Fishing in British Columbia / With a Chapter on Tuna Fishing at Santa Catalina

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FISHING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
WITH A CHAPTER ON TUNA FISHING AT SANTA CATALINA. BY T.W. LAMBERT, M.A., M.B., B.C. (Cantab.); M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. (London). Late Surgeon to the Western Division, Canadian Pacific Railway Company. London: HORACE COX, FIELD OFFICE, WINDSOR HOUSE, BREAM'S BUILDINGS, E.C. 1907.
LONDON: PRINTED BY HORACE COX, FIELD OFFICE, WINDSOR HOUSE, BREAM'S BUILDINGS, E.C.
The Author hopes that this book may prove of some interest to anglers by giving a short account of the fishing which is to be obtained in a part of the world hitherto little exploited, and well worthy of better acquaintance.
British Columbia only became fairly easy of access after the completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1887, which placed it within two weeks' journey from London. Before that time it was cut off by the immense prairies of the north-west of Canada, and could only be reached by a long journey round Cape Horn or over the Isthmus of Panama. Since the date given, however, a new era has dawned for the country, and all the southern part of it has been opened up by railways. Thus its waters have been rendered easy of access to any fisherman willing to try them. The position of the country on the map resembles that of Norway and Sweden in Europe, and the general resemblance is borne out by the features of both countries. Each possesses a deeply indented coast line and a wealth of pine forests, lakes, and rivers. But the climate of British Columbia is much milder; the valleys are richer in soil, the mountains in precious metals, and the waters are inhabited by different species of fish. And whereas the Scandinavian peninsula has some ten millions of people, British Columbia supports as yet but one hundred thousand of population, including Indians.
It is without doubt a country of great possibilities. The summer climate of the southern central plateau is very bracing and dry, resembling that of the southern Californian winter; while the winter climate of the coast is like Devonshire. Game, both large and small, is still plentiful in the south, while the northern part is one of the best big game districts of the world.