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163 stories matching canadian
- The Gold Rush That Never Was: How Canadian Laws Stifled Seattle’s Northern Dream
A Victoria contractor tells the Star that new British Columbia legislation has turned away American miners, leaving Alaska's gold fields dark and local businesses in ruins.
- The Great Car Tax: How a Treasury Order Threatened Seattle’s Rail Lifeline
A new federal duty on foreign railroad cars threatens to strangle trade between the Pacific Northwest and the East, sparking fears of economic isolation for Washington Territory.
- The Strange Impostor of the Secret Societies
A concerned member of a legitimate Victoria-based lodge warns Seattle that a grifter is posing as an I.O.O.F. organizer to swindle local recruits.
- A Customs Official, a Forged Check, and the Opium Hidden in Coal-Oil Tins
Ex-immigration inspector Thomas M. Fisher was arrested at Port Townsend for allegedly forging a Canadian officer's endorsement and pocketing a $350 opium-seizure reward.
- The $12.50 Gold Rush: How a Railroad Rate War Flooded Seattle with Hope and Skepticism
As Canadian Pacific slashes fares to half the price of American lines, local merchants debate whether the coming wave of homeseekers will build the city or break it.
- The Seattle Rail Boom of 1888
A massive new contract with a Canadian firm promises to connect Seattle to the transcontinental rail line, fueling the city's rapid, foundation-building growth.
- The Yukon Shortcut: Seattle’s New Gold Rush Gateway
A new bonded railway and customs arrangement allows Seattle merchants to ship goods directly to the Klondike without paying duties at the Canadian border, putting the city on equal footing with Victoria.
- The City’s Missing Depot: A Railway Power Struggle
When the Seattle Star reached out to the Canadian Pacific Railway, they found the railroad giant had no interest in building a union station in the city.
- The Railway Shuffle
Canadian Pacific looks to secure rail facilities into Seattle as local lines navigate receivership.
- Federal Bureaucracy Stalls Salmon Hatchery Plans
The State Department blocks a joint American-Canadian salmon hatchery on the Fraser River, leaving Washington officials to fend for themselves.
- The Looming Threat of Chinese Labor
As Chinese laborers migrate from British Columbia to Washington, voices in the Territory call for joint international action to stop the 'incoming tide.'
- The $10,000 Gamble: How Seattle Citizens Bought Their Way to the World
In a desperate bid to secure a transcontinental rail link and outmaneuver rival Tacoma, local merchants pooled their own money to subsidize the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway.
- The Canadian Pacific 'Ticket Scalping' Conspiracy
Federal agents entrap a transcontinental railroad for selling cut-rate tickets, leading to high-stakes indictments in Tacoma.
- Hard Times Force Railroads Toward a Monopoly
Financial desperation drives the competing lines of the Pacific Northwest to consider an end to expansion and a new era of joint operation.
- The Human Cost of the Canadian Land Rush
Federal authorities in the Pacific Northwest scramble to intercept desperate immigrants crossing the border on foot, fleeing failed colonization schemes in Western Canada.
- The Mill That Never Was: How Chicago Capitalists Tried to Buy Seattle’s Soul
In June 1899, Theo. Ludgate arrived in town promising 800 jobs and a massive milling enterprise. Instead, he sparked a legal battle over land leases and vanished back east, leaving behind only the ghost of an industrial boom.
- The Rival Engineers Who Carved the Pacific Northwest
A look back at the lives of General Anderson and Major Rogers, the architectural titans whose competition through the Cascades and Selkirk mountains built the backbone of the region's railroad legacy.
- The Great Seattle Land Rush of 1887
When cheap rail tickets from the Canadian Pacific triggered a real estate stampede into Seattle.
- The Real Estate Frenzy North of the Border
Speculators are scouring the Canadian countryside near Lynden, betting on a new electric railway to Bellingham.
- The 'Second Gibraltar': Britain’s Plan to Fortify Puget Sound
Tensions mount on the Pacific border as the British Admiralty, spooked by U.S. sealing regulations, orders immediate military improvements to the entrance of the Puget Sound.
- The Stowaways of the Laurada: A $50 Fine for a Trip North
Two men caught sneaking aboard a steamer bound for Alaska were forced to disembark in Bellingham, facing Canadian customs penalties and a hefty fine.
- Broken Rails and Broken Promises
A construction company sues the Canadian Pacific Railway for failing to deliver materials on time, causing a project to stall.
- The Shadow of the Fortress at Esquimalt
An 1889 editorial argues that the growing military presence across the border in British Columbia demands a rapid response from the U.S. government to fortify Puget Sound.
- The Strange Disappearance of John Steele
A Seattle man is lured to a Canadian steamer under the pretense of work, only to be held captive and told he is a deserter from the British army.
- The Beachcomber and the Princess
A Canadian man is jailed after a gruesome discovery near Victoria harbor, linked to an elopement with a Tahitian princess.