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Laa diagrammaa suivanu illuauant la motheda. 1 2 3 MKtOCOPY RBOIUTION TOT CMAIT 'ANSI and ISO TEST CHABT Mo. J| 1.0 [fi I.I 2.0 1^ li ^ /ippLieg iM/oE i/aJ WHEAT-FIELDS--^"' INDUSTRIES OF SSCORTHERN QUEBEC I'h.- lllmlralhnsin Ihi^ho^k arc all from phclo<,rapl,s lakcn in Ihc Lake SI. John Country Junnti the har.v!it season ol Ipon, an J are there/ore accurate. ■ IK' (I/7/.V ,./ /*>• •■llfri,:ullure. ul OHuui/. ■•!• The Quebec 6 Lake Si. John Railway and The Lake Si. John Cohnizalion Society ■I. a. scort: g.w .Mb™,,,, .y/,f.v. HAKny. a.,,. /'„», U a/.. SI. J. tfy. U &l SI f ft,. '- -V J. (.cln. .\ix. General Offices : l'ri,,ce„ Uuh, fXvfa. (>.*.., (;u„„j„. ■ ^acl•l. /.. ». J. f,WB. .Si> lM ,a-j4 1 «£» o '• t « Wheat-fields and Industries of \ortii tji (Juebec. 1m; future. Krau,-,ry of Hast.r,, Caua.la au,l th. alr.a.lv fa,„„u» dairviuK ™umrv of Ink. t:zz:"y::z '",,";; '"""'^ ""r-' ■" '"^ "- •■ "••"■-'v n, l;:': . ., Hv i ,1^ .. tlv.r way tu ,l„s ucv I.au.l of Pr„u,i«, fiu.l .hou.sdvi^ wi.hin ';i.:^ L^^:r ':;':;,:;r '""°""' -- >''■'" "-■ '"••" '-" '"^■■" ■^— S«ki.rs after .,e« l>omc» iu Ihv Wwtc-n, Worl.l n,av. iml„-,l. a,ul u.auv „f tl.iu, ,l„ i.. acre, of good farmiu^ la 1 „ZlZ 7n^ T l\ Tt""'^ hour,. r.,t ,y rai, nfC-L.ri'i^'^tirdir::^";;;:,::^ """"^ "■■" ™'""'" ^ "™- -^ » '- hi, tralj:r;a;:::";:f,:";:L cai'^ilirt.!:- it; ::ri 'r t"-"^ r--- '-^ -- *'«-" >- <" to Quelle, for „,„„ la„d " at th s Mr hlfij '"-^"'^ '""''" """^"^ 'h'' ^tea.uer whieh i, to carrv him .very a.„ve„ie„cL fo tt 1 o t eC- rr KaN i ',' ^l : j^ '"""",''' '""?''^'^"™ '"""'"■«» «""' ">' »"" impart u^ssary i,„on,.at,o,. of e^er^kl^ ^t nl,,! ;^^ '■i'^'^'^ "^ °'^l'«"-« "«>"*• -">■ '" to hia new home, are run up to the wharf at which l,e ho- nnnugratmn officials and those of the Lake St. John Cloni^at,, Rai way, are on hatid to Ri-e him every mea.sure of as^i -uu. land ni tlu,s seclion of the country, he will be carefully l.<,..k. intends to buy, he will be promptly infonned of the ,lilTen„, for agricultural or dairying purposes, or where improved or , 3 "ch are to convey him and his Ijelongings lied i Quebec, and lioth the Govcrnnient ^iel; , and the Quebec and Uke St. John nitl.in their |x>wer. If he ha,s purchased lie pari-h ii which it is situated. If he "• whtie Covcrni.ient lands iKst adapted ITOveci far.ii.^ may l»e obtained. ,.r it uuiv !»■■ that, uUkt fr.„n n.-..~i.>. c.r lr,„n a .U-ir. I..r .N,H.riuicv in ll,v wa,. "f tlu- .uimtry a,„l in ,1K. variul al.raai.m, nf ,„. ,li,I.r.,„ ,.ar,» „f .1.. l.ak. S.. John ,«r,.,,n , . ,. '"""y;"' '""T '' , , .,npl.,vnKn.. At tl.. ..ffi.v, of Ih.iI, llu- l.ak. St. John C.loni/ati.,.. Snc.ty, an,l tlu- (Jn.Uc a, 1 1...1. • S J .. kIIIiU;, i„ th. city of n,.,.., .,. win ,. n,n„..liat.lv .lir.d.l to ,1. vario,,. P-""'^ «l,cr. uSor o .. . ™^ K ahv.v, in ,lvman,l. Ito.h farm laU.r.r, an.l lnn,l.rn,«. arc r.M".ml .n all part, of the l.aU m , ,, rf^io,, In M lalM,r ,s iht ore „r.at n«-.l of thi, whoU- .o.n.try. l'-»a..ry an.l null oi..rali o ar. -.. ha.lU :,«ri th'a ilma: ... trnthfn.ly sai,. that the o„t,,n. of ,h. sawn.ill, a,,.. ,.nlp fadori., of the ..