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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 47
How to reach British Columbia
How to reach British Columbia.
A first-class passenger can go from England to British Columbia in about 3 weeks, if the connections meet at the proper times. A third-class passenger will take 10 or 15 days longer. The spring season is the best time to arrive.
| (1.) | By steamer across the Atlantic to Canada (Quebec in summer; Portland, Maine, U.S., in winter). |
| (2.) | Thence by rail across the Continent to San Francisco. |
| (3.) | San Francisco to Victoria, British Columbia, by steamer. |
The Atlantic passage takes 10 to 12 days; the railway trip across the Continent about the same time, and the steamer from San Francisco to Victoria 3 to 5 days.
It is best to take "through" tickets to Victoria. Third-class passengers should provide food for themselves for the railway trip across America, as provisions at the wayside stations are expensive, and the "through" ticket price does not include provisions except in the steamers.
The steamer goes from San Francisco to Victoria only twice a month at present, and it is therefore desirable that, as far as possible, third-class emigrants especially should leave England in parties, so as to reach San Francisco about the proper time, and save the tedium and expense of remaining over.
The Agent-General in England, No. 4, Lime Street Square, London, E.C. will arrange this, if communicated with.
An immigration officer of the British Columbian Government is also stationed in San Francisco, at 315, California Street. Persons residing in Eastern Canada, or in the United States, can write to the Honourable the Provincial Secretary, Victoria, British Columbia, for information about the province.
While passing through Eastern Canada, and until Detroit is reached, emigrants from England for British Columbia will apply, in case of need, to the Immigration Officers of the Dominion of Canada.
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Messrs. Allan, Brothers, and Co., James Street, Liverpool, give the following advice to emigrants:—
"Take passage by the Allan Line of Royal Mail Steamers which leave Liverpool every Tuesday and Thursday for Quebec in summer, and Portland in winter. In connection with this line through tickets are issued, either viâ Quebec or Portland to Victoria, the chief town of British Columbia. Trains leave Quebec and Portland twice a day, which connect at Detroit, Chicago, and Omaha, with through express trains over the Union and Central Pacific roads to San Francisco. From this point to Victoria, a distance of 753 English miles, the communication is by water, steamers leaving San Francisco twice a month.
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For rates of passage between Liverpool and Quebec, or Portland, refer to advertisement on the back page of this book. "From Quebec or Portland to San Francisco the rates are—1st class rail, 26l. 6s. 6d.; Emigrant class, 11l.; Children—Between 4 and 12 years, half price; under 4 years, free. "From San Francisco to Victoria the rates are—1st class, 6l. 3s. 6d.; Emigrant class, 3l. 1s. 6d. Children—6 to 12, half fare; from 3 to 6, quarter fare; under 3 years, free. "Baggage—100 lbs. free for each full passenger."* .jpg)
The "through" passage money to British Columbia is, therefore, for this year, 18l. 6s. 6d. per adult passenger.
Messrs. Flinn and Co., Chapel Street, Liverpool (Agents of the Dominion Line of Steamships from Liverpool); Messrs. Temperleys, Carter, and Darke, Billiter Street, London (Agents of the Temperley Line of Steamships from London and Plymouth), invite the attention of the reader to their advertisements in this handbook. (See last pages of the book.)
- Messrs. Anderson, Anderson, and Co., 1, Billiter Court, London, E.C.
- The Honourable Hudson's Bay Company, Lime Street, London, E.C.
- Messrs. G. H. Fletcher, and Co., The Albany, Liverpool.
* The Atlantic passage for steerage passengers approved by Mr. Sproat, 4 Lime Street Square, or by Mr. Dixon, Canadian Government Emigration Offices, Adam Street, Strand, London, may be reduced by Government aid from 6l. 6s. to 4l. 5s.