The prewar Prince George steams slowly by a fisherman cruising on Lynn Canal, the name of the final stretch of the Inside Passage between Vancouver and Skagway. Not a canal in the sense of being artificial, it was named by Captain George Vancouver after King’s Lynn, the city in England where he was born. Today a ship up Lynn Canal continues to be the main way of getting between Juneau and Haines or Skagway, the only alternative being by a plane that also follows the inlet.
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The back of the menu has a drawing by the same anonymous artist showing someone catching a fish in Maligne Lake. In case any of the steamship passengers weren’t sure where that was, the word “Jasper” is printed on top of the drawing.
Most menus in this series have a music program on the left-hand page inside. This one instead has a “suggested dinner,” making it clear that the many dinner selections on the right side fall into a seven-course meal: appetizer, soup, fish, meat & vegetables, salad, dessert, after-dinner dessert, and coffee. The dessert might be a tart or pastry while the after-dinner dessert might be cheese, mints, or nuts. It also appears that passengers weren’t limited to just one selection from each course, as the suggested menu includes four of the six appetizers, two of the four meat courses, and three of the five possible desserts.