Prince Rupert is 500 Miles Closer to the Orient than any other Pacific Port

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Third Avenue, Prince Rupert, looking East

TRANSPORTATION
6 (» RINCE RUPERT, being the

nearest Pacific Coast

port to the Orient, is the

natural port of call for
all steamers plying between the
Orient and Canada. The Canadian
National-Prince Rupert route saves
24 hours steaming on the Pacific, and
the railway grade between Prince
Rupert and the East, being 4/10 of
one per cent as against 2. per cent
on other railways, surely places this
port as the logical link between
Canada and the Orient.

The valuable freights of silks, teas,
ete., which carry high priced insur-
ance, and which are now passing
through southern ports should be
shipped through this port, thus ef-
fecting a great saving in time and
money to their owners.

Prince Rupert has a daily train
service to and from the East, the
railway line following the banks of
the Skeena River as far as Hazelton,
200 miles east, then switching over
to the banks of the Bulkley River
which it follows for some distance.
Beautiful scenery meets the eye all
along the Skeena, with Indian  vil-
lages and totem poles dotted along
its banks.

The Canadian National steamships
“Prince Rupert” and “Prince George”
give a tri-weekly service between this
port and Vancouver, and a weekly
service to Skagway, Alaska. Besides
this, there are three C.P.R. and two
Union steamships calling each week.

The water trip from Vancouver is
one of unsurpassed beauty, the entire
distance being between islands tim-
bered to the water’s edge, and backed
by snow-capped mountains, with here
and there a cannery or logging camp
in some sheltered bay. To the tourist
this is a trip to be remembered.

The table of relative distances,
taken from the Dominion Govern-
ment Trade Map, gives a good idea
of the favorable position held by
Prince Rupert:

Table Showing Relative Distances between the

Port of Prince Rupert and Vancouver
to the following Ports:

Prince Rupert Vancouver

Brisbane 6,282 6,440
Bombay 9,080 9,540
Calcutta .... 8,280 8,740
Hong Kong 5,335 5,800
Honolulu 2,380 2,419
Manilla Bea h i) 6,000
Melbourne 7,195 7,360
Rangoon 7,720 8,180
Shanghai 4,795 5,180
Singapore 6,640 7,100
Sydney 6,651 6,840
Vladivostock 3,906 1440

Yokohama 3,815 4,280