J Friday. April 1, 1949 Prince Huptrt Daflp jQetos ON QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS CONGRATULATIONS . y 'v i 'J f; Life Is Different And Delightful Over There Industry, History and Scenery Combined on Interesting Country Across Hecate Straits in Annual rainfall at Massett, a scant seven miles from Limberlost on the Sangan River, is 51 M Inches. This assures plenty of sunshine for happy vacation activities In the "Bermudas of the North." Merchantable timber on the Queen Charlotte Islands Is estimated at IJ.120,700 board feet oVw..i wnullv distributed on 'LIMBERLOST All purchases for everything pertaining to Limberlost Lodge have been made in Prince Rupert In accord with a company policy that since Prince Rupert is its root of development, city merchants and industries should equip it. Literally hundreds of different articles are being purchased from local business plaees. This will be a continuing policy of the LODGE' 'The Resort for Your Summer Sport" The PJ"I rtiiann Queen rn.lnll.!. Charlottes ll lie r. n T T .J ..ill 1 41 -1 sey Haida. village, along the shores Clu. M Graham and Moresby Islands. Principal varieties are red cedar, hemlock and spruce. of Masset Inlet, the settlement known as New Massett, snuggles up to the forest of spruce and cedar. A distinctive note m the neat AT OUR BACK DOOR . . . Limberlost Lodge A VACATION CENTRE SURROUNDED BY THE NATURAL A T T R A C T I 0 N S OF THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS SUCCESS TO THE ENTERPRISE PHILPOTT, EVITT & CO. LTD. ; Coal, Lumber and Building Supplies PHONE 651 ROUTE 2 . UNION STEAMSHIPS front yards of many New Mas- BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESS enty miles west of Prince Rupert, separated from that northern British Columbia port by the waters of Chatham Sound and Hecate Strait. Shaped like a huge, rough-cut wedge, 185 miles long and 60 miles across, the group Is composed of some 150 islands and islets. Graham Island forma the bulk of the wedge with Moresby, Louise, Ly-sell, Kunghlt and numerous smaller islands squeezed Into the taper. I In this land there still reside! descendants of the mighty t set home! Is an arrangement of rarious-sized glass balls. These balls have been picked up on the beaches after drifting from the other side of the Pacific where they were once the property of Japanese fishermen. In the evenings of early spring one may sit in the lounge of the village hotel and listen to the flight talk of Canada IT'S A PLEASURE TO SAY I Haidas, famous for their grace-! TO Limberlost Lodge - CREATED BY LOCAL ENTERPRISE Long Motors Limited Chevrolet Pontiac Oldsmobile Buick Good Luck To . . . ful war canoes and skilfully carved totem, poles. . But. gone ' from the beaches are the cedar! canoes and gone are the rows ! of totems that once stood "as thick as fingers on your hand.") The canoes have given way to geese as they seemingly skim the roof tops In their passage from the inlet to the salt slough on the eastern rim ' of town. Early. In the morning large flocks of these birds crowd the marsh flats near the timber limberlost Lod AND SUCCESS TO THE EFFORTS OF THOSE MEN WHO CREATED IT CONGRATULATIONS TO LIMBERLOST LODGE moaern nsn boats and grave stones wrought by the white, man's hand often have the honored position before the lodge once reserved for the family totem. At Masset, one of the Halda villages on Graham Island, there is a cannery, one of the few operating at; present on the islands. Although the nearby seas are remarkable for their salmon yield this cannery rarely handles that fish. It special-1 izes in the preparation of crabs and the rare razor clam. Three miles south of the BEST WISHES AND SUCCESS edge. To the presence of a human they accord little more concern than would their barnyard cousins. These geese and the people of the islands have one thing in common both like the land they live in. In the matter of loyalty the Canadas may have the edge on the humans. It's a rare goose that goes south for the winter. Red with rust and partly dismantled, a tractor-like apparatus sits bedded in the sand Continued on Page 7) IDEAL CLEANERS AND UK "The House of Better Cleaning" I PHONE 838 P.O. B( TO A. E. Smith Li Wholesale Produce Congratulations -TO LIMBERLOST LODGE BURNS & CO. LIMITED PIONEER MEAT PACKERS OF CANADA CONGRATULATIONS TO TO LIMBERLOST LODGE LIMITED WE EXTEND BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESS AND CONGRATULATE THEM IN CREATING ANOTHER PRINCE RUPERT ENTERPRISE . LIMBERLOST LOI imberlost ILzj odae Meet your friends at the . North's Newest Playground W. F. STON TO- LIMBERLOST LODGE We Extend Best Wishes Noble & Wick Radios and Appliances 201 3rd Ave. W. Phone 100 Another Northern Enterprise SHEARDOWNS "Clothes of Distinction" BEST WISHES TO In step with progress .... 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