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Right in the midst a hill fit throne for rule, And crowning this were stately structures, towers And domes and Gothic arches, quaint with rich « » * * * ♦ • • Device of ornament. « • * * Yes, there's the seat of empire young, A people destined to he great and free. " Eos, an Epic of the Dawn," by Nicholas Flood Davin, Q.C., M.P. 1 r ) PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS FROM RIVER. AMERICAN aAJVK NOTL CO, 46275 OTTAWA, CANADA. O TTAWA, the Capital City of British America, dates its origin from the commencement of the Rideau Canal, under Lieut.-Col. By, Royal Engineers, in the year 1826. Following the troops that accompanied By to the scene of operations came first the cluster of laborers' shanties which formed around the canal's eastern terminus at Entrance Bay, with the somewhat better dwellings in which the traders who furnished the necessaries of life were accommodated. Situated at the confluence of the Rideau and Gatineau with the Grand River (now called the Ottawa), each of them draining districts rich in agricultural and timber resources, and just at the point where it became necessary to rearrange the rafts brought down from the immense timber regions of the Upper Ottawa on account of the impossibility of carrying them unbroken over the Chaudiere Falls, the village grew rapidly to be a town of importance. In i854, a population of 10,000 being attained, the town was transformed by Parliament into a city under the name it has since borne, the change taking place ist of January, t855. S Under the Act in question the city was divided into five wards, cacli of which became entitled to representation in the Council of three Aldermen. I'rom this period the city has ^one forward with leaps and bounds, and has probably made ^^reater headway in proportion to its population than any other city in the Dominion. In iSS; Her Majesty fixed upon it to be the permanent seat of jrovern- ment of United Canada, a decision ratified and confirmed by Parliament. In 1859 the public buildinjrs required for the accommodation of Parliament and the Civil .Service were commenced, and were com pleted in i865. causinjr the removal to Ottawa of an aimy of public officials with their families. In 1866 Parliament met in Ottawa for the first time, thus further addint,' to the population and importance of the place. Ottawa added to her jrreatness and dignity in 1867 by becoming the Capital of the Dominion under the political system then established. The followinsr table shows the rapid j^rowth of the city : Incorporated as a town the population of By Town was. . . 5,ooo 1854, ic.ooo 1861 14,669 1 87 1, . 21,545 1 88 1, . . . . 31,307 1891, 44,154 1892, ............ So.oco :amc cntitkHl forward with ion than any It of govern- hlic buiklinjj^s d were com families. In J importance Capital of the With the addition tliereto of the population of Hull, which is practically a suburb of the political metropolis, of ii,265, the population of Ottawa stands at the present moment at 6i,265. No other city east of Winnipeg has shown such a marvelous rate of growth, and warrants the belief that at the same rate of increase it will not be long before Ottawa will take third place among the cities of the Dominion. She now ranks second in Ontario. In point of wealth and commercial expansion and importance the development and increase go hand in hand. The civic assessment and customs returns are the best guides in this respect. The former shows that while the assessment in 1S67 was ^5,167,686, it is now, in 1893, ^18,616,985. During the last ten years the city has nearly doubled in wealth and population. The customs returns show that in 1869-70 the total amount collected was ,^98,622, while . . 