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 THE LATEST INFORMATION REOARBINQ MANITOBA AND THE CANADIAN NORTHWEST 
 
 Vol. II. 
 
 TOlTJtrST EDITION.— LONDON, JULY, 2885. 
 
 No. 12. 
 
 A TRIP THROUGH CANADA TO BRITISH 
 COLUMBIA. 
 
 HorETOiKO uew, some chauffe from the often trevelled toarB of the Old World 
 ie whet many aD Eugliuli tourist, wiMi six or seven weeks on his hands, Is now 
 iravint; fur. To Huch it will Ite wclrome news that i^he Canadian Pacific Uailway 
 Company haie this scahon madu siiecial arrangements for tourist travel to 
 the as yet almost untrodden regions through which their line passefl. 
 
 AluNTiiajki., the starting place of the tour, is too well known to need any 
 lengthy description. It may be reached from Quebec, where most of the Rt 
 Lawrence steamers land, by a five or six hours' railway nde, or by the per- 
 haps more pleasant water route up the Bt. Lawrence. Leaving Montreal the 
 first place reached of any importance is Ottawa, the capital of the Dominion, 
 where some hours may be well spent in ins|)eotiug the flue parliamentary and 
 other public buildings. 
 
 THE ALL-RAIL ROUTE. 
 At Ottawa travellers by the all-rail line leave those preferring the lake and 
 rail route. The former proceed along the north shore of Lake Superior over 
 the uewly constructed section of the railway After leaving the capital the main 
 line of the railway (ollows pretty closely the course of the Ottawa River to 
 Mattawa. The village otthis name clusters round the station on the south side 
 of the River Mattawan, 
 while distinct fri.m it on the 
 imiat of land batweeu 
 the Mattawan and Ottawa 
 Rivers stands the Hodson 
 Kay Fort. What is befor* 
 *Mia place is impijsaible to 
 ..ay, but the natural advan- 
 tages of its position as a 
 ohTef station in the Upper 
 Ottawa lumbering huaiuesa, 
 and a« (be centre of a 
 i-onntrjr possessing great 
 I Lraotions for the tourist 
 anU sportsman, would aeem 
 to (loiut to an imiiortaut 
 ftttaire. 
 
 ■i.'rr.'.wi •*■! ci!Xiv.i>att. 
 Heyoud Mattawa the 
 Canadian Pacific Railway 
 proceeds for 2G miles to 
 Callander, throu.'ih a pro- 
 miuing country dotted with 
 good /arms Callander 
 Station is a mere hamlet 
 at the outlet c' I^akc 
 :-*'•»■ >uns(ng, and ta chiefly 
 Important as being the start- 
 ing point of the Canadian 
 Pacific Railway on the last 
 oontract, and a dep6t of J. R. 
 Rooth, the most extensive 
 lumlierinan in this diHtnct. 
 Lake Nasbonsing is nine 
 miles long, snd may be 
 described, says a correspon- 
 Jent, as a cluster of bays 
 •bounding in fish, includ- 
 ing the common eel. not 
 
 <uund further westward. ' Nasbonsing and Trout Lake are the Ottawa 
 waters nearest to Lake Nipissing— the former 4',) miles 'roin h Eavt Bay, 
 
 I'nd the latter 4 miles from North Bay Trout Late is .'J feet above Nipissing, 
 a ud Naslxinsing about SO— both empty into the Mattawan R<ver. The former 
 )■, in boast of the dearest waters in the district, while as a poi,.t for a summer 
 n .sidenoe or tourists' home, few places poeaess ttractions equsl to the viuinity 
 o / Trout Lake, and a few years hence its pie!..reBque shores will doubtless be 
 r<«opled with seekers of health and pleasure from crowded cities and stifling 
 inauufactorios The same remark is true >f Nipissing with its I'lO isles, 
 W'ahnstiitaepiug, with its cascades snd mountain background, Vermilion's ruddy 
 nicks, the almost Hwisn setting of Geneva Lake, and the labyrinthine windings 
 and uuuumbered bays of Risootasing. Mr. Booth has a fine tug running 
 from the head of the Lake Nipissing to Callander, towing logs and conveying gnods 
 in a large barge atta"!hed. A railway connects with the Houth-East Bay 
 of Lake Nipissing at the mouth of the Wista Wasa, which descends 
 into the bay by a cascade 40 feet high, viaible on entering the bay, 
 and forms in evory respect a first-olaas road. A large boom, strengthened by 
 flue piers, contains the logs, and an endless chain worked by a I'M h.p turbine 
 in the cascade carries them up to the platform, wliare thsy roll on the oars, 
 and are conveyed to Naabonsing, rolled into another boom, and towed to the 
 outlet, where a large dam and slide control the waters, and flush them into the 
 Mattawan. 'I'heucs they float down the Otuwa to the mills at Ottawa City, 
 being conveyed from Lake Nipissing to Ottawa at au sstmatad cost of 1-75 
 dols. per M. of manufaotnred lumber. This gigantic enterprise, probably the 
 greatest private undertaking In Northr'u Ontario, places the lumbering interest 
 
