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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mAthode. 1 2 3 1 W\.\i fc.'l ^ eyVozt/uvest CoUectiorv Toon Addh copy ol tl).- Cai be twee f^aiiic ; i 1^7«, rt bolANCc bctNvee r^amv. : i rt'comir <)rder.s Depa k tm en OXTAWi -e if a Rtj xrel/i'w Public \V(,i'ljs do^n I in a ma roqnlViil liy S( may \>r in'icHx O'liinu'iiL WMtcilv (lirec .1 't ^ ^ RETUR>{ Toan Ani>]fF,.-«s of ill.- Hot se <.)K ('<>.,t\(()Ns, dated -inil, IclpriKirv, 1^70; lor copy ot any Order iii Council psi.iscd i i Juik , l>,7ti. Ideating; ili',' line oj' the CaiKida i''\fiiic ikailv.ay lu'lwi'iii Tluiinlfr Iki V and a poiai at or near Fori (jri^orir*.'. in Hriiisli ( 'duinhji, with nil corifSjioudi-iice botwi'Oi tin Dominion and ridiimlfia (iovcruim-ni ri'sj)L'flint^' the saint' ; also for a ••opy oi' an ( tnlrr in Council oT Auun.-l or iS('[)t('rnl)er, 1^78, respfciinti- the location ol iln- line ol' the Canada racilic Kaihvay between Yellow lleiid i'ass and Hurrard Inlet, with all correspondence hetworMi the Dominion and Provincial (}f)\ ernnieuts lejspcctint;' thf sanity; and also, a copy ol any special report, if anv. of anv enirmeer recommending tilt,' location of the respective line.s. and on what ilie Orders in Council were directly l)a.scd. Bv Command. J. C. AIKINS. iicirelary of Stale. .XRTMKNT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, Ottawa, 8th April, 1879. I^^UlSt "' 'I III port '4 ii t'oiiiiiiittce "f thr Uowriilile thr l'rii';i Coniiril, ,i]i//ruvc(l lnj //'v ft*l,if,, /..I 'v//i';t'_y ^/i<: (lortrn'tr-General in ('(niii'il on the \st June, lU'l. *'■ P'^%0: a Hi. hioruiulum dated 21sl May, 1S77, ficia tlio lionniaiilo Uk; .Miiii.-il;s, rt;i(>miiu'iiiliiiij tlial lln> line of lliu I'liiKHlian I'a.ilie liailway, ns laiil do%a '"1 a map pic|iaie.l fy Mr. San. Herd I'K'ti.iiiLT, Cliitf iCiiiiiiioor torlv (lireciioii to the north ot l,ac-tich-Millo/<-J.,ac, aiul c^.l^>liny llio Winnipeg 4h a— I 97/3 River at Koowutin ; tlionoo to 11 point om tlio Hod Rivm- ir.mii' ' S.sllcii'lc, as shown mi thomap; tlipncc in a direct lino ton jmint near Swan River 1 iird Xorllicoto; thcnco fioiiUi-wostin'l}' to IjivinifNloni' ; iIiimk-o in ti n(>aily dnc w<'-,t diroclion lo iho crossin;^ of tlio sdiilh brunch of the S.'isUaiclicwaii ; iJioaci' in a iH'i'ih-wiotci'ly direction 1(1 the ncitchboiirhood of Fort IMnionioM ; tiu'iuo Ky llns .Milii'nd aini Arthaliaska liivors to Jasper Uouso and llcniy iloii-o, ami ilicncc lo 'IVto Jainn^ Cache. That in the event of IJnto Inlet beint,' selected as tlio western trrniiniis of tiic "aid Raiiwiy, the line will folldW the valley ol liu- {•"r;i/.er l.'iver lidin 'IVie Jaiiin' Cache to the neiifh' mirhood of i'oit (ieor^e ; thence Iro'H tiio eros-iii^ nl the Slew:ii-t River, at the junction ol" the Cliihuoh River to a puint near its som-ce, tlu'iice in ;i direct line to the Xazco Kiver, and usceiilinj; the valley of the Xa/.eo Rivei to llu> Cliisicut Kivor. towards Tatla Ltdvc iind Tatlayacoh i/iUe, iiiid the east luaiich of ilio lioiii..;iico Rive, and descend the valley of the