1876-77 the collection had increased to ^2o5,6i6, and in 1892 to Si^7<<^^9- The value of imports in the year last mentioned was ^3,741,201, and of exports ,)(• 1,942.051. Truly Ottawa has no reason to be ashamed of the showing which she is making among tl e cities of the Dominion. i i Kf'- over the field and Sce7iery. HE front portions of the city of Ottawa stand on a succession of bluffs, and wher. viewed from the river ar. seen to great advantage. Fron. the high chffs. hich oui noblest buildings have been erected, can be witnessed scnes of natural beauty unsurpassed by any on the continent ; rich in all the varied charms of moumain, river and forest, and enhanced by the surrounding triumphs ot architectural skill. The river Ottawa, on the southern bank of which the capital stands, ranks as the largest of the third class rivers on the continent; on the opposite bank lies the city of Hull, its more distant cottages blend.ng with farm and forest, while at the back of the whole scene, stretching out interminably to either hand, loom up the dark Laurentian Hills. Below, the rivers surface is dotted with steamboats and small craft of every description. Covering the low-lying shores to the west are huge piles of lumber, which tell -'■ tlie chief industry of that portion of the capital, and further up the stream can be seen the boiling masses of water as they hurl themselves Chaudiere Falls. To the east the river can be seen for many miles wending its way through forest towards the ocean. Close at hand are the timber slides by which the square timber from 8 )lufifs, and ligh cliffs, of natural charms of umphs ot which the continent; i blending Lching out Below, the lescription. ber, which ler up the themselves ay through imber from the Upper Ottawa passes down without damage into the navigable water below. To go down these slides on a crib of timber, as almost every visitor to the capital — from the Prince of Wales, the Princess Louise, Prince Leopold (Duke of Albany), and the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia, down to the humblest individual — has done, is as exhilarating as it is exciting. Ottawa is divided by the Rideau Canal run- ning through it, and is laid out in wide, regular and uniform streets, which are planted with shade trees and provided with drinking fountains. Its geographical location, when compared with other cities, makes Ottawa one of the most easily accessible cities from all points of Canada, and with its seven railroads and many steamboat facilities possesses more and better forwarding capabilities than any of its inland sister cities. t:HAUIlIEKK KALLS. ...Ing benches o, the RUK-au Rive. a. excecCin^ >• beau,.,,, ca.^ K. „ ■ „ ^^^^ ^ water in spring titese falls, tumbling perpe„.,. raised the institution to the in. a university in .866. In February, .889 h.s Hoh^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ,,,,,,,,.„ rank of a Catholic University, thereby giving ^^_^'_______^ ,„d Freiburg. The University, ' as now established, is empowered to grant degrees in theoloj;y, philosophy, law, arts, medici".e. science and civil engineering. There are, also, a large number of public and separate schools, together with the Model and Normal School, the Collegiate Institute, Coligny Young Ladies' . :ollege, the Harmon School and ^ several private academies. UNIVEKSITV Of OTTAWA. ad of the and erected :ion to the Washington University, empowered n theoloj;y, s, medicine, engineering^ arge number rate schools, Model and ,e Collegiate oung Ladies n School and Jemies. Ckun/ics. IN church edifices the Capital is well provided. It possesses no less than thirty-five, repre- senting almost every Christian denomination. The buildings are large, solid in construction and exceedingly handsome in appearance and of costly character. Among the imposing of church structures may be mentioned the Basilica (the principal church in the Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province ot Ottawa), which possesses a magnificent organ, lately supplied at a cost of S^i 2,5oo-cost of church, $235,000; Christ Church (Anglican ), St. Andrew's (Presby- terian), Knox Church (Presbyterian), St. Bridget's (Roman Catholic), St. Joseph's (Roman Catholic), the Sacred Heart (Roman Catholic), St. Patrick's (Roman Catholic), St. Paul's (Presbyterian), P>ank Street (Presbyterian), Erskine (Presbyterian), Dominion (Methodist), St. Albans (Anglican), St. George's (Anglican), Grace (Anglican), St. John's (Anglican). St. Bartholomew's (Anglican), New Edinburgh, which latter possesses a fine chime of bells, presented to the church by her Royal Highness the Prmcess Louise before leaving Ottawa. There are also Baptist, Congregational and German Churches. IS /frt.JWM 4.f4 C*.. LADY ST.