Selwyn House School - Yearbook (Montreal, Quebec Canada)

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SIQIAYYN HOUSE SCHOGI. NIAGAZIXF saw the Government House, as Juneau is the new capital and the biggest city in Alaska. Wihen we arrived at the glacier we were so dazzled by its splendour that we couldn't speak for a moment: in places it was a bright blue, and in others it was a paler shade. After leaving the glacier we went back to the town and I bought some totem poles as gifts for friends at home. and then returned to the boat just in time to hear the I5 minutes whistle blow, Xext morning we passed Alont Saint blias, lN,l1l111 feet above sea level: it is very magnificent with its snow covered peak and rugged grey sides. truly' a very beautiful sight as you gaze at it over a dancing blue sea. In the afternoon we saw Alount Ifairweatlier, 15.411111 feet alioxe sea level: it isalso vqyx' licglutlt-Llly lvllf Hot SU llllt' LIS SAINT l'llLlS. That night we arrived at Cordova, and as soon as I got mtl. the boat I visited the salmon and crab canneries, which were not working, but the foreman gave me ll can nf salmon, and after that I went back to the ship and to lied. 14, -,,gQ2.,,i, ,, X -k FIYF FINGER RAPIDS Next morning we found rhar we were detained at Cordova until the next boat, the SS. Yukon, of the same line as the 5.5. Aleutian. After a week of beautiful sunshine and hardly' anything to do, as soon as the S.S. Yukon arrived it began to rain. Next morning we reached the Colombia Glacier, which comes right down into the sea. This glacier is one and a half miles wide and about fifty' miles long. The curious thing about it is that when the boat whistles big pieces of ice break off and fall into the water. XYhen we left this place we continued on to a town called Seward, and here we slept on board until our train left at T a.m. next day. At 7.15 a.m. our train pulled d a lv all Seward were there to see it off, as there are only two trains a week. out, an ne r. At middav we arrived at a place called Anchorage where we lunched. llll

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FOR THF SCHOOL YF.-XR IUR4- V435 My Grip to Qlaska. Un the I-lth of 'Iulv W3-I I left Tacoma, I'.S.l-X. on the 5.3. Aleutian for Seward, .-Xlaska. Three days out of' 'Iiacoma we arrived at Ketchikan, the second largest citv in A-Xlaska. This city is verv interesting, so I got orl' the boat and walked along the nearest street. :Xt length I arrived at a creek where there was a salmon run, and, never having seen one before, I stopped and watched, and there w ere easily a thousand hsh there. ,-XII of a sudden a fish swam up the run, and then another and another, but bv this time I looked at mv watch and saw that we had only an hour lc-fr, so I headed towards town and looked at 'X f . WRANKEIEI. the totem poles that lined the streets and then went back to the ship. :Xt T o'clock that night we arrived at Wlrangel, which I think is the most interesting town in Alaska. As I alighted a few Indian children ran up to me and asked me to buy some garnetsg as there were about six children I was out about fifty cents I .-Xfter having had a look at the stores and the totem poles outside, I proceeded to a Chief Shakes house. His wife, they said, had a hole in her nose, so I thought I might as well have a look at her, and she did look funny! In XYrangel they have a theatre, and the latest picture was about two vears old. .-Xfter leaving YYrangel we passed through the IYrangel Narrows which are so narrow that I thought the boat would never get through, but it did. Ifarlv next morning we arrived at Petersburg or Little Norway , so called because most of the people there are Norwegians. The place was so dirty that I didnlt bother getting off. Next morning we reached Juneau, and immediately hired a taxi to take us to the Mendenhall Glacier which is quite a wav from the town. On the wav to the glacier we llll

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FOR THIS SC!-TOOI. YEAR 1934-1035 We then continued through the Alaskan Range, a very magnihcent range ot mount- ains. That night we stopped at a place called Curry, where we slept at a hotel built over the station. Next morning promptly at seven cfrloek we pulled out of furry for Alcliinlcy Park. Klt. Nlcliinley, 25,0011 feet above sea level, is to my mind the most beautiful mountain l have ever seen. It is covered with snow from base to peak, and there are two immense glaciers on it. Here we went on a trip in search of w ild animals and saw a few caribou, niany mount- ain sheep, and ptarmigan. We also took two all-day horse trips and visited thekennels where there were some huskies, the heaxiest of which weighed about two hundred pounls After a week at Alcliinley Park, we left on the train for l5airbanks, and arrived tltere at 9 p.m. that night. W-w-same M ...T 'H , Ag .. U ,.,5r,-1 A 5 - ff.: at A . ef fs r - . - ,Q ,ft.g gi.. ,e., - . . ' 1' ' .f CARIBOL' Next morning I met one of the boys from the SS. Aleutian, and we went out to the Aerodrome and saw the l'.S. Navy's new Martin Bombers which were making a tour of Alaska. During my stay at Fairbanks I went to two gold mines and visited the Aerodrome several times. After leaving Fairbanks we journeyed south to Nenana which is situated on the Tanana River Where we were to board the 5.5. Yukon for Dawson, Yfli. At noon we left the harbour, the paddle wheel commenced to revolve, and we were on our way. Next day in the early morning we stopped at Tanana where we loaded wood tthe boat burnt wood instead of coal or oill, and then we continued up the Yukon River. On our journey we stopped at many small villages which were chiefly populated by Indians. The principal villages on our trip were Fort Yukon, Circle, Eagle and Tanana. ll-fl