llonmthco to the waters of the I'acilic at Bale Inlet. That in the event of the Dean (.'liannel route lK'iii!.f a io|>te 1, t! alt')ve line wiil be followed from Tote Janiio Cache lo near where itsliiUes tho A'azco Jiivcr; wheino it will follow generally the line of tin.. IJIaclvWater iJiver to Tlnaxdia Jj:di, of courHO, be addresaod to Lim. 1 am, Sir, Your obedi nt servant, (Sigi.ol) H. J. Caiihie. Ehij., Engineer, C.P.R. F. BiJAUX, Secretary. f'fiiHul'on Pacifv Raibrmj. Memo III (ii-iuiicc-. from Fori William weslwarJ, rio \e\\o\< iir:, i j'.i-^i. .M\ l-'oi'l William --. iDtcrrriiMiimc I) -turicM s Weiir o Dis1.:iiiccs. Firl V.illiani. Milos. .Miles. 'I'o Ki'irli-h l{iv(T I1-' H:i •• i;o.>\v:.iii; (ilat l'oit:i;;o) 1H""> 2l'7 •' S,lUl,k II'! -Hit '• ('MidLT (Mar. L .MiMiiiol.a) KtS '»i8 '• Nonli Ci.lc (Du.-k .^iMiinlaiiw) Ill - ''^1 " Saskatt'howan (Crossing S. Saskatfiiowan;... I'JfJ 877 " CarilavonioL'k 35 912 " Jiattlcfoni :"»•'> 1'-" " (iriz/.ly Bear Coulio HI l''TH "Ediiontnn HH M!>7 ~- " Sik.- From Lako Superior to Burrard Inlet. 1. By Located Lino by Yellow Ilo.ad Pass t.i'l'l •2. Xortherii Lino via. Arthabaska River and Yellow Head I'ass II'T-' From Lako Superior to Buto Inlet. 3. By Located Line via. Yellow Head Pass 1 /'"'.> 4. Northern Lino via. Pino Bivcr Pass and Fort George '2,(\ih Details. 1. From Lake Superior to Northcote 029 " Norihcole to Y'ellow Head Pass S-t Yellow Head Patis to Fort Moody 4'.t3 2 !•' re >m Lake Superior to Northeoto... '^ '■' '■ Norilicote to Lac La Bichc i'lH " !/ic La Bicho to Yellow Head Pa . . ."iMI " Yellow Head lo Fort M00.U 4:" < 1,972 IdtrrmediaU Dlatunees Wejtof | Dialnnccs. Fort Willum, MilL>8. Milei. .'). From Lake Siiporioi- to Northcotc (i29 " Nurtlicoto to Fort George vid Yellow Ilcml 1,()(!7 " Fort Goorgo to Wtiddington Harbor.... ;!i)3 1,009 4. From Lake .Superior to Northcote 02'.) Xorlii(f>ito lo Fort Goorgo vid Pino Uivor 1,11-1 " Fort George to Wmldington Harbor..,. 303 2,04C Copt of a Jiejiort "fa Committee of the Howvabte thf Privy Council, ai>proi:i-'{ by llA E.o:dl".ncij tlu' (loceraor-denfral in Council, on the 2^rd Mdy, 1878. The Committoo in Council liavo tho honor to rocommond that the Onlenq Council oC the 7(h Jane, IST.'i, lixiiig Esquimalt, in Vancouver's Lslund, as the ler. I minus of tho Canadian Pacific Hail way, and requiring tho convoyanco to tho Can-I adian Government of a strip of land 20 milos in width along tho oastorn coast oil Vancouver's I.-^land, botwoon Seymour's Narrows and the Itarl'>r of EHquinialt, Ijtl rescinded. (Certified.) (Signed) W. A. HI MS WORTH, C. P. C, To the Honorable The Minister of Public Works. DlPABTMINT OF PCPI.IC WoHKB, Ottawa, 29th May, 1878. Sir, — I am directed by the Honorable the Minister of Public Works to inform I you that an Order in Council has passed on tho 23rd in.stant, cancelling that of ilia 7th June, 1873, which dcsiL;nated Esquimalt, in Vancouver's Island, as tho terminus ot the Canadian Pacific Eaiiway, and required the conveyance to the Canadian Gov- ernment of a strip of land 20 mile-* in width along tho e.Mstern const of that