English poem
Via Vancouver
by Herbert Beeman (1858–1944)
Wheat of the prairie, and wealth of the mine, Wood of the forest, and fish of the brine, Ship eastward, or westward, or south of the line— Via Vancouver.
Fruit of the orchard, and hay in the bale, Stock of the ranges—by road and by rail, By liner, by freighter, by steam or by sail, Via Vancouver.
Wood pulp and paper, wrapping and boards, Cedar bolts, spruce bolts, fir-ricks or cords, Steam coal and house coal from underground hoards, Via Vancouver.
In from the Orient here at our door, Up from Australia, cargoes galore, On to the Old Land, still more and more, Via Vancouver.
CONTENTS
The Bureau
The Board
The Port
The Province
The Dominion
The Empire
Trade and Commerce
The Law
Marine Insurance
N. O. P. (not otherwise provided for)