Wir,
OKNEVA,
Dec.
13:
8ovtet
Rus-'
tla
Tuesday
night
formally
re
fused
the
offer
of
the
League
of
Nations
to
mediate
the
dispute
be
tween
Russia
and
Finland.
The'
negative
reply
of
the
Soviet
was
delivered
to
Geneva
three
houn
liter
the
expiry
of
the
League's
twenty-four
hour
ultimatum.
After
the
twenty-four
hours
had
ex-'
plrrd,
the
League
extended
the
time
by
sixteen
hours
for
the
So-!
vlet
to
make
Its
reply.
The
next
move
Is
expected
to
be
the
expulsion
of
Russia
fromi
the
League
or
Nations
although'
the
League
members
may
not
be
agreeable
to
this.
The
Soviet
has
Intimated
that
It
will
break
oft
diplomatic
relations
with
all
nations
that
vote
for
Its
expulsion.
'
The
Soviet
reply
to
the
League
was
brief
but
polite.
It
was
written
by
Foreign
Commissar
V.
M.
Molotoff
and
said:
"The
Soviet
extends
thanks
for
the
kind
Invitation
which
it
finds
It
impossible)
to
accept
"
Russia,
Molotoff
added,
.
was
not
'Invading'
but
was
"help-1
big"
Finland
against
renegades
which
were
governing
It.
Ixxiki
Like
Expulsion
The
League
of
Nations
moved
t!
vt
Twslfa
J
rom
membership
(
ov
day
whm
a
special
committee
adopted
a
report
Including
an
expulsion
clause
directed
against
tin
Soviet
as
an
aggressor
against
a
fellow
member.
The
expulsion
proposal,
sponsored
by
Bolivia,
was
divided
into
two
clauses,
the
first
summoning
aid
for
Finland
and
the
second
Imposing
penalties
up
on
Russia
and
invoking
the
ex
.1
pulsion
clause
of
the
League
Covenant
Another
special
committee,
upon
which
Oreat
Britain,
France.
Sweden
and
other
nations
Including
Latin-Americans,
will
now
examine
the
report
and
present
it
to
the
Assembly
from
which
it
will
requUc
majority
approval.
Then
it
will
have
to
receive
unanimous
approval
of
the
Council
before
becoming
elective.
Observers
believe
that
all
these
steps
leading
up
to
expulsion
of
Russia
will
h
tVin
BREMEN
IN
i
HOME,
PORT!
Great
German
Uner
Successfully!
Runs
British
Blockade
The
$20,000,000
luxury
n
i
m
...
1
by
having
encountered
a
British
submarine
which
appeared
to
be
orenarlnir
to
fire
a
tornedo
when
The
Bremen
will
now
be
given
a
thorough
overhaul
and
kept
in
sea
condition.
She
and
her
sister
ship,
the
Europa,
arc
being
specially
guarded
and
the
Oerman
authorities
declare
grimly
that
"death
awaits"
any
enemy
attempting
to
approach
them.
g
f
(JUL
JL
Ks
W
J
o
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa
GERMANY
HACKING
RUSSIA
LONDON
It
Is
believed
In
official
quarters
here
that
Germany
It
actively
backing
KumU
In
the
Invasion
of
Finland.
The
Reich
Is
reported
to
be
blocking
the
entry
of
supplies
to
Finland.
The
Soviet
and
Iteleh
plan
to
eventually
set
up
zones
of
influence
In
Scandinavian
countries
as
well
as
the
Baltic
SWEDEN
HELPS
FINLAND
STOCKHOLM
Prime
.Minster
P.
A.
Ilanfon.
In
announcing
the
formation
of
a
new
coalition
government
for
Sweden
today,
expressed
the
people's
will
to
give
material
aid
to
Finland
In
Its
resistance
to
Russian
aggression
but
listed
defence
of
neutrality
and
safeguarding
of
"vital
supplies"
as
Sweden's
predominant
alms.
