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tho have come to try their luck, and few
-e they who do not go back and tell their
iends of the wonders of this paradise
Imon or no salmon. Its wooded areas and
ulleys lying between picturesque peaks also
-esent a great attraction for the hunter.
The extensive natural resources of Van-
yuver Island make lumbering, mining and
shing, with their allied trades, its chief in-
astries. Agricultural farming is also an

yportant phase of industry. Forests of the
land hold the largest remaining stands of
ftwood timber in the British Empire.
ogging is carried on all over the Island
ad large mills are in operation at Che-
ainus, Port Alberni, Shawnigan Lake,
owichan Lake and intervening points.

SERGEANT DANIEL O. TWEEDHOPE
In Charge Courtenay Police District

ERGT. “DAN” TWEEDHOPE was born in
cotland, June 24, 1890.

He came out to Canada when quite young,
sttling at Nanaimo. During the war he served
1 France with the 72nd Battalion C.E.F.

He joined the Nanaimo City police in 1921,
ad was absorbed with that Force into the B. C.
olice system in 1926. He continued at Nanaimo
ntil the next year when he was moved to Dun-
an. In 1928 he was transferred to Ganges
there. in addition to ordinary detachment duties,
e had charge of the P.M.L. 6. He was pro-
1oted to Corporal in 1936, and transferred to
Jourtenay as Sergeant the next year.

Noted for his physical powers and genial dis-
osition, “Dan” Tweedhope is almost a legen-
ary figure among Vancouver Island’s police.
iqually at home in the bush, on a horse, or at
re helm of a patrol boat, his present district
ikes in Courtenay City and district, and the
orthern half of Vancouver Island.

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Mineral deposits are extensive. Coal
fields have been worked since the fur-trad-
ing days. Deposits of gold and gold copper,
iron and other ores occur, also marble, sand
stone, granite, cement materials and other
mineral resources. Development of the new
mining property in the Zeballos area has
created a new townsite on the West Coast
of Vancouver Island with a population of
nearly 1,000. The creation of this townsite
presented a re-dramatization of last century
gold rush days. Five years ago Zeballos was
little known; now it is a thriving community
with good roads, electric light, picture house,
hotels and other modern-day facilities.

The Island fisheries furnish about 25 per
cent. of the output of the Province, condi-
tions offshore being very favourable to pro-
pagation of fish life. Water power 1s ex-
tensive, over half a million horsepower be-
ing available.

Railways run north to Courtenay and
northwest to Port Alberni. The Esquimalt
and Nanaimo Railway operates 210 miles
of track. The main line runs from Victoria
to Parksville, whence lines run to Courtenay
and Port Alberni. From Duncan a branch
reaches Cowichan Lake (freight only) and
a branch from Port Alberni connects with
lumbering operations near Great Central
Lake. The Canadian National Railways
operate 97 miles with services from Vic-
toria to Cowichan Lake on the route pro-
jected towards Barkley Sound and Alberni.
Steamship services provide regular coast-
wise service to all important centres on east
and west coasts and several motor car ferries
connect with Mainland and United States
ports.

Within the confines of Victoria District
there are no organized territories, Victoria
City and the adjoining municipalities of
Oak Bay, Saanich and Esquimalt being
policed by their own city and municipal
police. The limits of the district extend
north on Vancouver Island as far as the
famous Malahat Drive and southwest to
Sooke, famous for its fish traps and can-
neries. Principal industries of the territory
are fishing, lumbering and farming. It is
in this district that the headquarters of the
British Columbia Police are housed.

They are located in what is known as
the Old Menzies Street Drill Hall, and form

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an annex to the Parliament Buildings. It ts
here that the nerve centre of the force
operates, within a stone’s throw of the chief
law officer of the Province, Attorney-
General Gordon S. Wismer.

The Ganges Detachment comprises the
beautiful Gulf Islands, patrolled by the
“P.M.L. 6”, with Corporal Fred Boyt in

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STAFF-SERGEANT J. RUSSELL
In Charge Nanaimo Police District

BORN IN Scotland October 11, 1884, he came
to Canada with his parents when quite young.

He joined the B. C. Police at Cumberland on
November 20, 1912, and was transferred to
Hazelton in 1913.

In January, 1914, he moved to Decker Lake,
in April to Priestley, in September to Endako,
and the end of the year saw him at Burns Lake.
In 1915 he was transferred to Ladysmith, and
in 1921 to Courtenay. He was promoted to
Corporal and transferred to Duncan in 1925,
and moved to Nanaimo with the rank of Sergeant
in 1928. He was made a Staff-Sergeant in 1936.
He is the senior Staff-Sergeant of the force.

charge. The detachment headquarters are
at Ganges on Saltspring Island, a beautiful
farming country, rich in historical lore.
Saltspring is the largest of the Gulf Islands
in this detachment and is connected by
motor ferry with Vancouver Island. Gali-
ano Island, Mayne Island, North and South
Pender Islands, Saturna Island and Kuyper
Island all come within this detachment.

The Sidney Detachment is also part of
Victoria District, and covers what is gener-
ally known as North Saanich.

The population is about 3,000, and prime
industries are fishing, lumbering and farm-

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