THE “ALL RED” ROUTE

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1665, 27 January 1904, Page 46 (Supplement)

THE “ALL RED” ROUTE

Of all the possessions of Great Britain those [on ,the North American Continent are the principal. Canada an area of almost 3| million square miles, and it is four thousand miles from Victoria on the Pacific Coast to Sydney, Cape Breton, on the Atlantic. Its territory, which is larger than that of the United States or America, reaches north from the boundary with that country to the Arctic circle, and large sections of it are as yet unexplored. In addition to the

provinces /of. Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia its north-West territories reach from the 49th to the 70th parallel and include the . fertile landsi of Alberta and Assiniboia, as well as the rich goldbearing Yukon. Its north-east territory, as well as Labrador, are practically unexplored. It is of British Columbia that the following Istoenes are representative. . , The province is estimated to nave an area of 400,000 square miles and since communication was opened b y with the , older provinces m 188 b, its development has been astonishing, mountains are Highly mineralmd, while its valleys of splendid arable and pasture land indicate wondertm agricultural, horticultural and fruitgrowing possibilities. Its. rivers, lakes and the sea coast contain untold quantities of the, most valuable fish, and with its magnificent forests give British Columbia a wealth the vastness of which is almost beyond comprehension. " ' * Before the advent of the Canadian Pacific Railway seventeen years ago the province could only be reached via Cape Horn, but a new and prosperous era has dawned during these recent years, and now no part of his Majesty's

dominions shows such rapid and material progress. The railway has enabled men and material to he carried into its forests, to the head waters of its lakes and rivers, and into the heart of the mountains; and the scenic beauty of those mountains have, been so strongly demonstrated that visitors in increasing numbers each year are drawn from all quarters of the world. The excellent means of communication which the railway is able to afford New Zealanders who travel via Fiji an A Honolulu on their way Home is having the desired effect in inducing largely increased percentage of those who are going to England to take the “All Red” route of the Union Steam Ship Company.