 VIEW FROM THE WINDOWS 
 OF THE OOVERNOR-QEN- 
 EHAL'S QUARTERS IN THE 
 CITADEL, QUEBEC, OVER- 
 LOOKING THE ST. LAW 
 RENCE RIVER.- Bv H R.H. 
 
 TUB PhiNCBHS LiUI4.{ 
 
 in an independent position with regard *o means of sanding prodaota to market 
 Hitherto only flrat-olaaa squre timlier haa found its way out of Nipissing, 
 and a great deal of material was wasted in consequence. Callander 
 P.O is a small hamlet it the extreme eaat end of Nipisaiog, and is 
 the spot understood in Parliamentary references to this region. It will be the 
 port of the Ontario and Pa.uflo Jauction Railway now in construction from 
 Uravenhurst to the Canadian Pacific Railway at a point five miles eaat of North 
 Bay ; thence the charter proposee to extvnd in a north-westerly direction, along 
 the sources of the Ottawa arid Maait waters to James Bay. Huuh a road will 
 open up a large lumbering t>sct, will cross the mineral belt <>f Northern Ontario 
 and strike lii^iiite coal near<i than even the ohiof American deposits. At the 
 iwint of crossing the Canail an Pacific Railway (114 miles from Qravenhurst) 
 a village is rising, mid will l,u a stirring place till the road is completed. In 
 a few months at furthest, tl,n toonst will thus have as free acceaa to the natural 
 scenery aud simrting farilitiM of Muskoka, Parry Hound, Nipisaing. and Eastern 
 Algonia dtstriots, as hu i.on has to the Lower Ht. Lawrence. Most if not all 
 of these Northern lakes ab<>ind in fine flsh. and a great extension of that trade 
 may be expected from the op,ningof the country by rail and steamer The large 
 areas ov.irrun by fire and glowing up in poplar and white birch, will furniah 
 material for a large numbei of pulping mills, and there is unlimited water power 
 to propel them. 
 
 I.AKI xipiaauro. 
 
 From Callander the lire runs through what may be termed historic irTiUna, 
 
 for by the wesUii trail 
 close at hand the intrenfd 
 Onamp'iain traveilc] on Lis 
 noble mission to the lake of 
 the Nipissing and down 
 the French River to the Mer 
 Douoe. the lake of the Huron 
 Indians, Passing through 
 the interior chain of lakes 
 he came to the Bay of 
 Quinte, and completed the 
 flret pasaaga made by a 
 yrbite man s/<rnaa Lake 
 Oiflai'ii. To the N >rtV B» y 
 of Nipiaaini is but t run o( 
 10 miles. This lake is on* 
 cf the fiiie»t of the interior 
 .. ters o I'tario, ooiitain* 
 ing many \ liuds, and die* 
 charging itseii into Qeorgian 
 Bay, a north-eastern arm of 
 Lake Huron, by French 
 River. Its dimeusions ara 
 indeed sufficient to make it 
 famous in any cmntry but 
 Canada, which ' as such a 
 vast quantity o/ reah water 
 on hand that great lakes 
 are aotually a drug in the 
 market. It is nearly TO 
 miles in extreme length, 
 IH in maiimnm width, 
 and is broken by hundreds 
 of Islands and peninsnlaa. 
 goutb-East Bay at tha 
 one extreme is about five 
 miles in greateat length, 
 nearly cut off by islands, 
 ,,, . , . , '"'"' reoeivee the Wist* 
 
