How many Canadian visitors to London realize that, in addition
to Wolfe's house at Westerham, there is another very interesting shrine within ten miles of Charing Cross in Vancouver's grave in the little, old-world church of Petersham, just off the road from Richmond to Kingston ? On Monday, the delegation of the Vancouver Board of Trade, which has just concluded a successful tour of the Old Country with the twofold object of making better known British Columbia's vast resources and the effect which the opening of the Panama Canal has had in bringing the Canadian Pacific coast within easy reach of the British market, proceeded to Petersham Church. There, in the presence of many British Columbians and others, Colonel Amery planted seeds of Douglas fir and other British Columbian trees at Captain Vancouver's grave. It may not be generally realized that the opening of the Panama Canal has resulted in a saving of 5,500 miles in the voyage from Great Britain to Western Canadian ports. * •
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