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CHAPTER XXV. 

 PRINCE RUPERT 



THIS town is the terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific and 

 is about five hundred miles north of Vancouver. From 

 this place salmon fishing can be obtained pretty well all 

 the year round, but as a general thing a launch is needed to 

 reach the best water. 



The line of the Grand Trunk Pacific follows the Skeena 

 River for some hundred and fifty miles, and here and there 

 along the line there are splendid streams for fishing. The 

 majority of these streams have been hardly fished, as there is 

 no accommodation in their vicinity, but they nearly all have 

 lots of steelheads in them in winter and early spring; they are 

 all affected by freshets as soon as the snow begins to melt and 

 are unfishable most of May and June and some of them in July 

 also. Those that run out of lakes such as the Kitsumkalum and 

 Lakelse are nearly always clear and afford fishing for a longer 

 period. 



DUNDAS ISLANDS 



These islands are situated in the Pacific at Dixon's Sound, 

 some twenty-five miles north of Prince Rupert and a few miles 

 out from Port Simpson. 



This is one of the best places for salmon in the north dur- 

 ing the summer months. To fish this water a launch is needed. 

 There are plenty of safe places to anchor, though about an 

 hour's run would take you back to Port Simpson. 



PORT SIMPSON 



The white population of this place is next to nil. There is 

 a store there and an hotel of the rough-and-ready sort. The 

 place is headquarters of the Metlakatla Indians. 



In the winter months there is some very good salmon fish- 

 ing to be had right in the harbour, February and March being 

 about the best months. 



WORK CHANNEL 



It is about the best place for salmon fishing in the north, 

 particularly in February and March and again in May and 

 June. 



Some of the fish run to very large size and tackle suitable 

 for the big Tyee salmon is needed. 



There is no accommodation nearer than Port Simpson, from 

 which place it is about an hour's run in a launch. 



The best water is right at the mouth of the Channel. 