 Wasa m a cascade at th» very shore. North Bay receives the La Vase, 
 Chippawa, and Decheaney Little Hturgeon and Great Sturgeon discharge into 
 the main lake ; and Cache Creek and Veuve River < nipty into MoLeod Bay A 
 number ,i( small streams i mpty into the three western arms, and Commanda 
 Creek falls in a little above the Chaudiere Falls, the outlet of this group of 
 rivers Ths main outlet is very narrow and the western channels liable to ba 
 clogged with drift wohI, tharoby preventing the free exit of the volume of water 
 poured in by the spring floo-1 on all these rivers. It hss been sngijcsted to clear 
 out and, if ueoessary, widen (not deepen) the outlet, therebv keeping the water at 
 a pornianont level aud preventing the silting up of the various outlets of rivers 
 which takes place at high a ater in the lake after the river floods have a,.^tsd. 
 The benuttt to the health „f the district, the advantage to navigation, auj 
 the value of alluvial laud reclaimed will probably secure attention to 
 it ere long The islandi. of this lake merit more than passing notica 
 from their nnmber, beauty timber, and faoilities for flahing and frnit-raiaing. 
 A number of very fine islanda exUnd from South-Eaat Bay to South 
 Bay, and are frequented by tourists from other parU. The Manitou is • 
 group of lofty islands oooUiuing some limestone, south-west from North Bay 
 about seven miles. Further south-west lie the Oooee Islands (not yet oooupied), 
 and due west ia Iron Island, purchaaed by Hon. John Simpson, and oonUinIng 
 the most varied mineral aud vegetable producU in this region. Besidee iron 
 of a Hue quality but very irregular vein, spar and fossils are reported toaboaod. 
 The trees are very fine, and on the site of au Indian clr;riug wild grapes of a 
 superior quality abound. Thaae. with blackberries raspberriee, cherriea, 
 gooaebetries, currants, squaw plums, wild red plums, ai d high bush oranberris* 
 
Along the Line or the Canadian Paciflo Railway. 
 
 mark linn laka and lu shorM aa a nuiUble poaii^ou for the culture of hardy 
 
 f ruitft. On the flml of AuftUHt lut an many an nine vanntiM of fniit weiv piekM 
 nil otiu tHlanil. Tim Wei»l«ru Armtiftroa |K<rfeotUud of beauty for lino b^yn And 
 iitUnda, exteoding, iu thn Hoar Bey, Q'i mile« inlacd from the niftiu Ikke, The 
 Boutli Arm, or outlet of French Kivor. maliio ■ oharmingarohipelftfco— il.etalandH 
 rangiDS fn>ni 1,400 aoma to prujectin^ rooka wi*.h narrowwliidiuK ohanoele 
 lf«twt>«ii The Krttatdf part of the Uke ii ahalloir, abounding in reefH end 
 Imuldera aud atibject to audnen and violent aquallii af wind. Tounita naviifatiDfl 
 it would do well not !•> carry much ufl or whisky while abroad on ita lieautiful 
 but rhautieable boaom. An idea haa looK been aut«rt»iDed of utiliainff thia lake 
 and river aa part of a oanal, atretohinft from Montteal up the Ottawa, for A0& 
 mtlea, to Mattawa, thenoe for 15 milea to Lake Miniaaiuf{, and down the French 
 Rtvor for N) milea to iu nutlet iu Lake Huron. Tha diatonoe from Montreal 
 to Chioaitn by tho prevent line of naviffatiou ia 1 \i& milea; rid Ottawa and 
 I^ake NipiHMinK it would ba 575 miles, about ounbalf. Tha total cmt of snoh 
 a canal, utilieiDfl the I.aohjue Caual, ia tsntimatod at l!l,000,OUU dola. At the 
 mouth of Frunoh Hiver ia an exoellant harbour, and a channel a (quarter of a 
 mile wide aud 90 feet deep. TIih lake a>>oundH in flah. aonio of which are new 
 to the itreat majontvof anfilerti From a puff^ly o< inmeroial |>oint of \it'W Take 
 NipinainK i" deatined to 1n> a very im|>ortaut lumbering oentre In(1oe<l, a lartfo 
 tra'lo liaa already npruuvi uu in the oarria({e of square pine timber from the lake 
 to M'liitroal for iht* tninmttlauiir trid'-. 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 Hut retnrtiiMK tu NoHTii IUt we fln'l n flue villi fie riHiiiK on a lev»l plain 
 on tho north Blmre ot tho moat northerly part of the NipioHing oohhI, at tlie 
 month of a lively !>rook, which runa awiftly down tV^ ?rout of the hard wood 
 nliilpau of VViildifieM.lhe future background of thia rieing town. The Canadian 
 Viicigo lUilway. havintr made thia i>oint their larbour ou Nipiasiug, and 
 the tiid of a diviiti.iu, the r.eceHsi.ry roundhouse, woikehopa, aud rt^itidences for 
 eu)|>l(<;e>« h.tve Itu n or»-t-'toil Kiiti,;iVo u compact %p|«aranoo aud buat »ng style 
 to tliclowi:, while a iiuiiilwrof nt. res, hoardmg hou«c *. shops, and private dwell- 
 ■ in^ hnve *• iiont.- up A lart^e atua of Hue hard-ood laud bepna one mile 
 . -itli of th<' liike, ttnd extendn with some breaks of' ^^nt land and swamp, for 
 about it* ui'IcM. Tins is rapidly t>einK occupied, *»cl ' Ooverumunt road is being 
 couNiitiot^d as rapidly aH sctlteiuunt pro)(rossett norV* vard 
 
 aTCIIUlCON rAl.I.H. 
 
