The New North eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 340 pages of information about The New North.

The New North eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 340 pages of information about The New North.

PEACE RIVER ROUTES:—­(1) FROM PEACE RIVER CROSSING UP TO HUDSON’S HOPE. (2) FROM PEACE RIVER CROSSING DOWN TO FORT CHIPEWYAN.

MILES PLACE PASSENGER FREIGHT TARIFF MODE OF TRAVEL TIMES
                                    TARIFF per cwt.

UPSTREAM RETURN         UPSTREAM RETURN         Having arrived at Peace River Crossing,
DOWN                    DOWN          the traveller may go up the
STREAM                  STREAM         Peace by H.B.  SS. Peace River
0    Peace River Crossing                                                    (sternwheel river steamer, electric               From June to August
70    Fort Dunvegan            $10.00   $ 5.00          $1.00   $ .75         light, bathroom; accomodates 40                   inclusive.[3]
200    Fort St. John’s           25.00    15.00           3.00    2.25         passengers; blankets supplied; meals
240    Hudson’s Hope             35.00    20.00           5.00    4.25         served 50 cents each; 150 lbs. baggage free).

DOWN RETURN DOWN RETURN
STREAM UPSTREAM STREAM UPSTREAM
0 Peace River Crossing Or, having arrived at Peace River
280 Fort Vermilion $15.00 $25.00 $1.00 $3.00 Crossing, the traveller may go down
the Peace.—­
330 Chutes of the Peace 17.00 30.00 1.75 4.00 By the H.B.  SS. Peace River, from From June to August
Peace River Crossing to the Chutes inclusive.[3]
of the Peace.
570 Fort Chipewyan 37.00 60.00 3.25 7.00 By H.B.  SS. Grahame or Tug Primrose,
from Chutes of the Peace to
Fort Chipewyan.

[Footnote 3:  For further particulars regarding dates and rates, application should be made to the Hudson’s Bay Company, Winnipeg; J.K.  Cornwall, M.P.P., of the Northern Transportation Co. at Edmonton; or to A.G.  Harrison, Secretary Board of Trade, Edmonton, Alberta.]

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