\M.EV INSTITUTE. r'*^^ Street Cars. OTTAWA is justly proud of her electric street-car system, and well may she be, as it is without exception the best constructed, equipped and managed system throughout the Dominion. It was commenced in May, 1891, and now covers about twelve miles of street. By a recent act of the City Council an ordinance was passed authorizing the reconstruction into an electric road of the horse-car line now in operation. The work of reconstruction is now in active progress, and by the Fall of 1893 the whole will be transformed into an electric system. The new line will run through the city of Hull, thereby connecting the two cities. It will reach all outlying points, including Lans- downe Park in the south and Rockliffe in the north-east. The railway runs both winter and summer, the electric current being generated at the company's power-house at the Chaudiere Falls. The Press. ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^„^ . four first-class daily neNVspapcrs, dominion. havins the var-us matcr,al. ^^^^._^.^^^ ,,^„,, „t "-'^ "^ ^^ „,, ,„ separate „ades™e„ an., derU. have U. ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^,^ ^^ ,,, ,,, "'"r,, tvalen. an,ong all Casse. and mora, healthiness ac y ^^„„„,,„, and ^P"'"="' "'^Xa with other advantage.. l8 tl one Vinion, pinion. (// and :h year lodcrate tages ol jchanics, appiness separate 1 classes, vantages, ti time to RRSIDENCKS. / O' Parks. TTAWA has a number of public ^' narks and squares, some of them ntal and for beauty ot l,ighly ornamental, and surroundings cannot be xce"c u-ii ^n^ -Irrady been mentioned, and a great ^^^ „.„ ,een said o. U will a„p.y ' ^ ;^"^^„^^„, Park both of which are under th. ■ •„„ nf ihc Federal Government. -"^ ^""Tlttter as from the former ,he view from the latte ^^^^^ , simply enchantmg^ L ns ^^ ^^^ *^™'t TTZ distance from the :ro Tc :>.;—— r: central Canada Exhibition Assooat^n. an institution dating its existence from .888, public if them luty see of )rs illcd. been At bas Hill control -rnment. e former le Park, s of the from the uarters of ssociation, "rom 1888, / ' -^ ■' 111 , of M^,5oo, besides a large . nd premiums to the amount _ ^^^^^^^^,, „u™ber of BoH ™<-^*^ ^^ ^„,,, „„.p„ses. U cove, .n ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ,,,^„. ^^^^ U occupied by the ^ -^ ^ar system, '^ By *e recent extens.on ot the ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^, , „. .,f nnd health. >^^^ .,A-, to enjoyment ana *. Natural Wealth, 'T^HKRE is no part of Canada in which the actual means of wealth are so abundant as in the *■ immediate neighborhood of Ottawa City. The water power for manufacturing purposes could nme idea of the extent of this great natural source of public wealth and commercial importance, it is only necessary to study the following figures regarding the yield of timber from the Upper Ottawa territory from 1826 to 1881 inclusively: Ontario, Ouebec, - Total, 7,173,182 pieces pine. Other woods, 494,824 - 3,955,166 " ic Total, - • 209,338 1 1,128.348 pieces pine. 704,162 Saw logs— Ontario, - 2 2,5o5.io8 " Ouebec. - 19,5 1 2, 1 59 Total, - 41,5 1 2,267 23 .Hole lumber »ade is now an ^^^^^^,,„^, .„ *^ "'" j/ It .he first lumber ever „„, ,„„erly ci.i.ens of . e " -d ^^ ^_^^ .^^^ ^^^^ .„ ^aTs foT he l«sh n-arUe. had Chaudiere Falls ^-/^^'^'^Z, States ,nar,«;-;:*:,::„,„. the Uo.ninion ^.^ „e„,s hav,ns •>« > - ^^^^^, ^^ ^„ .