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voyage that, as we were informed, " there was no telling when she 

 would be down — in fact, she might be caught above the canon and 

 wouldn't be down for weeks." 



The town of Essington dates back to 1835, when the Hudson 

 Bay Company established a post there. Its only rival for pre- 

 eminence on the coast is Port Simpson. The town in summer is 

 completely given over to fishing, the salmon cannery of Cunning- 

 ham & Son being one of the largest on the coast, and the river for 

 twenty miles is dotted with canneries. In one day, while we were 



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View on the Upper Skeena River; Peak of the "Five Virgins" Mountain. 



in Essington, the catch of salmon on the river was ninety-two thou- 

 sand fish. In addition to the cannery the town boasts of a good hotel 

 and a Salvation Army. An Indian Salvation Army is worth 

 going miles to see, for the Indian is a natural-born Salvationist; the 

 army permits him to make all the noise he chooses, sing as loudly as 

 he pleases, and, best of all, he is entitled to make a speech every 

 time it comes his turn. 



In the afternoon, about four o'clock, on the day after our arrival, 

 a long, shrill blast of the whistle aroused the entire town, for the 

 Caledonia was in sight. Down we went to the wharf, and the entire 

 town followed. What a motley crowd you will find on one of these 



