(049) Sorrento ferry

Excerpt from page 22 of "B.C.'s Inland Empire" by Erskine Burnett associated with this image: Retracing our steps we crossed the lake on the Government ferry from Scotch Creek Landing to Sorrento. Free Passage is given for cars every day except Sunday, five times a day each way. This ferry generally succeeds in running all winter in spite of ice conditions. Capt. Poole will lend you his spy-glass and point out the more or less up-to-date craft plying the waters of the lake. He is a spinner of yarns too. A member of the police force heard that an Indian was trapping beaver out of season so set out on his trail with two days' provisions in his pack.. The first night found him and Cabin number one but no Indian in sight. The second night likewise at cabin number two and he ate his last meal. Next morning it was a case of hitting the back trail or of pulling in his belt a hole or two and trying to catch up with the offender. Nightfall found him at cabin number three after a twenty four hour fast but the Indian and his [?] were there. "You hungry ?", asked the native, "soon as we have supper". So all hands sat down to a more or less appetizing-looking mulligan. Cigarettes were passed round after the meal and the Indian suddenly asked,- "You like beaver?" Needless to say the officer of the law did not get his man