„.r,c1. , niil\ liitiitfd hv the amount nf labor ol)tailialili'. • "t^ .rmin>v of thi. littU- U-.k to ..11 of the attractions which the I.ak. St. John c-onn.ry ,k.»»»c, for the farn,cr L„l the farn, lahorer. iK^th in it. wheat an>l -lairv lan.l, : tor the P.nroi.an «orkn.an . , U an.l fartorie,. for the Inn.l.rn.an a,„l the n.iner, an.l e,,.oialh for the cap.tahst an,l the MK.-nlator »h have one" o in est in rieh tore». an.l n.inin« lan.ls ail.l in the n,a«nifieent watertal Is whuh fnrntsh s ueh cheap "n'l easy n.e.h.Kl, of ,ieyel.,pi„« the «reat natnral rconrces of this w.,n.lerfnlly ruh an,l fert.le on.ntry Situ.ilion iiml Exitm of llic l-ikt: Si. Jolin Kcninn. The chief phvHieal featnre of the Lake St. J.,hn region, is the „reat inlan.l sea fr.,n, vyhieh it takes its ,a,ne ake St. J..h.. is a very lH:antifnl l,o-•!« " nilw^, .nr..erof ,.,, n.iles. The lake i, fcl l,y a .lo.en or so of rivers, son.c of w neh are of nninense tCic IVriLnca, the Mis.assini an.l the .Vshnapn.ouchonan. are each fr,,n, three to five hnn.lr.. Z.. in Wn^th a„.l the Peritonea is .>ver t>yo n.iles wi.le at its n.onth. I,nn,n,eral,le lake, ^""..nn.le. for .rmot par 1.V virgin forest, of valnahle tin,l.-r. fee.1 the n,an> lu,n.lree had in them. Ouananielie, or fresh-water sahuon, and trout and wliiteflsh, are the most lli^>hl^■ jirized of tliese fisli. hut many coarser varieties aljoniid, such a spil^e. ])erch. pickerel, chnb, etc. A fleet of steamers has lieen established on r.ake St. John. One of these crosses daily to the Crand Discharse, where the Wr lake pours its surplus .vatcrs over a succession of rapids and cataracts into the Saguenay River which, in its turn, enters the St. Lawrence at Tadoussac, 120 miles Iwlow Qneljec. Other vessels of the Lake St. Jolni fleet navigate the lower stretches of the larger trihutaries of the lake. carr\iTn; settlers lo and from their homes upon the banks of these splendid streams, and conveyinj; their pnxliree to nmrket. At no very great distance from the mouths of all these rivers, there are .series of enormous water po.vers, some of which have already Ijeen harnessed to the use of man and employed in the generation of electricity and in the operation of saw and |)ulp mills. .Many of these industries are amongst the largest of their kind in the country, atid several others are in contemplation. Farther away from civilization, located in the midst of valuable timber forests, are many more of these rich water powers, awaiting development at the hand of the capitalist, and surrounded on every side by the neces.sary raw material for the establishment of lucrative industries. A comparatively narrow fringe of territory to the south of Lake St. John, another to the west and northwest, and strips of other land in various centres of this large region of which Lake St. John is the centre, have been cleared of standing timlxr and turned into a succession of happy and prosijerons jiarishes. No finer land for dairying or agricultural