Labrador fishers proposed for west coast settlement
The Provincial Fisheries Department in Victoria weighs Grenfell’s plan to move Labrador fishermen to the British Columbia coast. McIntyre notes whites outperform Japanese and Indians in Rivers Inlet, and outlines potential openings for Labrador men in salmon and herring fisheries, cannery work, and railway construction on Vancouver Island and Queen Charlotte areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers Inlet
British Columbia
D. L. McIntyre
Fisheries Department
Victoria
Dr. Grenfell
Labrador
News-Advvertiser
Wilfrid C. Grenfell
McBride
Ottawa
Queen Charlotte Islands
Vancouver Island
Mr. McIntyre
McIntyre
Fraser
Orient
Grenfell Society
Nanaimoani
Straits of Georgia
Queen Charlottes
Dominion Department of Fisheries
Andrew Halkett
Fisheries’ Museum
Grenfell
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
Prospector Botanist Collects Rare Botany in Far North
Gustave Gervais, veteran prospector, has built a large botanical collection from northern Yukon and British Columbia. By 1905 he mounted about 1,500 specimens exhibited in Whitehorse and now houses them at the Victoria museum. Authorities say his collection may include unknown varieties, possibly forty or fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustave Gervais
Yukon
British Columbia
Gervais
White Horse
Victoria
Lawle Weds Nellie Warrington Ross in Welland
In Welland Ontario a quiet wedding united Nellie Warrington Ross, daughter of Mr. David Ross, with G R T Lawle of Prince Rupert, B C. Rev J D Cunningham officiated at Fraser Street home with few relatives present. The couple plans a short honeymoon abroad then return to Welland for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
Welland
Marion Marshall
Pabst Extract Calendar Girl featured as art calendar
A descriptive notice praises the 1912 Pabst Extract American Girl Calendar as a superior art piece. It details a 7x6 inch panel showing a typical American girl on horseback, a twelve color reproduction from two famed artists. The calendar, deemed a fine home ornament, can be obtained gratis by sending 10 cents to cover postage to Pabst Extract Co. Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pabst Extract
Pabst
Pabst Extract Co
Chestnut St
Milwaukee
Wis
Land Notice Summary of Robison Claims near Porcupine Creek
Take notice of multiple 640 acre land claims staked in 1911 in the Hazelton Amisk region connected to G T P Ry survey hub 6855. Names include R D Robison and associates acting through T Muir and EB Muir as agents. Descriptions detail post locations, chain measurements, and boundary paths near Porcupine Creek.
Robison mining claims near Fiddler Creek 1911 notices
I R D Robison announces staking of mining claims near Fiddler Creek by the G T P Ry survey hubs 6704 6705 with extents of 80 chain blocks in various directions. Notices dated October 4 1911 name R D Robison and agents W C Staked details reference G T P Ry survey hubs and acreage claims more or less.
Umineca Land District Survey Plot Staked 1911
Government land record notes the Umineica land district Hazelton area surveyed by Vancouver Financial Agent near Lorne Creek. The document references a survey hub 6788 with bounds 80 chains north and west and 86 chains east to the starting point. Staked September 19, 1911, by R. D. Robison E.C. Per T EH Muir, Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omineca Land District
Hazelton Division
I. R. D. Robson
Vancouver
B. C
Chief Commissioner of Lands
Porcupine Creek
Anb
I. R. D. Rorison
R. D. Robison
S.W.C
T. W. Muir
R. D. Robson
N.H.C
Mineca Land District
I. R. D. Korson
D. C
N.W.C
BH. Muir
Jmineca Land District
G.I.P. ‘Ry
EB. Muir
TAK
R. D. Rorison
IB. C
W.C
Muir
J. R. D. Robson
G. T. SP. Ry
Hazelton
I. R. D. Rori'b. CG
Son
Fiddler Creek
N.E.C
E. Muir
Lake
W.C. Per T. ©. Muir
E.C
T. BE. Muir
T. E. Muir
Umineca Land District
Rob JSON
Lorne Creek
R. D
Robison
Mazelton Division
B. Muir
Hazelton land district staking near GTP rail hub
Omineca and Mazelton land districts describe mineral lands near the GTP railway hub 6788 with staking dates in 1911. details specify adjoining boundaries, chain measures, and agents R D Robison and B Muir. Staked dates September 19 1911 and October 19 1911.
Land prospect notices list many names in Skeena district
A dense notice page from Skeena Lands District details multiple individuals including Hugh A. Gourlay of Vancouver and SJ Anton Salberg of Prince Rupert seeking permission to purchase Crown lands. It covers properties around Lakelse Lake, Williams Creek and Graham Island with described parcel sizes from 160 to 320 acres, dates in 1911, and agent notes by Fred H. Cowell and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh A.gourlay
Vancouver
Skeena Land District
Coast
Anton Salberg
Prince Rupert
Lakelse Lake
Fred H. Cowell
Hans Rustad
Williams Creek
Kitamaat
Lars Anderson
Fred BH. Cowell
Skeena
Queen Charlotte Islands
Gwendolen B. Burrowes
B. C
T.L
Gwendolen E. Burrowes
Gilbert Burrowes
Jens Hansen
Masset
Ranga
Mitchell Albert
John R. Beatty
Thos
Fay
Prince Rupert B. C
Chief Commissioner of Lands
Khutzeymateen Inlet
Thos, L, Fay
Queen Charlotte
Austin M. Brown
Graham Island
C. L
CG. L
U. S
Martin Peterson
Towner
North Dakota
John N. Kuhl
Fred E. Cowell
Theone Gange
Lindsay
California
Indian Reserve No. 11
Christie
J. Austin M. Brown
QO. L
Skeena Javid
Josephine M. Flitton
Victoria
Also Mentioned on This Page
Labrador Fishers
S.E.C
G. R. T. Lawle
Welland, Ont
Comox-Allin
Cabies
B. G
Division
Hugh A. Gourlay
Mancell Clark
Kans Rustad
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