CHURCHES
AS
HOSPITALS
LENINGRAD
Churches
here
have
been
converted
Into
military
hospitals
as
a
steady
stream
of
Red
Army
casualties
from
the
Finnish
frontier
taxes
the
city's
regular
hospital
GERMANS
REPUI-SED
PARIS
German
forces
launched
six
small
attacks
on
French
outposts
as
well
as
a
number
of
small
raids
In
the
vicinity
or
the
Saar
but
eventually
were
driven
back
with
heavy
casualties
by
withering
French
artillery
and
mschlne
gun
fire.
There
were
air
raid
alarms
In
northeastern
France
today.
TREATS
FOR
SAILORS
TORONTO
Christmas
treats
will
be
provided
by
the
Navy
League
of
Canada
for
sailors
of
Canadian
warships
In
such
ports
as
Victoria.
lUqulmslt.
Vancouver,
Prince
Rupert
Halifax
and
ftalnt
John
on
Christmas
Day.
Hundreds
of
bags
are
being
s
-
;
-T
,
II
IT
B
A
LLOOIS
H
A
R
R
A(I
E
I.O.NDON
Four
BritUh
fliers
were
killed
when
a
Air
Forre
plane
collided
with
a
balloon
barrage
yesterday.
since
war
was
declared
In
Septem
German
airplanes
came
along
and
her.
it
snhmrro-rt
hin
no
more.
There
are
tall
ones,
shori
n..
w-i.....
.
ua
nlumn
and
slightly
built
ones,
.
.
.
.
.
!
.
.
4Via
niirca
.
n.H
rutlu
claimed
that
a
submarine
retrain-1
,
"
ed
from
torpedoing
the
Bremen
and
35.
Some
wear
spectacles,
many
without
giving
warning
which
have
cur
ly
hair
and
others
comb
u
u.r
.
their
locks
straight
back
under
HUUIU
I1KVC
OCCII
III
lilHHii"
I
...
.
...
.
.
:iV.a1m
their
film.,
white
u.ViHa
VAilff
veils
U-!
or
the
laws
of
international
war
fare.
uniforms
and
white
aprons.
They
have
all
signed
up
"for
the
duration"
and
arc
under
military
Jurisdiction,
the
same
rules
applying
to
t-aa
to
ofHcers
for
they
all
hold
the
rank
or
lieutenant.
"It's
the
natural
Instinct
for
a
nurse
to
want
to
enlist,
her
ser-
j
Royal
COLLIER
SINKS
LONDON
The
496-ton
British
collier
Marwlck
Head
has
been
destroyed
by
a
mine
off
the
east
coast.
Six
members
of
the
crew
are
missing.
SOLE
SURVIVOR
LONDON
A
Danish
sailor
picked
up
by
an
Aberdeen
Is
believed
to
be
the
sole
survivor
or
.a
crew
of
26
of
the
vessel
sunk
by
a
submarine
Saturday.
The
man
became
unconscious
before
he
could
reveal
the
ship's
name.
SWEDISH
LOSS
LONDON
The
5S-m
Swedish
steame
r
Algol
was
mined
in
the
straits
between
Denmark
and
Sweden,
NURSING
SISTERS
WAITING
First
Division
Nurses
Moblllie
Tiu-onto
Local
Girl
Among
Them
By
MURIF.L
ADAMS
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
In
TORONTO.
Dec.
13:
(CP)
Forty-
Smithers
Raises
$1300
In
Drive
for
Red
Cross
LONDON.
Dec.
13.
Special
guards
were
posl'ton
members.
PROVINCIAL
I
Weather
Forecast
Tomorrow's
Tides
mm
High
3:37
a.m.
19
8
ft.
Trlnce
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
15:15
pjn.
20.5
ft.
Iilands
Fresh
to
strong
Low
9:30
ajn.
7.7
ft.
southeast
winds,
'cloudy
with
some
21:53
pjn.
3.7
ft.
light
rain.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Vol,
XXV11I
.
No.
290,
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER
13
1939.
PRICE:
5
CENTO
May
Suspend
Finnish
War
League
f
f
Nations
Moves
Against
MEDIATION
IS
REFUSED
Russia
Gives
Answer
To
League
Of
.Nation
Ultimatum
oocooooooooooaoooooooooooocKaooooooooooooooooooooooooa
.
iO
o
o
w
w
m
f
.a
:0LD
LAND
Parliament
In
YULETIDE
Secret
session
j
CP
..
selected
and
soundproof
doors
Install
ed
In
the
House
of
Commons
to-
-!