 Bit'nacoN Falls is the next sign of human liabitat'O'i- "'"* W^-st Sturgeon 
 River. tiM.V *Vin*ti Hie i^iVt* aiiu viUogi' uenvo theirn*"»e, enters MoLeott iJay, 
 ft deep indentation of Lake Nipisaing at tho uorth-eftH* 0"rner, and Mon«M)uth- 
 Wesl iiil> Lake Nipinsing on lot M from the cast *'"'p- Five milts from its 
 mom) iint only 2^ due north of tba lake, is a faU of '■^l f«it, followo«l by a 
 chuic of (ou- foot, effectually stoppiug navigation li*>n the lake, but furuislnng 
 fli-Ht i-UfiH power for maiiufacturing purposes .At tu*" obute tlje river in spanned 
 by a line iron bridge of the ('Anadian Pacific Hail«y. and the station lies a 
 quait.r of a mile i-Kht of it. The firnt stttler, M. Jainoa Holditth. came in 
 rather more lliuu lltri;e years ago and is now chief 'erchaut, landnwner, and 
 Be«%e ( '. tit vilU!,;e winch \\m sprung up under . ' uame of Btu.jieon Fall-t. 
 fljx sty. ;s, three boarding-hoUKes, two saw milla,^.'- ' uumber of tradusnieu 
 a'ld U' -irera comprise the t-liief business of ti "-' ^tlfaK*. A. soAoor tiirrtj 
 ohurches and rendiugH and di'hatos in winter repr^ent its mental aud moi-al 
 pr<tgrcfi-i. A Ha'iHon Hay Cuin|Miny'H post is sttua't^^ »ear the mouth of the 
 river ati, a Hinall Indiuuflnhtry in tributary to it Vhv> lumber interebU on tbe 
 Hinrgcc. n\.\ A'euic aib L^tett^ exi^Lm'tu, ai»o. .nein those of itarnct and 
 McKay who 111 \e a large depot on MoLeod's D.v about three mites west of 
 Hturgitui FuIIn uiid HhipMjuKre tnnberby railtotlu tjuebeo markei. Thepopu* 
 latiOK of ^itpriLger ih tnixo«l. being equally divided i ttweeu French and Eugliah 
 sfKiukiug i>eop.o. The land along the river is all ta!* fn and a few lots inland are 
 oii-iiiJifd, but railway work has hitherto been the Jie( source of employtneut. 
 Jn fui Pro, farmiug will duubtlcsd receive more atteut !i aud make greater prugresa. 
 The tpiality of the soti ii fair, being chitfly saMy loam with some heavy 
 olay iu the western part of the towuahip. Qn lUo ■ *nlnanU lM)t««en Bt'irgeon 
 Itivttr and MoLe<jd liay. is one of tbeAutat oranberr ' marshes known, iu which 
 huudredr' u( barrt'Is are cullectod auuually since th ' earliest traditions of the 
 IndianH. I'lio benictt are very superior iu si/e, co >ur, and HHVour, while the 
 vines reHemble mitiiatun' grafWH in growth of runner along grans and shrubbery. 
 Bpringer, C'aidwell. McKiiu, aud Widdifield ^tre put into market in 
 July, IHHl. and a targe jHtrtion of the lattA-* towi.ship aud part of 
 Hpringer and Caldwell h^ve already been located aL 'lO cents per acre A muui 
 cipatity and division court, as well as public aud ; oparate suhools have been 
 organised; some meteorological observations arfftftkeu by Mrs. Lillie, and 
 impro\ciuenta in every form go ou apooe. among w - ch uu less a personage than 
 Uie villajse constable must be numbered. 
 