„, Uxpenmenta ' - ^^^ ^„j „„,„,,., the Chent.st, under whom was l>laced t. Commissioner, the Entomo ^^ „|,,,lianees 1 , fh,. Affricutunst aiul wany uUnratorv.fi""' " on the (arm. als the A ^^^_^ ^,^,, „ , la'orato y ^^^ ^^^^ ^,,^^^ „ „ *e Horticnitunst an .1 > .^^^^^^ ^,^ ^„, („ „.,mg a -.b- » ^^ ^^__^^_,^^ „f ,,,.,» for the purpose of test.ng °" , ^^„j, Unring ,890 9- a la t- " ,„„„,„nicated Oepartment fined for testmg ^ -^ «> ^^,, ^^ ^^„^„, .,,„p,es of sod, and the re.^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^, „ere received from farmers for test to tV> sender, tree o. ..^^ . insecticides anc, mcu.u ..-, ^^^^_ ^^^^^^,-^ injurious to ^nn crops, maU.n, tn U>f ^^ ^.^ ^^^^^ .^^.^^^ , ...de now ^^ _^^^^^^^ 1 l-in.r -xnd preventinK ravages, and tne conducting researches : trplic! m a word, the wor. ^^^^^ hreeds of stocU, examining into see, perlmLts designed to test the ^'^^'^^l^ U and adaptability of new or m«n . ^ ^^^^ .: economic ,„estlons »( « ^ s and forage plants, fruits "'^^f :^:;;' ''introdt.tion. .heat and other cereal ^' ^"^^ ,, „e considered especally worthy „„d disseminating samples of 1 ^^ KXPERiMFNTAI. FAKM. , d for shelter, especially fruit trees adapted to the vanety of cl.mat ^^^^^^ f^^_„ „„„ „ t,me, m Road, about two miles from the centre land conveyance. 28 kmmmmim^^r. Financial Institutions. There are ten chartered Banks in the City of Ottawa, VIZ.: Banks. Paid up Capital. Rest. When Es- tablished. The Bank of Montreal $12,000,000 $6,000,000 1817 The Canadian Bank of Commerce - 6,000,000 1,100,000 1867 The Merchants Bank of Canada - 6,000,000 2,900,000 1861 The Bank of Ottawa 1,345,960 712,033 1874 The Quebec Bank - . . . 2,5oo,ooo 5 5 0,000 1818 The Bank of British North America - 5,000,000 1.375,000 1837 The Ontario Bank - . . . i,5oo,ooo 345,000 1857 The Molsons Bank 2,000,000 1,100,000 i855 The Union Bank of Canada 1 ,200,000 2 5o,ooo 1 865 La Banque Nationale 1,200,000 30,000 i860 29 I V? KUSS2LL MOUSS. Hotels. QTTAWA is well supplied with large and com- modious hotels, the principal of which are the Russell House (familiarly known as the Palace Hotel of Canada), with accommodation for five hundred guests: the Windsor, located within five minutes' walk of the Parliament buildings, and the Grand Union, each with accommodation for two hundred guests. These well-known hostelries are the homes, for a number of months in the year, of the political representatives of the Dominion. The proprietor of the first- named is Mr. F. X. St. Jacques, who is widely known throuen,broke and the hin,lx..r regions of that district n addition, there are under construction the Montreal & Ottawa Railway, and the Kingston, Snmhs P,alls & Ottawa Railway, south to Lake Ontario, and the Parry Sound Railway through .0 the 33 % M U C Dun & Co, in their late trade bulletin GeorRian Itay and the far-famed Muskoka discnC Messrs . .^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ „eak of Ottawa as hein,- destined to beco.ne one o. th. ^^ ^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^^.^^^ of the projected railways n,e„t,oned w, , <^ ^J^^^^ „, ,„^ ,„„„,,.. ,•,, Kingston, Sn.lth s „U1 n,ake Ottawa the centre of one of ,h .he . ^^^^^^^ .^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^.^.^^ F„W & Ottawa Railway w, open n„ o . « . K ^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^,^ ,„^^^^,„^, ,, untold facihties through wh,ch ,t ^"^t^'^'J^.L^r.vnor & I'-y Hound Railway, when business as a great distributing centre, wh.lc the O tawa, A , ^^^^ ^^.^^^.^^ ^^^ _ple.d, will revolution. '^^ -"'^^^ ^^^^^Z Jlal to her further prosperity of the principa, advantages possessed ^ O^^-; " ^^^ ,,,eat Canadian cities, being ahnost ec,ui- and advancement, is her central pos.t.on ,n relat.on to o ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ,i,tant between Montreal and Toronto ^^^J^^;^^ ::";l,:;^_ .„;,. ,... from i» 54 miles from Prescott (on the St. Lawrence K.ver,, 9 ^^ ^^.^ New York. Dnrin« the summer season the tour.st has the o^^ n o . h .