Island, between Seymour Narrows and the Harbor of Esquimalt. I am further dirtu^ted lo state that as Burrard Inlet will, in all probability, 1» I adf)])tcd as the westein terminus of tho Canadian Pucitic I{;iilway, it is Jeimc'i iidvisablo that a strip ot land should be reserved for tho convey;inco to tho Do in in ion I Gi)vernmeiit, ill accordance with tho 11th paragraph of the terms of the Union, aloiii; saitl lino of railway, begiiiidi^ at English Bay or Burrard Iidot, and f)ll()wiiig tlie River Eraser to Lyttoii, ihohco by tho Valldy of tho liivor Thompson to lvainloiip>, llieiice u|) the Valley of the Xorth 'riiompson passing near to Lakes Albroila anJ C^ranhorry to Tote Jauno (y.icho, thenco up the Valley of the Frasor Rivor to the Miinmit of Yellow Head oi- l)oundary between British Columbia and the North-Wusi Terriiories. The Honorable the .Minister of Public Works desires mo to request you to con- vey tho foregoing information to the Govornmont of British Columbia in order Itist tlu-y may take the nccos.sary stops to reserve tho land in question, 1 have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant (Signed) F. BRAUN, Secretary. E. .r. Lanqevin, Esq.. Under Secretary o'' .Stale, Ottawa, OovY of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Privy Counril, approved by Ilit E.r<;elli:ni'y the (rovrnor Geiwral, on the VMh July, l''^7H. On n Tnomoraniliim datoil lllh July, 1878, from the Honorable the Minister of Public Works, rcportinj,' that on the 1st Juno, 1877, an Onler in CJouncil was passed in afi^nrdancp wiih tiio iii'i)vi>ions of Iho Canadian PaidHc Riilway A(!t of 1874, dofin- ini^ tiic rniito of tlio lailway botweoii Foil William on the Kaministiquia Kivor, and .laspoi- IIoii'^o and Toto Jauno C^acdic. Tliat the sanio Order in Council also dofino'l the route from tlio last named point to the i'acili'' Octvm, in the es'ont of the Huto Inli^t or l)oun Inlet r()utcs l)L'ini^ uUi- iiiatoly adopted; thewo beinj^ tiio routes through British Columbia, one of whiidi at that time it seenu'd probable would bi- adopted. That later iiiform'Uion has shown tliai it would ijo in the public interest that the route of the railway from the neighbourhood of the Tuto Jauno Cache should be towards IJiii'rard Inlet. The .Minister therefore reeommends that the route of tiie railway shall be de- fined i^enerally as passincr from the neii^bliorhoo I of the Tote Jaune (,'aehe, by the Albreda liiver to tlie North Thompson J{iver, and dcseondini^ iho valley of the .--aid North Thomjj^on Kiver, towanls Katnloops Lake to the Frasor Valley at Lytton,and thence deseendini; the valley of the Fi'/iser by Yale and Now Wesfminster to Port Moody, or such other pcnnt (ju or near IJurrard Inlot us may be found tnoat conven- ient lor the purpose oi liarbor accommodation. The Committeo submit the above recommendations for your Excellency's approval. (Cortifled.) (Signed) W. A. HIMSWOKTH, C. P. C. DlPARTMlNT PtJBLIC WoRKS, Ottawa, August 2l8t, 1878. Sir, — I have the honor to enclose copy of a letter of the 1st ultimo, from Mr. G. M. Sproat, Imlian Rosorvo