 HTt lUlKoS l-ALLB TO 81'nilUHT 
 
 Going westward from Sturgeon Falls, (or some niles the la:ul is very flat. 
 ro\ere«l with a dense growth of cedar and evergrei-tis aud barely abt>ve high- 
 w<itfr Irvel. The soil is rich, and is iiearh all purchased, as may 
 be jndgu'l (rum the small clearings shown upon it. lu crosHing (*aldwell 
 the laud rihos. It has nearly all been hwept by lire. 1'ho dry 
 
 Sines roinainiug are out fur fuel, and the aeoond Rrowth is pretty 
 ense, but small A good deal o( wild hay ,;ruws among the aM(>ens, 
 birches, wi11»wk, and cherries which compose it. .V mg the Veuve Kivor. which 
 the railwa> (otluwH oloaely through live tuwnshipti. ire fine flats of land, some 
 clothed with pine and sugar maple, in Onnnett and Ratter, hut generally with 
 |x)plar, whitewuod, oak, and evergreens lleyund t) ^ hilJH bouuding this valley 
 a hrok<'U pUteau extends on hoth sidea, ou which large olay data may l>e found 
 l^iill hitett are numerous ou tht* ^treums descendiug from the upland, and large 
 t>eav>>r ineotlowH with numerous dams abound, some of wliioh are yet teu&nted 
 by the luduuLi iuuH builders, ( N>uld their genius he directetl to the culti\ ation of 
 
 Sutatues thf pmhlein "f f»rni('rH help would he partially solved. Thomoone, re*l 
 eer. bear, (tudlyuxh A veals • left their (ootprintaeverywhore through thiadiatriot. 
 Asa huntirtt home this country has still many attractions. eH(>«cially in the well- 
 Btuckcd lakes, and abundance of partridges lu thi overgreeu wo4h)h Three 
 fourths of the land up to Markstay, ttJ ruiles wost of Hturgeon Falls, will be 
 availttljlc for farming or Htuck raisiu' , thauco to Hudbuiy only a small proper- 
 tiuu 'ViU be fit (or any agricultural put pose. Here t le Laureutiau ia contiguous 
 iu Ihi lluronian -ihe hills rise higher, aud are more abrupt; the valleys are 
 nai rower, andnioieHandy outhe tliits, though clay alillpreponderatea in the soil. 
 Crtat ilyki-k wf Jiorite break through the gneisM, HOi.ie oontamtng asbestos. One 
 
 five miles north-aaat of Harkatay hM baan parllatly opaned by Dr. ftpftrham, n^ 
 
 flrockvillfl, and promises well The Wahnapitoe is a fine stream nearly tw^ 
 huttflred milea in length. Its general course is south by east, I'jd it receives th^ 
 waters of several large lakes A very flue tract of timber exists on ita uppe. 
 waters, but its course from the Canadian Paoific RaUway south is chiefly thro-igl| 
 a burnt onuutry of st4>ep rocks and olay flats between lUrasay Lake is a flni 
 sheet of water about Ave miles long, and oontaioa pictureaque inlands and 
 peninsulas ; also flue trout. b».M, pike, and niokerel. This lake, with Sudbury 
 CreeV. may be oouaidernd the head of the Wh!>nsh Hiver, encptyiug into th( 
 Maniton Channel opposite Little Current. The river itself draina agroat nnmber 
 of Ane lakes, aud its caturoots will furnish fine water power. Ita paaaage thruugl 
 the La ('loohe mouutaius will yet be a favourite apot (or 'U)urlBtH. 
 
 Leavmg behind the aouth-weat branch of the Wahnapliae, floniiimt 
 SvHctwu. the preaent terminus of the line. Is reaohed at a distance of l'J5 mile*, 
 Keyoud Mattawa aud :t'i4 beyond Ottawa. Hudbury is a neat village of severa^ 
 hundred inhabitants, and was an iruportant point till headcioarters of oonstnio 
 tion was mov(H) up to RisootaHlug in November of IB^I. A stipendiar> 
 magistrate is engaged at the village in tho dis|>enKation of justice, while the look- 
 up, uotlong since built, is used alternately as a place of worship and a court- room 
 and gaol. At Hudbury the Algoma branch of the (Canadian Fsciflo system 
 leavea the main lino and pruoeeds for 100 milea '"> Algnma Mills on the north 
 shore of Georgian !lay. When this branch is iu operation, much of the prv>duoe 
 o( the aouthwestem states of America could be (orwarded by propeller tf 
 Algoma Mills, aud by nearly au air line to Montreal, saving from SOO to iO^ 
 miles ou existing routes 
 
 Htnitlhr TO I'OBT AHTUl'lt. 
 