^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ ,f the journey be underUken by boat the traveler frou the E. can ^ke , ^^ ^^^^^ the Ottawa River Navigation Company, travehng f ''»;;';'' J ,,,,„^ ,,,„,,,„,„a„,arks ; :rt :ordrwr :r • :: kL^:::; tr l beaut, j Ridean .ake. no„ of Ihe most favorite tourist resort^ in Canada. one 34 A' (7 f ion a/ IhiihUuirs ^" ""■ """•'■'•' Ottawa's chk-fct at- tractions are the national Inni.iin^-s iTCTtecl l,y tl,c conntry lor the use and accommoJation of tho I'arliament an,l I'uWic servants of Canada, respectin.. »liose artistic merits so much 1 , been said anil si,n)r. 1„ a|,|,roachin^r Ottawa. lH,ildi„,,, are th, '^'"'" "'"""'"■ ''""""■• ""^ '''"-''ament sky" r "": ""^""'™''- ■'■'■''' ^""'' "" ^«-™- "- clear k) ... all the beauty of see„,in«l> varied architecture. Towers pinnacle, ....esses anti cables a^^^ of then, Lovell says: ..Their p.n , ' 7'"^ "" '"'"" "" "'^"^^ """™-"- '" ^'«^'"« .s..rrounding scenery, place them in " ?, '°'"""'"''"»>' ''•^' '"S"''" -'I- e beauty of the »i."iiar po.se,s, and m . et " „:: ^"/'."^'^ "°»''- ^-P-"' >^^* «^er strt.ctures Ld for people of Canada." They r! fo r n , '"'7'", '" "'= '""'^' ^"" *""«^^' ^^ '^'^^ '» "- >ey four ,n n.m,ber: the Parlian.ent Buildin,,, the Eastern Departmental 35 • Rl k- the last so called after the Minister Buildmg. the Western Departmental liuilding and '^^J-'^^^ct.I With the exception of the Langevin of the Crown under whose supervision tl,ebu.:d,ng ' ,^^„^„,,„, House, tltese buildings are all Block, which stands on Wellington Street, almost fac fc ^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ,^^ o„ the ..Hill," fonning three sid.s of a ^^^'^'^-^^ ^^^ ^ opens on Wellington Street, corners being o, considerable extent; *« °-* ^ ;' '^ ^ J^^^ ,■„, ..,,, of architecture- They cover a space, with surroundmg walks and . ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^.^ ^^.^^.^^ .^ a> Anthony TroUope, the novelist, ''"'^^^l^lJ^ ^, ^„„,„„„,. ,. stands on the north side of devoted to the service of the Senate and the """ ^^ nTIM— I the quadrangle, upon which it presents a front of - 47, feet in length and two stories in height above the basement, its breadth being 37° feet at the centre and 18, feet across the main eastern and western entrances ; height of tower over entrar.ce, 2,0 feet. From this tower-which can be ascended by any one upon application to the proper officer _it is said the view of at least half a dozen counties can be obtained. The Eastern Buildmg has two principal fagades at right angles to each ..OVEKS' WALK. 1-. one 3:9 feet in ,en,th and the other .45 feet o Welhngton Street. The Western block is son.e- whats.n.iiar in shape to the Eastern, having a front- age of ..o feet on the S.uare and .;; feet upon Welhngton Street. The public departments are dis- tnbuted an.ong the several buildings as follows • Eastern Building- Governor- Generals office. Privy Council. Secretary of State. Justice. Finance. Interior, and Auditor-General. Western Block-Railways and Unals. Public Works. Militia. Trade and Commerce Customs. Inland Revenue. Marine and Fisheries Mounted Police, and Archives. Langevin Plock-1' Post Office. Agriculture, and Indian Affairs. The Patent Office is attached to the Department of Agriculture and in the same building. The Ceo logical and Natural History Survey, with its splendid museum, which is daily attended by many visitors, occupies the old barracks on Sussex Street. '.•jf r Western liLoeK. 'Defart/aental |, Buildings Main Buildings Mouses or Pat? liament- « "m Eastern Slogk- Depart/aental DuiLDIMCr ken.-e,'he„'rr;;;n!°7" "^ """= *^''"" '>""^'"g under .he ac,' • • wall IS about four feet thirk- ,.„J exterior f r . Possesses an ' ' face of sixteen sides, at each angle of '^h.ch *ere is a flying ,„.,,,„p^„„,_,J ;; Jf of te,ea„.to and joining the .ain' J t ' '"^«'" "^^ulated to resist the t! rust of *e roof. The library is floored with Canadian woods ,n oak, ash, eherry and walnut. The ".ngs and bookcases are in pi„e, the latter in three stories with eight divisions, the .space, farming small alcoves enclosed with iron raiK ■ng. The library was designed ,„ contain •03,000 vclun,es, but there are now no less INTKKIOR OK I.IUH.,,(v LOOKING EAST FROM TCWER OF PAKLIAMENT BUII DINGS. *an,55,ooo stored therein. A life.si.e ^rbie T statue of the Q„ee„, executed by the L ^ Marshall Wood an F„ l- , ■ "^" - ood, an Enyhsh artist, adorns the ■ centre „f the lihrar,- a ,■ iiOrar>. A rephca of this noble :™* ".