purjjoses, caTi be foinid anywhere than that of this highly favored territory, and nowhere is there a more healthy climate, or one better ijapted to the requirenn-nts and the happiness of the average Ivuroi)ean immigrant. Such, in brief, is a general description of the surface of the Lake St. John countrj . It embraces an extent of jp.ooo square miles, anti therefore contains nearly twenty millions of acres. It is consequently nearly three times as large as Belgium, whose superficial extent is onl.\' a little more than 11,000 sijuare miles. Both from an agricultural and an industrial standpoint, this territory is destined to become a second Belgivnn, The [lopnlation of this latter exceeds six millions of people, TheLake St, John region, containing neariy three times as much country, has, so far, a population of fifty thousand only. What an enormous field ■) r^. e » >= 'I.. I>» ='"'-''. r';:":; ... direains .-'"Vror^^o: socially favored pa' at line Vh «n..... ■■- , ,i,„usands oi --^"'Y.-- , j, ile for next year an cscn :- to >,e .«.ween ^^^^^ .^.een ^Ve.ern illustrate iv ^- •■- , j^,,, ;, the international "nw' ^ American farmers s=.;rrt=-."»:.= "-k,=^ - „,,, „,„1 a thousand men vvouW have AsricuHural. , gj j„„n district, was in 1900, It was i«?5. "" 8 TIk soil of the greater part of this cottiitry is a rich loaiu, ailiiiiraUy adajited for both the Krowinj; of wheat and for pasturage, while the mean snnnner tenii)eratnre is very similar to that of (JneU'c anil .Montreal. The production of wheat, oats and other grain is very large, and the yield of potatcles. car.-ots, tnrnips. cabbages and other vegetables. (|nite abinulaiit. As compared with other parts of the I'tovinc. of Quebec, the grain output of the Lake St. John country is exce])tionally large. The Iwst and richest parts of the Province of Quebec, agriculturally speaking, ontsiile of the Lake St. John conntrv. are the counties of Compton, Stanstead and Huntingdon. Yet a coTnparison of their yield of wheat with that of Chicoutinii. the most thickly-populated county of the Lake St. John region, gives the following result : Chicoutinii, witli a population of ,32,409, produced in one year i,i4,.sS') bushels of wheat, or 4,8(0 bushels to every thousand of the population. In the same year, according to the official census returns. Compton, with a ixipulation of [>),,l»i, produced ,34,181 bushels, or i,Scx) bushels to every thousand of the population; Stanstead, with a population of i,'i,,s,s6, raised ,17,72; bushels, or 2,40f> to every thousand of the impnlation ; and Huntingdon, with 1,5, 4y5 people, produced 24, ,37s bushels, or i,f. land in recent years in the Lake St. John conntrv , have lieeii well-to-do farmers from other parts of Canada and the riiited States, who, having heard of the superior richness of the territory, paid it a visit, with the inevitable result that they decided to remove thither. Thus the last annual report of the Lake St. John Colonization Society sliows that complete carloads of settlers- effeas, comprising household goods, animals and .agricultural