 The main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway proceeds from Budbur) 
 along the north shore of Lake Huperinr (oi ftHO miles to Port Arthur, where it 
 jnins the line now in operation, to Winuit>eg, aud on through the North-West 
 Territories to British Columbia. At Miohipicoten. *i'i.> miles (rom Budhury, 
 extensive de|K>sits o( iron. oop|>er, and silver, have l»eon found ; indeed, the 
 whole district alniundn in minea which only await capital to iusiire their proflt 
 nt.le working. Near the I'io Itivr, UO railes further west, whore the lino f\r!«t 
 touches tho lake, docks have already been erected, and there scomH every 
 pro\)ahility of the place Iwcoming an important centre in the near future 
 Further west still for l.'iO miles, the Nepigon River, a line outlet of the very 
 large lake of the natne name, ia crossed by a substantial bridge, 700 feet long hy 
 HI) feet high. Nearly SO miles to the north-west of Nepigon lies the many isled 
 lake of the same name, whose olear waters must hereafter becotue famous to 
 many, aa they are now to a few, aa affording, in conjunction with their outlet 
 excellent trout flshiug. Indeed, while trout may be said to aUmnd in all 
 Canadian wat«*rs in this district, no stream nan surpass the Nepigon C^lear, 
 cold and rapid, it afTonls much sirart, from its mouth to its source The tirth 
 caught are from one to seven pounds iu weight; firm, hard, and beautifully 
 marked In going to the Nepigon, the retjuisite camp furniture aud provisioUH 
 Minnld 1m *\THt laid lu at Toronto. Then at Sault Hto Mane, on the w;iy on, 
 two half-hreeds aud a canoe should be engaged. The fish taken can bo so well 
 rureil hv the half breeds as to keen perfectly for months Bass, pike, pickerel, 
 white tUh, |H>rt'h. Ac . are td*>iitifn1 in all the lakes and rivei'S. 
 
 THE RAIL AND UKE ROUTE. 
 
 0\B great advantage o( the (.'anodian Paciflo tour to the Rixiky MountsiuH ti 
 the alternntive water route it affords uuder conditions o( exceptional advantagf' 
 The passenger may. (or instanue, go outwArds by way o( O^^ti Round and Port 
 Arthur, and there enjoy on the hottest of hot days tho cooling breev.ys of the creat 
 inland sea known as Lake Hujwrior. The route is made up of tw> stages. First 
 comes the railway journey through Ottawa, aud over the new Ontario section of 
 the system to Toronto^ -passing through valuable mining, lumbering, and agricul- 
 tural diMtricts (or a distance of a:);t miles, and thence to Owen Hound, uiakiug 
 att<»gether 4.V') miles. From Owen Bonud. by steamer, through Georgian Bay 
 and Lake Su|M>rior to Port Arthur, is AM) miles. At Port Arthur the main 
 line of the railway is joined, aud runs for 43A miles to Winni|>eg. and thnuee 
 (or '■Mi'i miles to Stephen, iu the Rooky Mountains. 
 
 MONTIIKAL TO TonOMTO. 
 
 0( the Arst stage of the journey (rom Montreal to Toronto, a oorresponden i 
 otihvCtlij Vrtu (London), writes -"The carnages were excellent; tho night 
 tram cuiiHisted of a second class oar. a flrst class car, and a Pullman, and th « 
 latti'r was o( tho most Hpprove«l construction, suriuuiing any that we have on 
 Kughslt hues at present. The train left at H o'clock, and before retiring to rest 
 there wus ano|iportunity, of which I availed myself, of walking the entire lengt \\ 
 of tho train 'I'lie ovenness aud solidity of the new track were not to \h'. heate n 
 by any of the F.nglisli roads, and very different from what English shareholder o. 
 as well as travellers have found by bitter experienoo in their dealings with 
 trauscuntineutal Yankee enterprises." 
 
 From Montreal thou the train procoeda to Ottawa, a distance of I'JO milen, 
 over the route already described. Theooe to Cahlkton Jdnction is a run of '2V 
 miles. This town, more giiuerally known as Carletoo Place, has a |>opulationof 
 3.000, and is on the Canadian Mississippi River, and at the junotiou of the Hrook- 
 ville and Ottawa with the main section o( the Canadian Paciflc Railway ft 
 has unlimited water |K>wer privileges Rteamers ply between it aud several 
 places on the Itiver Mmsinsippi on its way to the Ottawa, which it enters about 
 30 miles al>ove the capital. PasHing Frauktown, more than a mile (rom the 
 village of the name name and Bmitirs Falls, we come to Pkbth, the capital ot 
 the county of Lanark, situuU'i) on the River Tay, eight miles alwve its mouth, 
 and ItOO miltm east from T«)ivtnto. The Tay has beeu rendered navigable from 
 this point to the Rideau Canal, a distance of seven mile*, thus opeuiugup water 
 oomniunication with Kiugston and Ottawa, The pupulatjon of Perth uumbera 
 
 ^ 
 
Along the Line of the Canadian Pacifto lUllway. 
 
