Mr. C. W. Skeet's Lecture at Cathedral Men's Club At a meeting of the Cathedral Men's Club, deld at 7.90 p.m. on July 22 in the Club Rooms, 39 Kiangse Road Mr. Charles W. Skeet of the Canadian Pacific Railway Ca. gave his fourth lecture in an interesting series on Southern British Columbia.
The lecture was given in the style of a travel story, and with the help of the lantern slides shown of many interesting features, the subject was readily imaginable by those attend. ing.
The lecture started in Okanagan Valley ant interesting facts concerning the great fruit growing and pacing trade, and the difficulties that must be contended with, were given by the lecturer before he passed on to speak a few words on Crow's Nest Mountain. Lake Windermere District, Nelson, where Mr. Waaver, formerly lay-teader at the Cathedral here, has taken up work, and where electricity is so cheap that the street lights are left burning day and night, Kaslo, in a wild mountainous district, and many other places of interests in both the mining aad fruit growing areas were explaine} by Mr. Skeet na vivid manner The discovery of gold in Columbi: in 1857-8, said Mr, Skeet, led to a terrific influx of miners from California and Australia to the Fraser River district. Previously jonly the trading posts of the Hudson Bay Ca. and its competitors were to be found, but this discovery was greatly influential in opening up the country. Over 30,000 miners and prospectors flocked in during the summer of 1858 and over G.500,000 worth of gold was shipped out in the first six months. But the diggings were not long a success for various reasons, and by 1860, though a fair number remained to become: the nucleus of a permanent colony, most of the 30,000 had disappeared, The railway development in the district explored yesterday ws described and the lecturer finally took his listeners to Vancouver where, after giving them some idea of the city, its beauty and importance, he left them until in his next lecture he should take them on a further interesting tour of investigation of Canada's industries and natural resources.
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