instruments, representing i,22(i,ixxj pounds in weight, as well as incomplete loads of similar effecfls, amounting to over 2,5,-,o,ooo pounds, giving a handsome total of .3,740,000 pounds of freight belonging to settlers who have gone to make their homes in the counties of Lake St, John and Cliicoutimi, were carried over the railway during the season of lyoi. There are of course many new settlers in the Lake St, John country who go there without means of any kind, and who find ready employment on land or in the lunilier camps or mills until thev lia\e saved enough to take up land for themselves. It is interesting for this latte,- class, to know that the Colonization Society has now at its disposal two fine buildings for the shelter of .lewly-arrived settlers. One of these buildings is at Roberval, qni'e near to the railway station, and the other at Peribonca, the central point for the distribution of .settlers 1 e entire north and west of Lake St. John. These depots for immigrants are I • """^ ""rr;t, ol *eir farm »^ ^ „,,, .„c«.n«« "« sou* of ^■"^^.t.A-ears. «'*»"' '^^.T.ar, i- »*/"'' "^u «HU r-';f sf,ir:-"5 ■s.^-i■--- ,., „rigW,or to - ,,, saU,crul ^.,ars out °f *'"= 12 Ill- lity t of Ills .heat lUite, an 1* with Klicve :ince of ■y from farm of ill t>>'« »>,♦ Farm at Normandin F.rm al Norma. »<• facls tUiriiin my vinit for the purpose of eiicoun >;iii>; wveral settlers whom I wish to direcl to Iht- fim-, ft-rtilt Umds of Lake .St. John." Mr. I.L-ckTC, of Lotl) ill it-re. who recently visited Lake St. John, says : — " A fitle I'utnre is umlontitetlU' reser\-ed for this rich and fertile conntr\'. Seeing' the air of ease and contfiitment i»osst*sscd b>' tht.:-^; tlourisIiiiiK parishes. I do not hesitate to sa>- tlial Uie region of Lake St. John will soon li'-eonie one of the mn^t prosi)erons parts of our dear Caiiai-.i." The Reverend A. J. Kin^ writt-. ; — " In my humble opinion, the Lake St. John re>iieheved that there w:is more or less advertising almut the matter, hut I must avow that the reality is e(iual to the ideal." In lyoo. Mr. F. Dubois, a large fanner of St. Onis-Laval. France, was deputed to visit the Lake St. John rt^jion. After insjieclinn it. he wrote to ext^-i the fertility of the soil, and continue- found out that the Lake St. John region has many aerience of some of the settlers in the various parts of tlie territory. Take for instaiK-e Claude \'illenenve. who left St. Agnes with 5400, and bought ,^50 acres of land, 250 of which he has now under culture. He harvested 15 hail liitlurto workiil Al^.iulrc- li..ily cam. Iron, ll.c -"'r '" !', ' ,, '^^ „, ,'^„„„ „„, ,h.„ iiu, in.T. .Han t.» yvars uf "- '-Lr^-rt :::::;".a;r:':irr;.r:;;i^:... ,». .. .,„.n ..„. .:„. .... ... ,.o,... 4,., acres of la.ul of which ,,... ^'[^ ""''••■;, "'"Vrih- ,. -ix v ,m.« cliil.lrcn. He ' Jca„ I/«aro settled at St. IT.me -'■'',„ „„, r„„„,i,„ ,,,,n,rces. N"W he "»- --■ »"- ^-; """;-"■' '" ";L';::r, :,v';::s^r::;^:t;"as m ,„„„ev .,„. a. 1,,.... vossesse, t... Alfred l>orc, ..f the same ,.lace «as so !»';_• _^;^";;,_.