 3 
 
 8,000. Id iU \ioiiilt^ Are exUnaivo dopoaiu ot Irou, inioa, plumbago, aitd 
 ph»tphat« of lime, while gold in paviiiff qaftntitlce in among more reo«nt dm- 
 coverinfl Truveniing the centre of the couiitiM of Froiiteimo and Addiiigton, 
 in to M Denied hy i)timeroD« Nmall laken ami rivera, we |ia»>H to the aouth of the 
 flonrifining fillase of Miuloo, in IlaMtinga ooiinty. a neighhuurhood ahnntidiiii( iu 
 gold miiiea, of which the Maloiio mines to the iiorth-wrat have Imen for some 
 time Huooeaafully worked. Lant** depoaita nf iron are alao heinff worked in the 
 diatrict. The demand for thia iron ia very great, and aeveral mining nompaniea 
 are already at work getting out the ore. It ia magnetic, and ia largel v tiaed in the 
 United Htatea to mix with other iron for ameltiiig pur|>oaoa,c«pecially at Clevo 
 land, whence large r|uantitieo of the crud** ore are aent 
 
 On throngh a rich agrimiltural oountry imd wo oome to pKTr.Riionn', with 
 a |>opnlation of nearly lO.fXX), in the centre of the diatriot. The ti>wn iaadvan 
 tagfwiialy aituatetl on both baukn of the Otonabue Htver, whioh ia apaniitKl hy a 
 number of hridgea in uae for railway and ordinary tran\o. The town ia about 
 midway between hake Ontario and ileorgian Hay, on the route of Trent Valley 
 unvigatioii. The water power at thia point in the river ia unllmiUH) for manu 
 facturing and other purpoaea. The extent of the trade of the town ia ahown from 
 the fact that annual exporta of wheat average l/iO.OdO huahela ; of H ur, I ').00(l , 
 of barley, 'i75,000; of butter and ch'^eae. oAO.OiK) owl.; while the ex[>nrt of 
 
 are proiielled hy compound cnginea of alwnt 1,700 horatt-|»ow«r. Thi* paxoeiitjt r 
 accommodation on tlia boala ia flxtetiaive and exuelluiit. whilfi the nalooii ia 
 faatily fitted. They are lit throughout hy the eleolrio light, and thun form ao 
 innovation in Canadian lakr travnl. On leaving Owen Hound the immenaa 
 Canadian Paoiflo grain eleviitor atanda out near the wh^rf. Paasing up tha 
 harbour, with Point William on the right, and (^ape Commodore on the toft. 
 the middle watera of O forgiau Bay are a<M)n roachfd and atTord an 
 exoellent ataam until we paaa up the Ht. Mary'a River, aoino of the 
 prettieai of lake acenery !a met for HO milea, reminding one forcibly 
 of the heautiee of the Thonaand lalanda At tini'a wo aru fare to 
 face with aome huge rork, and aoem about to run headlong into it, 
 when a turn of the wheel briniia the boat aaftdy round a nhurp corner, and 
 into ft anaeioua channel bo}ond In a abort tune we reach Lake (ionrgo, a 
 beautiful aheet of water, Hon>o Hftecn milea long and four to Ave broad. slud<led 
 with nutnberloaa ialanda At (he head of the lake ia Churchvillt-, at one time 
 a place of Home i:..p.?rlanRC aa a timhtr atation, hut now the dwelling placa 
 of but two or three familiea. In the ahallow watera of the laku wild rice ia 
 aoen growing plentifully, and aervea to feed oountleaa Ilookn of wild durka. 
 Along the north ahore we ooaat Hugar laland. an American pn)iiiuHai<tn, owing 
 tta name to ita rich growth ot n^apla treoH. under which Ittrgu r)uantitiea of 
 
 lumber reaohea thirty million feet annually. The oirening up of the dirort rail | excellent augar are mode everv apring. On tho (aimdiaii Hide of the river are 
 
 route to Ottawa, Montreal, and Atlantic cannot but atill further ajvulop tin. 
 fertile agncnltural region. The aito of thf ««wn waa throe ijuartera of a century 
 ago covered with acattered oaka and amatl buah It waa then known to the 
 Indiana aa Indian Plain or Soott'a Landing, and waa at tho head of the Olonabee 
 navigation on ihe portage of Lake Chemong. In l*<'i!i. under the patronage o- 
 Earl Dathurat, a Colonel Peter Ilobinaon, of Newmarket, oonductod 'J,(>00 Irinh 
 emigranta to the Plains, and Mettled them in the ndghbourhooii The name 
 Pettrboro' waa given the aettlement. in honour of Colonel Hohinwui. From 
 thia point the railway runa through the agricultural oouiitiea of Durhuni and 
 Ontario to Agincourt in York (bounty, near which the Toronto and NipisHin^ 
 Uailway ia crowawl by a aubatantial bridge Through the npighlmurhoiKl of 
 Wexford, and Carlton ia aoon reached. Ave milea weat of Toronto, on the Owen 
 Huund spur of tho ayatem 
 
