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is open to the Pacific Ocean, and is within the area
known to seamen as the ‘“‘graveyard of the Pacific.’’
The entrance from the ocean is seventeen miles wide,
its waters are cruelly marked by foam-frothed reefs
and dotted with small islands, and its shores are
rock-bound. The dangerous nature of these waters
is unpleasantly illustrated by the fact that more
ships and men have been lost in them than in any
other part of the west coast of the American con-
tinent.

The main industry on the Barclay Sound is fish-
ing. From January until the end of September a
large number of motor boats are engaged in salmon
trolling. These boats come from various parts of
British Columbia and depart for their homes at the
close of the fishing season. Among the islands and
along the shores are Indian villages, but the Indians
move from place to place, according to the move-
ments of the fish. There are nine fishing plants,
which operate mainly from the big chum salmon run
in September till the end of the herring season, which
closes at the end of February or early in March. |
At two points only are there any settled com-
munities, and at one of these the population is
mainly Japanese. The chief point is Bamfield,
where the Pacific Cable Board has its Canadian
Pacific station.

There are no roads on this mission field, and the
people can only be reached by boat. To meet the
spiritual need of the people, the mission boat
Broadcaster plies these waters. I am_ skipper,

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