.ret
Parliamentary
de-
bate
today
on
munitions
and
other
war
supplies.
Prime
Mln-
ister
Neville
Chamberlain
call-
!qn
which
was
the
f
first
secret
one
bellcvd
.
DfttirU
Falrhank
Tiw"1
on
Shakespeare
Marfe
Many
Grea
Pictures
Sr..
famous
wre'r
a"tor.
training
at
Denvw
wherj
h'
was
born.
Included
fencing,
dancing
Delsarte.
dramatic
literature
and
a
wide
rane
of
athletic
exercises
be-,
side
regular
academic
studies.
Be-
tic
enthusiasm
made
ambitious
for
the
staee.
In
Denver
Fairbanks
was
educated
at
the
Jarvls
Military
Academy,
at
East
Denver
Hleh
School
and
at
the
Colorado"
School
of
Mines.
When
he
was
seventeen.
hU
wish
was
gratified.
Frederick
Warde.
a
family
friend,
met
youns
Douglas
Fairbanks
and
added
him
to
his
repertoire
company
In
Ne
Yrrk.
where
the
youthful
asnirant
ran
the
whole
gamut
of
Shakespeare,
acquiring
valuable
experience
which
he
supplemented
in
special
courses
In
Harvard
University.
Before
long,;
Douglas
Fairbanks
was
u
Broadway:
star,
the
vouncest
of
his
rank.
.
1
SMITH
ERS.
Dec.
13:
At
a
meet-
Fairbanks
film
career
started
in
lng
of
thq
campaign
committee
of
19u
after
his
stage
successes
in
the
1
the
Red
Cross
Society
Monday
eve-
gt.
Motion
pictures
were
gaining
nlng,
It
was
found
that
collections
great
following
and
prestige
at
the'
to
date
for
Smlthers
and
district,
time
and
the
favorite
showmanship
!
which
Includes
Telkwa,
Evelyn,
deVice
of
motion
picture
entrepen-'
Olentanna.
Driftwood
and
Quick,
eurs
was
to
acquire
for
a
picture
the
:
approached
$1300.
The
president,
services
of
a
prominent
Broadway
)
llner
six
bright-eyed
girls
are
geny
Mrs
Dando,
and
campaign
mana-
5tage
star.
Hence,
when
Douglas
I
awaiting
troop
movements
that
will
Evolve
their
fo
docked
Tuesday
afternoon
at
,"giB
f.lp
Bremenhaven
in
Oermany.
finally
w
",w
getting
home
after
having
sailed
nln
tne
war-
.
from
New
York
thlrty-slx
hours
They
are
the
nr1;
1
Canada
chosen
from
the
before
the
war
commenced.
Twice
f
of
hospitals
In
Mllta
y
DU
trlct
No.
2
the
vessel
ran
the
British
block-1
.j.
.
......
.....j
who
have
been
listening
to
lectures
sue.
inc
ucrman
Aamirnuy
biuvcu
-
,
ji,,
,'.
discipline,
studying
military
v,.
.u.
ti
u.j
on
Anti-gas
precautions,
drilling
and
tending
soldier-patients
in
Toronto
ger,
W.
J.
Turner,
were
very
pleased
Fairbanks
yielded
to
their
lure
he
with
the
success
or
the
drive.
.could
do
so
at
a
salary
or
$2,000
a'
vices
the
minute
there
Is
an
emer-
London,
England.
Since
qualifications
state
that
nurses
must
be
unmarried
or
wl-j
week.
He
was
Induced
to
enter
the
gency,'
Matron
Agnes
nem
saia,
'
r
'
durln
,
a
chat
at
.
the
New
York
for
her
charges.
Tall,
and
dark.
Sfss
Nelll
wfth
the
rank
of
mWa
"
Blrth
of
Nation,
tatn,
halls
from
Peterborough,
Ont.'