^ ^^,,_^^ ,„,., ,,;, ,,„,„,, „e „„w owns .50 acres of • , work for others, owi.int! ""thmS '>"l »"• "'"=• " ' ,i,i„^, a„„ther l»nKlre..o.. and ISO the ,on^ o ae^,^^^^^^^ ^^.^^^^^^_^ ^__^ ^^^_.^^, ^^^ ^_, ,„, Thirteen years a«o. Aii.oine H Ik . """'^- „ „;, „„,, consists of .s,.. hnslu-ls of gian,. „,,.„s v.. acres of land nn.ler cultivation ^aln.cs of hay and 4..> h'-hels "' 1»<"";-, . „,,„ „ „„„ ,„■ 54..,, and took .v.. acres Onesinie I'aiucliaud «ent from Somerset ^"^'^^^ .^ ^.^,,„„, ,, j,,„, without couu.niK 5. head „, ,.,i,d, of which „.. are "-"";',: ^l^,.'. 3"^ of .rain, of which ;. were wheat. ... hushels .„■ cattle and rolling stock. Last y ear, he l.arv 1 ,. „t iHitatoes and 2.».« hn.ulles ot hay. ,_f ,.,„, ,„„k ,„„ acres of land ' Alcide Hel«r. wen. to the same ,, ace "«;;;■' ^ ^J^^ „,„„,, and the value of Ins ,.ro,,erty entirelv covered with forest. At 1'''=-"'' '''^/'^ 'f" ''."Vlie "oiling sto.k of the farm. He haivested last r^mated a, ..5.-.. -.hout comi.ing iutiilM. The iii'xt \iar, lhv>v .'•■■; |«>iiiiil» l.riHluiid ,\s hUHlR'I-. Thi^ prmliid waw miwo in thi- folio Tims ill tlirL-c >iars, two jhmiihU of wlu-at priMliKi.ul 74^ tuishtlH, iii^' season ami \ii-l(li.-il tio Uss Ih.iii ^^: IkisIkN KliiiiK TIic RlmtcikI Joseph Maniuis, writiii^ of a rcctiit excursion of tourists, |iarts iif Caiiaila. to the Lake St. Joliii distriot. states th; I iMUiiiiU |s.r Imshel. lliellv fatnicrs from other at least «Hle half were /hi/ia litlc settlers, Tl It. of the four liiiiidreil ivople who took part til islii idil Alliii lel, I'l I lain leir attention was particularly attracted, he sa>s. In Delisle. TaiUo Norma: took lots nil the plateaus of the I'erilionca and St. Ilruilo rivers. I lllier- iKWKht partly cleareil lots at Don; and St. Bruno. He remarks th.il the line apjiearance of the hay :.■ d Kraiii on the Hat lauds, wliicli are without rocks in the townships of Dahnas and Taillrui, was the admiration of the tourist.., who would certainly not fail to preach the ailvalitaKes of the setllemeiit of this U-autifnl and fertile rei;ion. He adds that statistics furnished him, of St. Alldri de Mctalictchouail, St, llruno, St. Oeur de Marie. St. Henri de la Pi|>e. Mistassitii ami St. Methoile. show that the population of Ihes.- diflereut places increased l.y ahout I..SIXI .Mjuls 111 a very tirief l)erio\ the (.overuiiient of the Province in its .lettlers' Ciiide." a Ijook puhlisheil for the use of colonists hy the Crown Lauds Department of the Province. Till' Soil and Clim.'ttc. I-'rom this inie official publication , we take the following ilescriptiou of the soil of this reKlou : "The soil is almost universalh- of a superior iiuality. It is coiiipose» Roberval a stt-anier is run for the .■icco,.