^' '^^'"■'- According to Mr. K / l-n, ,„ ., ,,„„,,,,^ ^^^^^^ „ ^^^^ ^^^ • advanta,.eous position fron, which to view these -id.n,s ,s fro. .^,p,,„ p„,„ ^^^ ^ n- to take in as a whole, and yet far enot J off to be -erged in the grace-piving veil of t e atn,o,,phere, their effect in the war™ g,ow ^'f>« sun as it sets in the West is described sbe,ng,s™p,y delightful to the painters eye an ;' ""'■: '''"" '"""^^^ =■-' ^■■--i-' and buttresses fade out in the hd ""c"*..-. b..ock. Har„,o„i.i„g gray,.. •,„ .oonlig,: .a":;:: :'„ ^l^^' '"''"'"' '-- = -^-P'-y .n red to a «row,„g wants of the service necessitated thel r^r 7: " ■■""""" '" ^""" -<< '"-^-•■' The - - *^«-- This is a „.ssive building :TZ ^i^ l^^Z ^ '" '"^- ^' ^ --■- ,, ''^''•""^^^^-'^f^'-- not in keeping With il 11 i -« the others. The total cost of the Ottawa buildings uptoT892 was about ^5,000,000. Amono- other Federal buildings in Ottawa are those on Hank Street, devoted to the Supreme and Exchequer Courts; that on , Sussex Street, before referred to. occupied ■^ by the Geological and Natural History Sur- vey; the building at the corner of O'Connor and Queen Streets, used for the National UR!LL HALL. t T 11 « ArtGalleryandFish^yExhlbi.. and the Dn, Hallo Carrier Square, devoted to military purpc.es, and m win exists a .useun, containing a variety of interest.ng re hcs connected with the military r.,i,.,e. The "-1 "un,be public officials employed at Ottawa, includ.ng help an lab o, various kinds, reaches about ,400, and to meet the.r salaries and provide for the cost of legislation requ.res an annual expenditure of Si,4Oo,o0°- i VINTM SCBKB.. VAHLIAM„KTHILL.. T -?.;»«;•:: Rideau Hall. HI- official place of residence of .he Governor-General of Canada for .he time being, Is an impor- tan. centre to society people, seeing .hat around it revolves all .ha. is in,por.a„. and no.ewor.hy in the social life of the Capital. The House is an unpretentious looking structure, but exceedingly cozy and comfortable withal, as suc- ceeding viceroys have been pleased to testify. Rideau Hall is a hand- some domain, situated near New Edinburgh, at the other side of the Rideau River, near the falls of that name, and about a mile and a half from the Parliament Building. There are about 78 acres of land surrounding the Hall, which is divided into parks, drives and fields for athletic sports. From " Princess ir ■ KlUKAU HAI,t. AND GROUNDS. rm wwwww w j w . i j i m w, jm im i i i u f the I'rincess Louise) a charmin.; view Vista" (an opening cut tluough the woods ^^"^"^ .^ ^^^,^,,, Besides the never-ending of the Ottawa River and of the distant n,ounta,n ^-^^^^ ^^^^„„,,„, House, there have „„„d of hails, dinners and genera, en.etta.n.n h,d Wo g ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ been various modes of outdoor -"=-'7"; J^^^ ,,,„ ,„„,pieuous in their proper season, ti,.e, among which skating, curhng and ^°^<^^'^l"'^'^\^^,„ „, ,„,„ent personages and puhiic ,uuch to the enjoyment of the many guests. g ^^^^^^^ ^^^ y„j,y ^j^^.^g,, ee.ehri.ies. inCuding the great men "f « = c.mtr. ^ J^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^,^^^ ^„^^^ ,., ,„,, roof or sltalcen their •■ emment legs (to trespass mahogany. 