Formerly
she
was
surgical
superln-J
HJ
"
"
P"c"onor
Oenerall
U
WM
for
tne
??trm-
mad,.e
tendent
at
the
'
Toronto
",,
",
ni.tant
Is
Miss
old
Triangle
Company,
others
even
j
-
v.
.......
"mo
wt.i
icpcai,-
ed
on
the
screen.
His
happy
sense
of
virile
comedy
and
thrilling
acrobatics
whetted
the
popular
film
aows
ana
gi
taste
and
a
new
type
v
of
picture
v
lurc
was
was
cent
graduates
.there
will
not
be
establlshed
any
wedding
rings
noted
on
the.
-
',
.
.
...,..,.
.
.
filmy
worn
over
capable
nurslngslsters'
Hands.
Mar-
plcturcs
rthrougn
ArtcraIti
whWi
the
shoulders
with
their
Dutch
blue
rlage
U
out
They
can
only
leave
,WAJ
afterward
acquired
Dy
.
Famous
u.P
a....,
w.w
r
J
I.
Players-Lasky
Corporation.
These
cally
unfit,
un
it
for
oversea,
duty
produced
by
"And
that
Is
not
or
Incompetent.
banks
PIctures
corporation
and
In
iiKeiy
as
j
eluded
"In
Again.
Out
Again."
-Wild
chosen."
Miss
Nelll
said.
"and
tfooly,"
..Down
to
1..
Chance
ot
Lifetime
Man
from
Painted
Post."
"Reach-
There's
only
one
war
In
a
life-(Cnntinucd
on
Page
Fiw)
(Continued
on
Pyage
Thre?)
AS
USUAL
Turkey
Situation
Near
Normal
and
Shops
Alive
Wit
ii
All
it
Takes
For
Merry
Christmas
By
HAROLD
FAIR
ranadUn
Press
Stafr
Writer
LONDON.
Dec.
13:
CPl,It
will
k
rs
fian
a
wir
to
spoil
the
h
s
rr
hejd
sine?
January
fngllshman'r
Christmas
and
pres-
1913.
It
wus
requested
by
Op-
:i
indications
coin!
to
iht
Yule
WAS
TOPS
$1
eason
being
almost
up
to
par.
'lltrrc
will
be
regreis
of
course
In
home-
where
men
are
at
the
front
but
John
Bull
Is
going
to
try
to
keep
smiling.
The
wit
if
you'd
call
It
that
'has
begun.
A
staid
press
bureau
I
release
frcm
the
ministry
of
food
TM
I
PTIlVTi0
o
th!
headline
"'Xmas
Fare
1
Jr
1
In
'
I
WU1
Be
Very
T'
ministry
be-
'lers
"ou:
first
Christmas
of
the
.
jwar
will
find
u
a
land
of
plenty
'ani.
ood
cheer."
VeH
rnj't.
Suni'les
were
delayed
own
limitations
of
shlpnlns
but
the
situation
Is
belne
rectified.
.
Pate
Mr.
Scrooge
Poultry
dealers
lrlst
that
the
Wl
-.n
J
,
t
I
i
coming
proficient,
his
chararteris-,""'
'
''V"r0n.r
"IV
...
-.v-...i
ui
him
v..i'Chrinmaf
dinners."
One
dealer
VS.S,tJ
Russia
REDS0N
ADVANCE
AID
MINEQ
I
!
COMBATTED
Great
Britain
Resorts
To
New
Method
of
Aerial
Warfare-First
Flight
I
Successful
LONDON,
Dec.
13:
(CP)
The
Air
Ministry
today
announced
a
new
method
of
combatting
the
German
practice
of
laying
mines
with
airplanes.
"Security
patrols"
of
Royal
Air
Force
planes
made
flights
over
four
main
Ccnnan
North
Sea
bases
at
the
islands
of
Sylt,
Borkum,
Vrt-demer
and
Heligoland.
The
ministry
said
the
flights
were
designed
to
Interrupt
'activities
of
mine
laying
aircraft"
and
were
carried
out
successfully
"despite
considerable
anti-air-eraft
opposition."
Such
flights
are
entirely
new
in
aerial
warfare.