„n„,lation of settlers to the settleme„ts on the hanks of the yanons nvers Howm.r „,to Lake St. John, the Peribonca, the Mistasshii and the Ashuapn.oueho^an Many other heats rnn between tlie different ports on Lake St. John itself nuapnioucnouan. Bridges have also U-en constrnelcd over the different rivers which are cottneded bv roads All the Coyernment lands suitable for aKrienltnre, in the Lake St. John distriel, can' be had for he nonnnal pr.ee of twenty eents ,.r acre. The l.s, of these fanning lands are to 1« fonnd in the town h,> to the south, west and north of Lake St, John. ""vnsnips to the land '^"^ '""^'"P "' R"'*"-'''; "« F-«>t northern tern.inns of the Quelle an.l Lake St. John Railwav, the land ,s kne and the so,l of good qnality. The prevailing tin.ber is white and red spruce, hals.,„ fir, red spruce an.l ash. The san.e description applies to the Township Ross, ,situate,i to the west o^ Ro.=erval -North of Roberval ,s Ashnapn.ouchouan, one of the most flourishing parts of the Lake St lohn country con.annng the rich parish of St, Prin.e. The .soil is of the verv best qualitv. tl e and 1 ei g theTi,^naD'6Ri!rtnHr''''f ''V'^'''""'',"'""'''"'""- '""* """"'-■"' '°"' r-ticuiarly the lots approaching the Ticonape Ruer, ami those fronturg on the Mistassiui, There are good water powers, a.id n.ixea timl^r and the ricili°-"s","'vaH'ed H'n'f'""- 1 "","°"" ""* ""' -«>«^''i-'>- "< '■» 'a^t-„,en.io„ed township, contain the nche so 1, ^ar.ed tnnber, and good water powers. Harming of all kinds is verv succes,sful here A., anel contan,s a n„n,ber of n.agnificent water powers and verv fertile soil. Here are situated a nunilier of very valuable farms. ' situated a Pelletier and f.irard Townships, to the north of the last-„,entioued, are adn.irably adapted for colonisation the Gove nment ha, ,g i,;,de them a grant of six thonsan.l acres son,e few vears ago, for the establislunen :: ;:nt':;™eirtn tx""'- ''"'-" -'"" -" ™'"- --'-"■— -«^- -ng as'=; .»=--BHaasrS"- — — There are alM- ™n>^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^,, Join,. TlK U^.iry In.lu'^'O-. _ ^ ^^^. ,, ,„„„ c™„u>. T>,e free""'' "< '' ^^ '•'■•K"<1» couhl ea.,ily .levelop an ener.v of ,00^ "™ ^l" I- " ' ' ^y '" ' "" " "'r^ "^ •■''«'- ""-- ""- ■■"■.■ which -tl. the lowest, which is the C.rand Kails, . fe« I i',, ZT' '"T "' '""'"""'' "'""' "'"""■■"-"« Hnccesston, Portage la Savanne Kails, .„ feet hiS and Tl , '""■* P""^. Then follow, in <|nick .6„,o„ horsepower: Bonho,„„,e Falls, .0 fee. W.h If ,- ^' """^•■'^'- ^ ^ ^"llie Kails, .„ fee, I,i«h and .S.42,S horse-power; Devil's Kail, „ fee, hieira 1 6, 1 h" ''"'*■ "" ^ '^''=' "'"'■ '" f^'^'' '"Kh and -,,.7,,o horsepower. ,« five or '^^Ix n il s' of oL ri •" thi'TV ""' "''-'="' "■■'"»■ ^" f^'^' '"«" •■>"<' .orse-power ,nay 1« developed. He further esZatedth, , '""""'" '"""''"'' """ '"" ■"'■°" ■o.en „,iles to the north of that lake, thir to .he nort 1, Ix , fif'"! T" '''°'""' '■''"' ^'- J"''"' ""'>• ■•■ ;>.e east, would include within its liunts as .ffic" ;;",■' T """' '"" '" "" """' """ '^■" '" horsepower. How iudefini.elv nUKh, ,he e fi^uTe V ™ ' , ?'' """'""' '° '"""'■^' •"•=' ''■^^■-<-' flowing in,o Lake St John were ,0 be nken i , «"'"K'-d ,f the whole of ,I,e waters of the rivers the enormous ca.arac.s of those Lttr ri -e o Z im o"! ',?' '""' "'"^' '"' "^° '»"" '•" ■'""<' .0 nulustry by the construaion of the Jan,riy°;:;i,;t ^r^r^Zcr^a ^i:;:*^ "''"' """^""= Fnrcsis and Tiraber. WhUe, black and red spruce constitute ,„ore tin or . r renmuider is covered with forests, for saw.logs, Mr. I.angelier estin.at t^t t ;rVover - """"T- ?'"'"'