The Eldorado of British Columbia 1894

Nelson, B.C. Miners — Waiting for the Dinner Bell, 1899.

“Nor did I approach the beauties of nature until I had dispatched a very good breakfast and the Lytton had passed out of the Columbia River proper into an extension of its body of water, called the Upper Arrow Lake. I found myself in the best of company, with a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, from Victoria; the Sheriff and Barrister of East Kootenay, who were on their way to the assizes at Nelson; two artists, Mr. Brymner of Montreal; and Mr. Hammond of St. Johns, N.B., together with the usual mixture of miners, prospectors, ranchers, commercial travelers and real estate agents.” — ‘The Eldorado of British Columbia’ by E. Molson Spragge, from The Canadian Magazine, Vol. II, No. 4, February 1894

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