The
ministry
sM
the
night
ir"M
hr.
fontlnuonsiv
maintained
but
gave
no
other
details.
,
I
Chrlstma-
card
appear
in
the
QnnVy
ArriVPQ
III
!
widen
store,
seaside
resorts
are
OllUVf
rviliYCO
HI
IrTenarin"
entertainment
for
the
holidfr
Influx,
plans
are
being
drafted
for
Chttmas
leave
Y
for
ST
r.
!1
'.111
4
m
.
-
z
"ome
to
the
EnslUrfnen
there
will
dead
h7e.was
trained
for
the
film,
nt0lne
a,
UMnl
on
Shakespeare
Ills
family
being
.
.
Bulldey
Valley
FINAL
BULLETINS
STEAMSHIP
WRECK
TOLL
IS
700
WAKKANAI.
Hokkaido,
Japsn
More
than
seven
hundred
Russians
are
missing
and
believed
drowned
or
froxen
to
death
in
the
wreck
of
the
Russian
steamship
Indigiirka
on
the
treacherous
Hokkaido
Island
coast.
A
Japanese
ship,
arriving
with
three
survivors,
reported
the
disaster
which
occurred
in
a
blii
ard
yesterday.
The
vessel
was
a
comparatively
small
one
of
2,690
tons
but
was
crowded
with
1000
passengers.
RUSSO-JAPANESE
TREATY
TOKYO
The
Foreign
Office,
through
a
spokesman
today,
confirmed
that
Japan
would
open
negotiations
with
Soviet
Russia
on
January
10
looking
toward
a
trade
treaty
but
said
hopes
were
still
held
for
a
new
treaty
with
United
States.
.MURDER
IN
VANCOUVER
"
VANCOUVER,
W.
D.
Nash,
aged
39,
Hudson
Bay
Co.
tobacco
truck
driver,
was
shot
and
killed
at
a
North
Burnaby
street
Intersection
last
night
by
an
unidentified
man
who
fled
from
the
truck
after
the
shooting.
Eyewitnesses
said
the
truck
xig-xagged
for
several
blocks
and
then
stopped,
Indicating
a
struggle
in
the
cab.
Nash
was
shot
as
he
leaped
to
the
pavement.
.MEDITERRANEAN
CONTROL
KOME
An
article
yesterday
by
Virginlo
Gayda,
author!-itativc
Fascist
editor,
declared
yesterday
that
Italy
was
not
disposed
to
remain
longer
a
prisoner
of
Great
Britain
and
France
in
the
Mediterranean
and
she
was
getting
into
a
position
where
she
would
break
the
bondage
implied
by
Gibraltar
and
Sues.
Italy
will
demand
full
and
secure
access
and
egress
to
the
Mediterranean
and
will
also
renew
her
claim
for
colonies.
SKATES
FOR
QUINTS
CALLANDER,
Ont
The
Dionne
quintuplets
will
take
up
skating
after
Christmas.
Each
is
to
get
a
pair
of
skates
from
Santa
Claus
and
a
special
rink
will
be-established
at
their
hospital
home.
ENGLISH
CHANNEL
TUNNEL
,
PARIS
The
project
of
a
tunnel
under
the
English
Channel
to
connect
England
and
France
Is
being
revived
and
is
expected
to
be
undertaken
soon
alter
the
war.
A
railway
across
the
Sahara
besert
Is
another
French
pot-war
plan.
Russians
Driving
Qn
Two
Cam-
paigns.
Either
One
of
Which'
May
Bring
Finland
To
Kneel
Stubborn
Resistance
Soviet
Forced
To
Use
Best.
Of
Its
Fighting
Forces
To
Subdue,
.
Little
Nation
HELSINGFORS,
Dec.
13:
CP)
i-
Flnland's
red
invaders,
operating
from
dearly
won
footholds
ithln
the
border,
pressed
two
separate
campaigns
today
either
one
of
which.
If
completed,
might
bring
Finland
to
her
knees.
The
newest
campaign
is
an
effort
to
outflank:
the
stubborn
defenders
of
Karelian
Isthmis.
The
other
is
An
atV
tempt
to
advance
through
thSt
mid-section
of
Finland
'to
the
Swedish
frontier,
splitting
Finland
In
two.