•■ "' '"^ '""'- «'i'^""- taking only the product of the first en it be 1- v ,?i '^"■'«''°°" ."^""'^ <>' P-'l' «ood in this region, of the sntaller trees, spruce forests re w t J n K-e „ Z; """ """, "'?"''' ""'"™- ••>'«' P™.ectio,; - a half Of wood i. required to make a ton of ^ij: '"^Z^^ <:L:::'TJ: at^r:^ 1 ■ ot' S^Vt't^t'"' :=;: - v^Tur ;~ J-" "'' -" '- " Z .— - "■ • : 1 r tilt! llllC *'' *■ ■*• ,„. ■- ■ • '- 'rt ::»....■. • ■ -" ". \lll .ilflfe*,. o «™,ill „i,|, , ca , d., nT , • ""■"■ " '""I' '■•"^Itv will, •, J.„ , "' '",,«rla,.t in ,r,V,, i„,|„,|i,M, ., ■'■=. ^^:..:„?'^- - : °' '^""■"" ^'- -" » --- ^'^-.^- t^':s "* "- -/;:^.cr:I:f -- ^ - r- -^ '- r ^v^.JS • ,: xSr- -"-e/^ -- ^^ ^■^... . .... . .„.„ „„ ^ TlK. „e«. pu.,^ ,„". „°~' ^.' ,a,„„„„.u ;„„,,,„„ T„. U,r«.«. -a«i„ill in .Lis ,«.^. "' »- -•"";,■; ll';:;;,,^", Koi^v.i, «i.h a ca,.aci.y ..( '•-;"•';-'; "* '-tL:,:::^^ .» ... ™uva. .„, ^•-■— r;:rM".:^;-='-- «- - ' ^'"•"'"" „, M,ssr. .Tic Hro,h.rs ami L„i.M.a"v .^ rc.ui ^^^^ J„„aio„ a,„l .M from froii,U,..l-.l.'.." ^^^. ^,^.^^^^ -""r;,Xir^"."- - «-^;-;:<';:,r;ir..^ >:::""■■■ , ,.. -- r-l:;;^..r;;:rM^r:,,^i:r:;:;L:;;.. .-.>".. „. .. ... ■- >-.- ^ - '■ ■ o!, .l,clas..r.irar. ,,(....«-. Nor. -^'-, ,„„„„,. ;„ Camilla Hav. ...m .-iM.l.a. Rivia.^-1'i.rr., "< < . '-»^;;;^;' i„fiLv „. i.^ .lo.lol™-'; ^ ,,^,, „( ,,,„, miUi"" Al S. l'"^ ■""' • ■ ,. , .,.„ u, loliii couii.ry. („,„„, sca...r..l all .I.iumkI. >!"- ^-^^^ "'■ "• ^^ '1 VC'lL ^Ik' OTt Tlie Bluelicrrv Crop. \VM f ■-■-'■"viit tiup. ir?- are sa.hered ■"/; ^'\'"f i,,.' ^e railway and steamboa.s. I. >b several weeks ot tiie >■:." . crop exceeds $60,000. t carried tor ;,Uie ol this Dcsciivtion of llie llluslrations. k n in the Lake St. John coun.ry during The illustrations in ''"%*'~\ "\ ^"f J:!;^ true 'to"ife. f_^„,„s of the Lake U,e season of u,..- -'<^,'''"'*"!, ^7 T beautiful ho„,e-n,ade bread, -='1 \ '^^ fjf, „,,„ „.heat. l>«t „„,:.u, Ov,;s. - The secre of >- ^^ „^„,, „f ,„e flour P™f" «^,„ '7,; ':„,o„s double-decker St. ]ohn coun.ry, is <""■"', .'f th eoy for the baking of it. '", '^•."■'" ' '^^^Je, the thrifty housewife, i„ L splendid '-;•■'■- »';f;rhr houses to any temperature ' --,^,_ " f,^^;,,, u,a. a fire in .he stoves, which enable .hem to '" ^' "= ^„, ;„ summer, when the ''=f '"J"" f j,;^ , . the baking of r " t^^rpJl^' -""-"' - ^^^ime':^ re^tprr;riuci^e of the larger r rt ove,^ -ttS;^"S;^ <:;-"-- ^" "- " "\:"urS^.. is .uite an industry ones u,sed by the cty ^^f ^^'^ J' ,,,,i„g of Canadian homespun, . s =a j^^,^_ ^.^j, „„ XV,..U,N.. ""',";r; ,,/s, lohu country. The na.u-e ""^J^"™ J-,„io„,d spinning wheels, and an,ong .he women ot .he Lake .J ,,„,a, spun mlo yarn upon ,°'^' , a hand loom, ,„eep is carded by .he «°»™,;J^„'^^% „icb thus derives its -'" '/ the "ompo" io" "''>"' ''""'' """" t„en woven into the farnous texture ^^ ^^^^ ^._^^, ^„^^,^ "J is a c oA of such enduring quality as as shown in ov.r dlus.ra.,on. ^ "° J '( j,,, ,o„„try, the ««'"''" Mature for proteclinK its first :- t:Jt.:2j;r^i^.tt-tirrvr:T".