Page
4
The narrator recalls Tony the horse stealing the show aboard the Aquitania on a Europe bound voyage. The pair charm passengers, entertain children with a parade, screenings, and a surprise dining saloon party before the ship nears Cherbourg and prepares for Southampton.
Jack Blalock advances a pack trail from Comox Lake head to the Brunswick group in Beaufort hills about 25 miles from Cumberland near Oyster Cruickshank rivers and Ralph Creek. John Brown, a woodsman prospector, helped spark staking of about ten claims with promising gold and copper assays. Transportation challenges loom but precedent from nearby Eastern prospecting suggests potential profitability if development confirms value.
Skeptics question the value of a recent discovery but compare it to Cowichan Valley when copper was found on Mount Sicker near Duncan. The Lenora and Tyee mines brought wealth and growth. if Brunswick claims prove, the area could mirror that prosperity and spur town development.
The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada Ltd, Trail B C, seeks a water licence to take 8000 cu ft per minute and store 4500 acre feet in Victoria Lake from the Amazon River system. A dam at the north end of Victoria Lake would flood about 100 acres and divert water mid stream between Alice and Victoria Lakes for mining use at Last Chance Mine. Objections must be filed within thirty days after notice appears in local papers, with first publication dated August 7, 1925.
A Sunday morning service leaves Cumberland Hotel at eight o'clock and arrives to meet a boat at Union Bay, establishing a weekly schedule for travelers arriving by water.
Notice states an August 24 1925 application to the Liquor Control Board for a beer license at Mullen's Place near Royston Beach Nelson District Nanaimo Victoria Land Registry District British Columbia to sell beer by the glass or on site. Dated July 31 1925.
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