44 — ^- •*««,• "^> Sportsmans Paradise. y HK country surrounding the city of Ottawa presents unrivalled attractions to the naturahst and sportsn,an. Many of these advantages and attractions have been ponUed out in the transactions of the Ottawa Field and Naturalist Club and m the glowing pages of the late Mr. Joshua Eraser's •■ Three Months Among the Moose." and - Shanty. Forest and River Life in the Back Woods of Canada." books which all sportsmen should consult. Sportsmen from all countries who have shot and fished in the Ottawa district speak ot it as a perfect "sportsman's paradise," and the recorded achievements with rod and gun from time to time confirm this. The best of trout and bass fishing are always obtainable at the Rideau Lakes and in the Gatineau region, and the same places \ - abound in black duck and partridge. In the proper season the moose, caribou and deer abound in the woods both here and in the Upper Ottawa. The construc- tion of th. Gatineau Valley and the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railways open up two stretches of country that will be very dear to every sportsman. "Nothing," says the late W. P. Lett, "can surpass the wild- ness and grandeur of the rapids and shutes, nor can anything be more pictures(iue and beautiful than the mountains, valleys and lakes of the Upper Gatineau region." Among the lakes some of which are immense sheets of clear water studded ert ; green islands, from an acre to hundreds of acres in extent, the finest fishmg .s obtamabl e Th!y tl with grey trout from five to fifty pounds in weight, speckled trout, black bass, p.ke, p.kerel. 46 perch, white fish, etc In this Ga,.e Reserve, afte. .I,e „„„„e. of ,he .- Yelirs o^ ' T "''""^ ''"'' '*--™'-' -'' '-h States, a,.l of .. b,„„- ^ *> ^ one and .. Yo,,e„,i,e " National Parks in the 1 ■ 1 and will be easily accessible fron, Oe „ T""'""' '"^ "•="' '"* ™" -"'-ace a 1 be m the ne„,l,borl,„ocl of .„,. ,„,„ „,„, „f .,'^":'';; '"- -'-t.onfo. a „a, . si.e would „ndo„b,eclly l>un..ng grounds in the Do„,i„i„„. ^ "™' ""■ *»'"l'"t,„g point ,o ,|„ fi„,„ fi„,„^, ^^^^, 47 io nfi va; or Do exi; mar on t teria The exter 'avorj the Jai woocle CENTRAL CH»M11RKS. BUSINESS BLOCKS CARLETDN CHAMUKHS. ^ficfiis/r 'y-- an., „„„„, ^^., "; ■"••'.^".ficen, w«er,„wer "-■•"ion . e.,„ cr .„ Jt< ;• ~° ->.,■„.,„.. ;--^'- and e„n»en.a.ve l,. "'" "'^ --™°" of - ^ ,,« es.car -shops, railway reni.V , carriage factories, stove factories, granite works, foun- dries, office furniture, etc.; planing mills, flour mills, etc. The city's many advantages, natural and acquired, and the enterprise of its people, point unmistakably to the highest and best lesults and to the city's expansion into a vast metropolitan community, combining within its area everything needful to its prosperity and progress in the future. Such advantages have tended not a litde in the past towards the attainment of Ottawa's present position as an important social, educational, commer- cial, judicial and political centre, but when cultivated to the full must, as already stated, lead to great results. Although much has been accomplished in the past, much remains to be done in the future. P oft WJii'c the i publi( where adven; access Pacific BeJt, tf areas- herds o produce ^ands of '^'"^ ^'"i^'c Do,nain of c„ v or Lajtada. P'^'««^s.e.v„„,„,^^^. '''''"'"""> f Canada. as a whole, shoni ^ ""^ '^^'"able un-to ^ . • ?">"'-= domain of , "'°'""''' ''='^<= *e,V .. r <'='"cario„a|i« „, -cess by the „,-. °"»'' ^°'°"-a.io„ kVT " "''""" '^'"'^ of ,rJ , '"" ^°'™Wa. ;' tne railways ^vhich u , makinp- ran.V? ^ ^^ '''chness sm'II »^<=as-p,od„„,v, ,.„ „,,.'• ■'''•*«c'>ewa„ and Peace K "'^ '^^^>- P-' of eV r '" '>'='■* of ,„ff^„ ""'"' '■""•"iva.ed state of .W, "" '"" ""^ ''M/ns of t, 1 r T ""'"'' fan* of tl c '""'""■"■ "-f "fa ;:, ""^' ^"'^ '"•«■ ^ n„-ni„, ,1 or " ""•"^'' "-"- --aCan No„h.e.,t a. n,a ! ,r°": '° ""- '" .->e .:: °' ^'^ ™ '"^ Part, ''"''"' ™« -PS ate truly astonishmg .o persons seeing .he., for .he firs. .i.e. The mineral weal.h of .he coun.ry ,s also very :" . The Ls of accuiring land fron, .he Govern.en. for agricu,..ral purposes, e,.her as a fr gran, or by purchase, are exceedingly liberal ; .he c.ima.e is .he heaUhies. ,n .he world and , w,l. e no wonder, in vLw of all .hese faCs, if. in .he near future, a grea. and prosperous popula.,on w.ll be found occupying .he new unoccupied porrions of Canada's grea. pubhc domain. I'K.MK>P. K.\KM.