Commissioner, British Columbia, on the siibjcct of a reservation made by the Provincial GovernmiMit of certain lands immediately above and below Yale, on the Frasor liiver, which rosorvation Mr. Sproat supposes was made at the reiiuest of the Dominion (.iovernment, for Home purpose connected with the deposit of sled rails in the neighborhoo I of Yale. Mr. ISproat beiug anxious to know wlii'ilter be may proceed with the allotment of Indian Kescrves at Yale, without any re renoo to the above supposeil railway res-ervalion, 1 beg that you will advise me wiiether the l.mds referred to are to be peimanently roseived for railway purposes; and, if not, whether there is any objec- tion to the same, or any part thereof, being included in the Indian Eeserres to b« laid off at that place. 1 havu the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, CSigned) L. VANKOUGIINET, Deputy Superintendent-General Indian Afair$. F. Bbaun, Esq., tjecretury of Public Works Dept., Ottawa. Indian Rk.iekve Commicsi'ineii-- Biutisii C'<>M;.MnrA. (Ill (";iiii|) 1h'3-uih1 Lvltoii), 1st July, 1S73. Sin, — Hnviii;; notici'l in t!io no'.v-ii'i])oi'« lh:it fcrt:iiii ImiiU immi- li;it'>!y nbovo nnil Iji'l'nv Vale 1)11 till! Ilivi-r I'' iMM' li.'ivo booii ro-orvo 1 hr 'ly liy llic I'r ivi ,"i:il Ciovoriiinciii, ii-i I sii|i|pi)-.o, iit liio nviii-st oI'iIkj U>niiiiioii U )Vo-iiin.>iit t'lr s iiiid |iui'- po,-c (• iiiiii!c';ivl Willi iho ik'ii'f-il (»l'>li.'ol laii-t in tlio iioiiflil) >"lii)0 I uf Yalo, I tliinU It Wfii to iisU wlicthcr I may )irofi>.'(| wiili ili" iillotmoni (if liiiliiin I{o>orvo^t iil thai, placi- williiMii Miy IT fen I ICO tn liic all >vc (|>M'-iiiiieil ) i ail way icsorvalioii or wlivilicr, ii|ii>ii I'DiiMiliatioii wiiii ilm I'lioiic Wurk- IViiurtinenf, yi)ii have any in>lriii-ti()iis lo give I I mo ii|.i)ii ilio Mil'iict. Til'.' Iinuaiis liavo im|ii)rtant llsliorio-i bi\:Xiiiiiiii!,' aliiiiit Olio milo al>ovo llio toll- limi-io al. Va!o, wliioji is iioai- tlio noriliorn lioiindary ol llio town; and (IioiiltIi v.'illinut L'xamiintioii I iMim jt s,i_\- w'lat, il will bo alw-*ablo V) t^ivo lliom, [ Uiikw tlioy CNpoot !i c'l isiioi-abio (I'lriioi of tlio land on tho riicbt b:ink nf ilio rivor •^"^/inuiiig alii>iU !i mi e- bolow Va c 'nid oxicndiiiLf to'vird-> Kmory's U;if. 'I'll • I'ldi.in- tr<'iKV lily aloii^ tho Ki'a-or Uivor iwlc many (jno-ition^ about railway niaUo:--, an I o.\|) •<■■ a li 1 I • 111 It if an/ oi ili.'iv land slniil I iio ta'cen al an}' tiino lor raiiwiy ])ir|iio< I i"y wid Ir ]m: 1 fir tlioir la'rN, and in ilijs rospeit ticalnl \\.H' wiiilo riK;i. 1 oiic.o-i' fp;' yiar iiil):'nUi ii cony of niv' bytor of ISMi \[ ly to Uio Chiof Com- missionoi' of \i t id-> ..li ml re-iorviii:^ la i U at Yalo and on llio liivor Fiascr, ponding my cxaminaiioii ol Inlian Liiid (]uo.'ion in liiat district. I am, &c., (Signed) G. M. SPROAT, Indian Reserve Commissioner. Tho llonorablo, Tlio Suporintondent-Gonoral nf Indian AfTaiiM, Ottawa. (^Mriiiordii'hirn.) DEI'AnTMENT OF i'LBLIC 'WnnKS, Ottawa, Augnst iJ Ist, 187S. 