-,.« ».- .- * - for city wear, and even m >ew purity of texture. 3,, J r ::^BiB^^ ^^^p t:^':^ .r;::::/';-,:^ ^r:^:^.: sir^;;:: Thi hoeli/'^ h'd "■V^r--""^"^ r ^'-" "-- «""™ °' '-ke St. John a„cl i,s ,rih„,rr "".Jr and l,a. acco,n,„odafon for three hnndred gue.t,. Roberval i. lighted thronghoul b. el d.ici ^d s.« and importance with the extension of the railway northwards to Jantcs' Ba,- S"tn;FE^^-?-^""F of Canada This mother house is one of the oldest educational institutions in the country and ha, S and teaching hem, ,00, the proper performance of those household and dairying dmi^^s which are mosi hkely o devolve upon ,1 .m as daughters and perhaps future wives of settlers and colonics „, ,,Jl "r i"-"""''^" " R™'='<^"- - This institution which has already been described is entirelv the service of newly arrived imniigrauts, for whose acconimoda.iou it has been creeled Tl ey tli isa -e bills for lodging while awaiting departure for their future homes * Kalls, aW?mi,"::u;h':;^ u.rTj;hr'Vrc^r:at1: rr °^ ">='-- O-^— n joiiu. ine cataract is one of the most piclures<|Ue in America, 39 O. e o the ^^ ^^|_^_ ^^ ^,,^, j^„, ,, '''"'(„ ",om tl,e tation the railway crosses both these channels, and the so.l .s vers sand acres. ^q I • Fa™ al St. Jero: .he centra portion of A.n.a I,an<,. T.AlZ'll'^ZVr^::'^: "°'", "■= """'■• ■™'=--'''v " P^« I'M' Mr,.,., Little Pk«,„o.v,a. _ tL t iuirp , J. ?^ ' * '"''«='' "' '^^ ""= pWure about three mile» frcn its ,no„th. It is a veTy bea , if„f s, " °"™ '""' '"^ "■^'" "«^ "< '•>» same name valuable water powers. At the foot of o7e of th t T' "•:'";'°^ ""''' » "'""'-' "' '""» '"mishr. ■-■apacty of ,,oo„ tons of pulp per annu„° The I ,. I P k """/'P'''^^'' "PO" another page. It has a powers^ which have no. ye. been ntiii" d! ' '""'^ '"'""'^^ '"""^ ^ '"«» number of a.fracli« t.e MlSTA.ssiN-j Br, DIP —Tl,,,. I AA FakMS (IN THH MiSTASSIVi — Th f l wat'e'fdt '"I'' f. ^.'"■"' -^'^'--^^ dtTortTf 't"he''Li:f rr^r^^""^^^^ watered by spleud,d rivers affording good water nZ t, ^ °"'" '°''""'- All this country i, FAR.M i.v St. Mfti,oi)k — st m-.^ J • r r uu °' -- - -". and nows in.o the S.^^^^t^d^T t^ ^ ^^ ^^ t^^ SV' I'rotesiant church. The , . , „ „1 a cathedral :n.J a Roman Catholic bi»hop. ^1'"^ j' »1»°" J --,.,„, ,„,, tourists KoDcrvai, ai.u ""^ ■ - ra,>iJs They then descend "- «"«"••"'''■ "' ".. „ tue principal industries of ClncouUm, ^ "/^ ^ ^ P,,„„„ ^n enormous lloatini! palaces. ■ "' "" >" ' , , , a,„n,m. Cl.icoutnni is destmec lo capacity for turni..;. .ut 4.'."» ■""" °^ S^r, termini of the Trans Canada Radway shipping port. It x»ill form one of the eastern _te__ ^^___^ ^^^ ^^^^._^^ ^,^^. ^^^„„^^ which, running from :;;;r- -roL::!; rpfc^ntinued . .^^ -.r^L:;;:-r;;-,-^ — country of Quet.ec. From ]ames_ »->■ j'„^^^^ ^.^.^^ ,„„,y, caching t the resources of the gr^at-narth „i,x.>. and subse tne % »i The Lake St. John Region i •4:, . ^ , ■«* ,.i^\ The lake ST. JOHN Region i-i.