In it’s struggles for freedom, the whale pulled up the anchors, and the tide carried it and the wharf down the canal. Grounded at Ford’s Cove, it was found by searchers, who had the job to cut the whale adrift and bring back the wharf. They certainly had some job, as the whale by this time had been dead a good while, and they had to cut it to pieces to get the twisted cables free. In addition to cutting up the whale, one of the men who were engaged in the task said the smell was so bad they had to cut chunks out as well. The wharf, however, was returned to its moorings and a short time later an extra high tide and a strong northerly wind started it down the Canal again. It was last seen in Dixon Entrance heading for the open sea.

The Hotel and store built at the corner of Fifth and Columbia Streets and is now incorporated in the King Edward Hotel building. It was also the first Post Office, which was opened in 1905. Robert M. Stewart was the first Postmaster and after him the town was called when it was founded in 1906 by the Stewart Land Co. Ltd.

The summer of 1905 saw much prospecting activities on Glacier Creek. The first claims were located by Ike Thompson, who started the Hallie and June near the forks, followed by the staking of the Little Joe and Lucky Seven by Joe McGrath and Jack Griffen. The later were the original claims of the Portland Mining Co., and on the east side of them George Matheson located the Thelma and other claims. On the southeasterly continuation of the vein system, Cook and Dobson staked the Chicago group, and Dodge and Gourley the Jumbo group.

On the middle fork of Glacier Creek, a large number of claims were located, among them the Columbia and Evening Sun, by Rush and Bagg, and on the north side of the creek Ranch and Horstman staked the Little Wonder group, now included in the holdings of the Glacier Creek Mining Co., and the Main Reef group, later acquired by the Victoria Mines Ltd., and from which the second ore shipment from the district was made, the first being from the Roosevelt on Bitter Creek in 1899. The Sunbeam, the initial claim of Dunwell Holdings was staked by J. W. Stewart, and the Mayflower and Tyee by Bebeau and McKay.