'J'bo iiiider-ignod reports that by ibo olovoiilli idan-o nf tlic agrocincnt, undoi' the terms rts lli u by several Oi-ders in Council in that behalf tho noeossary jiublio lands of tho Xorth-Wost Territories and Province ot Manitoba abing the line of tho sfiiil railway have been withdrawn from sale and soUlemont, pending tbo appropi'iaiion thereof for ibe ])nr|)oscs of the said railway; and the route of the lino of railway through Manitoba, the North-West Territories;) and British Columbia Laving boon now dolined by Ordortj ia Council, it is advisablo that 1 till! lU'cc'^iirv iipjii'i'iiriii I'll ."■lii'iiM I'' iiKilo, iiiiil Ui'il iho iiL ul' Hiilisli ('.iliKtilii.'i nIiohIiI 111" i'mIIi'iI ii]r)ii In convoy Id lliu I) iiiiiiiioii (iDvoiimu'iit muIi oxlonl 1)1' piililic l;iiiil-i ill l»i'ili-'i ( 'Mliiiiiliiii as h.iH lioisu abovo f jiociiio I. Tlio (iiuUir.-i^^iifd iIkik-I'Iix! I'crDininuinli lliat all imUlic land* in llm I'lovinco of Manitolia ami in tlm N'ortliWtMt. Ti'iTilmios wiiliin iwonty inilos mi vnvU wi.lti f»l' llio ^:li^l lino «t raJlwMy Im >eL a|):ii'l Wn- liui piiriM-is ul' llio CaiKiliin l':icilic, liail- \vm', and Iju iui|irnjiii:ilu'l in sii'.-li inaiinor as ilio (iivvrnniont iiuiy iksoin ailvisalilo in liu'.lniaiico 1)1' iln- .■un -li m'tion ul lln^ said railway. 'I'lii' iindi';'.-ii.;ii" i I'lii-tluir ivcDnini Mid ■ lii lid' Sn'i'otary ofSi.ilii iio aulii'rizcd n.i livliallui ilii-. ■ I •> •■liiiiion'i. I') iiiru.iii Un! ( iuvii'iifiiont ol' 15 It sh (Jwlnniliia as lo ilic ruiiU- ul' till) linu Hi' railway, ii()lir\ in;,' tlnMU thai all |iiiIj1u! i:ind-i in llio Prii- viiico of .Maniiuh:! and ill tlio Xui'ili-Wcst Torritoriivs williiii uvfiily iniics on c.icdi side of till) lino iiavo hoyn .sot, apail a^ ab ,yu'-t lliai (iuvern- iiiDiil, in aci'uiciii.c'o willi lln-ir iiiiiooiiK'nl in lliiL li ^li.dr, lu e )nvoy lo tlio iJuiniaion tiovorniuent in inisi, to ho a|)|i','uj)ri:iU'il in smdi inaimor as ihc iJominio.i (iuvcrn- nii'iit niay di'iMii advi-ah.o in liii'lhoranrn o| iho fonslriiotiDn ui'iho htiiii ludlway, a similar (snIimiI of juiiilif Ian U a! ni:; ilic linn of railway tlnuu^jh.iul its t-iuiro h'ny;lh ill Urilisli (Jolmnliia, and to nnlio :^''>I to llio I'oinini'iii Iroin coir:;!! nn imhliv; lands tliofiuantiiy of hii) 1 (it' any ) wii;i'l may ho hold iiii lo ■ p o oin,)ii>n rijfit or hy Ci'own ^raiil within the iinit* of ilio U'aot of land ill liritidi Columhi.i to ho «o ouiivoyod to the i/oininion (.iovornmeiit. J'u'Wpi'ctfiiliy :-iihiiiil!o 1, (Signed) A .MACKKaZII;, Miwalr < f lM)Ur 11'//.., Col'V 'r.i'd,; tlu Prio/ C'j7 i. On a lioj)')i't (latod ;^lst August, loTS, from llio lloiioriihlo Iho ilinisK i- of L'uhlic Works, slauntj lli:it hv llio lllli oinn-oof iho iitjroonionl, tniilor tho loiinsof wliicii tho I'rovinoo of liriiisli roliiinbia ontorod tlui Dominion of Canada, llio (iovoinmont of 1)! ilisli l'i>lumhia onuMicol lo nivoy to tho Djmiiiio.i (i )vo.vi;n ml, \-\ triisi, lo hii a|i)iriiiiriatt'd in snch mii :nor as tlic Doiiiiiiiu!! (r ivornmotiL mii;-ht doom advisah^o in liiilhoranoo of tho foiistriiolion of Iho Canadian I'aoiiio Hallway, an oxtont oi (iiiblio laiidn ulonjr tiio lino of r.iiiway liiroai^houl it.s ontii'o loni^lh In 13i'ilish Columbia (nol, liowovor, (^\l•oodin;; twci'.ly ('iO) iniios on uacdi sldo of Ihe sai.i line), etpial lo tho aroa whioh inlglit ho a|)|)ro|itiatod lor tin Mumo jmrposo by tho [dominion (.fo,oi'iimont from the piiblie land.s ol tho Norlh-Wo.sl Tcri'ltorio.s aiiil tho Provinco of Manitoba; tho (oinlitloiis of tin; a,i;'room,Mil fiirthor itiovi iiiii;' ihat tho quantily of land hold undor p:i'-oin|)li»n lii^lit or by (..'rown j^runl, wiliiiii t'lo limiis of Iho trad ut'lund in IJrili.sh t'olumbia lo bo so convoyod to tho I) )miiiioii Covornmoiit, ."jhould bo mado good to tho l)ominioii from coniignuus public land.s. That by sovcral Ordor.s in Council in thai bohalf, the noco.s.saiy publio iand.s of iho Xorlh-Wc.sL Toriitorios and Province of .Manitoba along tho line of the s-aid raiiway havo boon withdrawn from sale ami hoUlcmont, jioiiding Iho apjiropriation ihoroof (or tho imrjio.-os of iho •«aid railway; and the route of the lino of railway Ihroiigh Manlloba, the North-West Torrilorios and liritlsb Columbia having boon Ihroiigh M now aolinod by Oidois in Conrudl, it is a.lvlsablo that iho nocossaiy approjuiatiou should bo mailo, and thai iho (i>ruval. Cortiilod. (Sitned) W. A. IIIMS WORTH, C. P. C. DepAnTMENT or Public Worku, Ottawa, Sept. 2flth, 187H. Sin, — I havo the honor to transmit two copies of tho j)lan fihowin;^ the lino of tho Canadian Pacific JJailway tliroui,'h Mritish ("olumhia as now dclincd, to/^ethor with a copy of the Ordeis in Council of tho 3rd instant cottitif^ aiiart a certain area W I 111 «l tA'l •> ^'i I iiu vy 1 iiui ■-• 1 11 V'^- uiiv II t'l I iiu ui v4 jii.->itfcii t rvi ti |)y of a despatch from llin Honor tho IjiiuiliMiant-dovornor of British Oolunibia, and of tho Minute of his Executive (Jouncil therein rof»i-red to, on tho Bilbjoct of 'ho roHorvation and co 'ieyance, for tho purposes of tiie Caiiudiiin Pacific Railway, of lanil on tho main land of that I'rovinco. I may nmntion that tho letter's of th.! i^lst May and tho 23rd Sopt'-mbor referred to by His iionui', wei'O addressed to him li'om this Department, enclosing for the infor'nialiDn of his (ri)vornmeiit (!0|)ics of iho (communications from your Dopar'tmont of the dates uSovo ciied, and that the loiter o( tho 7lh Scptomher Was also fi-om this Dt'pai'tmont, enclo-.irig a copy of tho Oi'doi' of His Excellency tho (rovornor-Gciiorul in Coiineil of tho 3rd of that month, on tho subject of tho route of the Canadian PaciHc liailway. i have tho honor to bo, Sir, Your- obodiont ser'/ant. (Signed) Tho Honorable Tho Miui.-'lerof Public Works. EDOUARD J. LANGRVIN, Under Secretary of State, Government House, VicToutA, B. C, Nov. 9th, 1878. Sir, — I have tho honor to enclose to you hoi-cwith a copy of a minute of my Executive Council, datod ."ilh inst., calling tho attention of tho Oominion Govoi-nmont to despatches of the 31st May, itth and 23i-d ot Soptomboi-, 1878, respectively, having ret'oronco to the i-oservation and convoyaneo f^ =r n3 5" B D « ? 00 (0 CD a m w o' P p' B t I. f 00 C0