
A BIT OF THE KNIGH1’S INLET COAST 
CRUISING THE FJORDS OF 
THE NORTH PACIFIC 
With Inland Trips for Variety 
BY D. W. AND A. S. IDDINGS 
Fellows of the American Geographical Society and of the Royal Geographical Society 
III.—KnicuHt’s INLET, THE PRIZE Fjorp oF THE NEw WorLp 
WELL-KNOWN 
traveler, speaking of the 
famous fjords of the 
J Old World, those of 
| Norway, answers the 
query, ‘‘ What precisely 
is ator ret ths: in 
briefest terms, it is a 
mountain gorge connected with the ocean, 
a narrow arm of the sea extending inland, 
sometimes for one hundred miles.” 
Such are the fjords of the North Pacific, 
of which Knight’s Inlet in northern British 
Columbia is, perhaps, the greatest and 
grandest. Nearly a hundred miles in 

length, it pierces the very heart of the. 
rugged Coast Range. With a _ depth 
of waters often as great as the surrounding 
peaks are high, this splendid avenue of the 
ocean is everywhere safely navigable for 
large ocean vessels, though naught but 
Indian craft has ever sailed upon it. 
Into these waters we came a late August 
afternoon. On both hands rocky peaks 
raised their bald spires heavenward, glis- 
tening in the sunshine, while the massive 
bases of the mountains cast deep shadows 
far out upon the water, whose creamy 
coloring told of the mingling with the sea 
of torrents from melting snow and glacial 
iGe: 
There are three entrances to the inlet: 
at the north is Tribune channel, which 
leads in from Kingcome inlet; to the west 
is the main entrance from the troublous 
waters of Queen Charlotte sound; while 
Clio channel, through which we had come 
from the southwest, and Chatham channel 
from the sou’-sou’-east bend abruptly and 
enter together from the south. 
The fair wind from the west we had 
enjoyed through Clio channel we now 
struck as a gale lashing wildly the wide 
waters of the inlet as it swept in off of 
Queen Charlotte sound through the broad 
mouth of the main entrance. 
