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Reflections on Tagish Lake

Telegraph Service

Various ports along Southeastern Alaska,
including Skaguay, are connected by U. S.
Government cable with Seattle.

The Dominion Government maintains a tele-
graph line in British Columbia and the Yukon
Territory.

Both the United States and Canadian Gov-
ernments’ cable and telegraph lines connect
with the Western Union, Postal and Canadian
Pacific Ry. Co.’s telegraph system.

In addition, the White Pass and Yukon

Route maintains a commercial telegraph service
between Skaguay and Whitehorse.

Banks
Banks are located as follows:
Skaguay—Bank of Alaska
Whitehorse —Canadian Bank of Commerce
Dawson—Canadian Bank of Commerce

and Bank of Montreal
Travellers’ Checks and Funds

Either American or Canadian funds are
accepted in Canadian territory.

Travellers’ checks issued by banks and
Express Companies are accepted throughout
the north by merchants, hotels and the White
Pass & Yukon Route.

Newspapers

Daily newspapers are published at Skaguay
and Dawson containing important news received
by telegraph from all parts of the world.

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Thus tourists can, through the newspapers
and telegraph, keep in touch with the “outside. ”

What Travellers Say About the
Trip to Dawson and Atlin

That we have not exaggerated the scenic
grandeur of this Northland, or the ease and
comfort in which it can be reached, is, we
believe, amply evidenced by the testimony of
the many travellers whose letters will be found
in our booklet, “Opinions.” Everyone con-
templating a trip to Alaska should send for a
copy. |

The following are brief extracts from some of
the letters:

“The service from Whitehorse to Dawson
was excellent. The meals were not only above
the average but the service was better than is
given on any boat line we have ever patronized.
* * * The scenery is wonderful. It is the
only trip we have ever taken in our lives that
we really felt we wanted to again take at the
earliest opportunity.

ewall Myer, Houston, Texas

“We decided the Atlin Lake excursion the
most satisfactory of any we have ever taken.

not excluding the Swiss Alps.”
Dr. Julius Hess, Chicago

“I want to tell you how much we enjoyed
our trip over your lines this summer (1920).

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The trip down the Yukon was wonderfully
interesting, and our stay at Lake Atlin was

delightful.

“Your service on the Yukon River boat, as
well as Lake Atlin and at the Atlin Hotel, was
excellent, and much better than I expected to
find so far away from the base of supplies. The
food was excellent and well served, and every
one of your employees seemed to be trying to
make it pleasant for us.

‘I supposed that your advertising literature
was subject to generous discount, but you made
good in every respect, and so far as the scenery
is concerned, it is far beyond what you or any
one else has stated. I have seen about all of
the beauty spots of this country, but in my
judgment Lake Atlin surpasses them all.”

H. P. Wright, Kansas City, Mo.

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“For a person who is not so narrow as to
require all of the artificialities of the modern
civilization, the trip to Lake Atlin will be hard
to duplicate.”

Alexander H. Bright, Cambridge, Mass.

- “You can safely praise that Atlin trip to the
skies.
Holmes Russell, Fort Valley, Ga.

“The scenery is wonderful, the meals and

service fine.”’
Ed. Meyer, Brooklyn, N. Y.

‘Tourists should be urged in their own inter- —

ests not to be contented with the coast trip, but
to go by rail and boat over the wonderful White
Pass and down the Yukon as far as Dawson
City. They cannot imagine what a delightful
climate, marvelous fauna and flora, and splendid
scenery are in store for them on the other side
of the mountains.”

E. B. Renaud, Prof. Romance Languages Dept.,

State University, Boulder, Colo.

“Several years ago I had the pleasure of
touring Europe and | found that the beautiful
lakes and mountain scenery around Atlin, in
my opinion, excelled even that of Switzerland,
which you know is saying a good deal.”

Albert V. Stegerran, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Photograph by Burton Holmes Lectures, Inc.

Up the Thirty-Mile River—En Route from Dawson

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