The
Russians
have
advanced
one-fifth
of
the
way
j
In
this
movement.
Fierce
fighting
all
along
the
;Russo-Finnish
frontier
from
Baltic
Sea
to
Arctic
Ocean
was
reported
(yesterday
and,
in
spite
of
overwhelming
odds,
the
Finns
were
still
making
stubborn
and
effective
resistance
against
the
Russian
offensive.
The
Finns
claimed
to
have
Unintentionally.
Dbu,las
Fairbanks
ZT'
l
ttT
TotrrsMe
If.s
More
Seasonable
annihilated
three
battalions
of
working
full
blat
and
most
Wei-
.
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i.
is
,
n..j.
it
Russian
lnfantrr
destrnvlntp
mon
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i,
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nc-Ubl
rH-fTds
in
the
purofe,lr.n.
toT
put
rTmore
seasonable
and
tne
vTet
preparlng-to
stage
he
w.
reared
In
those
polite
ac-
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fr
idatT
Ch:ists-Ilke
appearance
on
the
a
neIargc
KM
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wlth
eomnllshmenu
which
go
so
far
to
JS,
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S?
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and
LV
eotintmfde.
1X).000
troops
and
thousands
of
t
fertillre
the
preparatory
soil
for
T
.
.
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m'n!
Thr,.
r.mnnn.;,m.
Pnes
being
thrown
into
acUoh,
...
.
.
.
i.sirv
ri
min
nunc
nnrna
or
r
'
tanks
and
capturing
a
number
THraS.
Dec
13:
-Snow
has
of
machine
guns.
s
1
mi
r
a
i
A
dav
afternoon
and
about
four
in-
Yiei
De"
"gnr
ches
was
on
the
ground
when
it
n
e
10
cru
the
nnnis
defence,
hid
stoooed.
The
weather
Is
not
cold,
however,
as
It
lust
stays
R"Ian
supply
bases
and
corn-around
the
freezing
mark
but
the
.
mcan
lines
have
suffered
neav"
irom
"nnlsn
rmds
have
hardened
up
a
bit
bombing
and(
which
makes
for
better
travelling
maf
hInl
ennln-thai
has
ben
experienced
for
the
The
heavy
Russian
casualties,
.which
the
Soviet
itself
admits
ran
'
six
weeks.
through
a
much
stlffer
resistance
-
than
it
had
ever
expected.
In
cluded
many
men
who
perished
from
exposure.
Neutral
observers
today
gave
Russia
but
a
week
to
accomplish
its
objectives
in
the
invasion
of
Finland
before
the
paralyzing
Finnish
winter
will
call
a
halt
to
operations
until
next
spring
by
which
time
the
defenders
will
have
received
effective
aid
in
bolstering
up
their
defences.
mm
MATERIALS
FOR
HANGAR
j
Minister
of
National
Defence
Heard
Connection
With
Local
IFron,in
Seaplane
Base
A
message
received
by
Old
Hanson,
MP.
for
Skeena.
from
Hon;
j
Norman
Rogers,
minister
of
natloh-al
defence,
said
that
the
War
Supply
Board
had
been
asked
to
arrange
for
materials
for
a
double
'seaplane
hanger
at
Prince
Rupert.
This
message
was
in
connection
with
reply
to
Inquiries
made,
in
xe
jgard
to
the
construction
of
the
new
seaplane
base
at
Seal
Cove,
tenders
for
preparation
of
the
site
of
which
were
invited
some
time
ago
follow-
jed
by
the
unofficial
report
that
the
contract
had
been
let
to
the
Ryan
interests
of
Vancouver.
The
minister
stated
that
he
was
making
further
Inquiries
Into
the
matter.
Frank
Waterhouse
freighter
Chll-Uwaek,
Capt.
Talbot,
Is
In
port
discharging
a
large
cargo
pf
fumber
and
cement.
She
arrived
at
6:30
Monday
evening
from
Vancouver
via
the
West
Coast
and
will
be
leaving
today
on
her
return
south
by
way
of
Surf
Inlet
arid
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.