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Title: Life in the world's wonderland : a graphic description of the great Northwest, from the Mississippi River to the land of the midnight sun, including descriptions of Sioux Falls, Sioux City, Fremont, Lincoln, Kansas City, Ottumwa, Fort Madison, and all the wonders of the unrivaled Yellowstone Park, the mines and canons of the Rocky Mountains, the beauties fo the Oregon and Columbia Rivers, and the famous inland passage from Tacoma, Washington Territory, to Sitka, Alaska : descriptions of the old Indian battle fields, including the last battle field of General Custer on the Big Horn River, the stories of old trappers, freighters, miners, and Indian fighters, told in their own unique style
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Gerrish, Theodore, 1846-1923
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Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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les carries us directly out to thePacific Ocean ; but an hours run finds us turning intoanother passage, — Chatham Strait, — one of the largestof the almost innumerable channels of the inland pas-sage, and which points squarely to the north. It isnearly one hundred and fifty miles long, and about ^m^or six miles wide. It was named by Vancouver, aboutthe end of the last century, after the then Earl of Chat-ham, and is a most noble sheet of water. Formerly the pilots used to go around Cape Om-maney, and put out to sea in order to reach Sitka,although there was a channel leading from ChathamStrait thereto which saved the roughness ot a sea-voyage. It was shunned, however, by most of them, and,in getting the ominous name of Peril Strait, certain sup-posed dangers were thought to be lurking in it. CaptainCarroll, who has spent half an ordinary lifetime inthese waters, and done much toward practically deter-mining their navigability, found that most of the peril VICTORIA AND BEYOND. 335
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AN ALASKA INDIAN HOUSE WITH TOTEM PC 336 LIFE IN THE WORLDS WONDERLAND. was In the name, — at least to ships under his manage-ment,— and Peril Straits are used nearly altogethernow, making Sitka, though facing the Pacific Ocean,practically on the inland passage. Just before entering Peril Straits, — by the way, one ofthe most charming of the many channels described,—we stop at a little place ensconced in a narrow inletof Chatham Strait, called Killisnoo. At Killisnoo, theNorthwest Trading Company, of Portland, Oregon,have erected quite extensive works for the capture andcuring of cod-fish, which has made this something of aport, at least for Alaska. There is also a phosphatefactory here, where phosphates are made from herring,after the oil is extracted. This company formerly caughtwhales in this strait; but I understand the enterprise hasbeen partially, or wholly, given up as not paying; or, atleast, in proportion to the new enterprises they havemore recently opened. Around th

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