 neen pretty vlllagea, aurrounued hy hilly country i followed by (Urdon Rivor 
 and Garden City, a amall bat prcttv village of 500 inhabitnnta, forming part of 
 an Indian reaerve which estouda for nine roilea ahmg the Ht. Mar) h River. 
 Tho Indiana here are chiet^y engagc<l in flahing and thn chaae, though the 
 neighbourhoo<l abounds m mines of Hilver. lead, and iiopp«»r. Ptt»»ir.g thnaigh 
 Little Lake George wo soon roach the two towna nt Hault fpnmonneed Hrt) Hto. 
 Mane, tho one ou tho left in the Htate of Michigan and that on tlie opposil* 
 ahore iu Cauadiau terriitjry 
 
 ^'\tTLT NTr. UARIB RTnAK 
 
 The old village of Sault Hte. Mane ou the northern side, m neat though 
 Hmallor and with lose of the goahuad air oharacteriHinu itn Arut-ncan neigh- 
 
 lumr The Atreeta of 
 
 ToBosTo TO owKK sonin. 
 TonnsTi) ia now loft 
 behind, and paaaiug 
 over what was once 
 kn( wu as tho Toronto 
 Grey and Bruco, but 
 DOW part of *he Cana- 
 dian Paci&o ayatem, 
 through highly culti- 
 vated land, no come ia 
 about 3^ houra to Owen 
 Sound, a diHtanoeof 189 
 miles. Tn this section 
 it ia noteworthy that 
 there is not a single 
 bridge croHsing the line, 
 nor has it to iouniey 
 through any tuunel. It 
 m a porfrot daylight 
 route. Carlton, a small I' 
 village on lUaok Creek, 
 iH the flrst station from 
 Toronto ; a few miles 
 lieyond in Weaton, an 
 agricultural centre. At 
 Ifvimlier Huniniit the 
 Rivor Humlwr la croMS- 
 cd by au elevated and 
 lengthy bridgu. having 
 five spans of oO foot 
 each, and one aptn of 
 H.^^ feet, with atone 
 piers Paasing Klein 
 Durg, rich in aghcul 
 tVir&l n "^a, and tlio 
 
 villageaof Bolton, Mono 
 Road Churlenton, and 
 Alton, we come to 
 vii.LK. a riaibg 
 
 ^ V 
 
 town 
 
 .i.iNNt '.luabitanin, where 
 
 tho 
 railway runs for 78 iuilM to Tooef/ater, thus giving couuection with the 
 county of Bruce and its Lake !Iu:-on ports. Oraugeville, 40 niiloe from 
 Toronto, is on a branch of the Hiver Cnnlit, a stream taking ita rise in the 
 Caledon MonntaniH. ("aledon Laken are within easy reach, and afford excellent 
 trout fiNhing. Shetburno, 15 niilea beyond, and Floaherton, H7 miles, are alao 
 good trout tUhing centres. Near the latter amall village, the Beaver River takes 
 its rine, and pursues ita course through ctratb and wood and glen to the 
 thriviug village of 'lliorubury on Ooorgiau Ray. Five miles from FU'riherton. 
 on one of the brHUohca of the Beaver, aro the beautiful " Eugenia Falls," where 
 the stream, falling i>erpendicularly for 70 feet amid peculiar aylvau beauty, forma 
 H great attracltou to lovers of nature. Markdalc. WH miles from Toronto, is 
 ou a braiioh of th« Itiver Haugeen ; 1-^ miles beyond, and l.H milea from 
 Owen So'iiid, in ('hutaworth. another favourite centre for sjwrtsman One 
 cauuot but bo ntruck by tho l\ne HibUation of the rising young town of Owkn 
 Soi \n, at th*) mouth of the river Sydenham, which at otiu time gavo its name 
 to the town. Ita liarlxuir is said to be tho best uatur U harbour of Lake Huron. 
 It is Vi miles long and -S niileH wide, and throughout ita entire length is 
 <!ompletely alieltert^d on both sidea Opcuing to the north-oaiit, and closed in ou 
 i'ach side by lofty uliff** it ia uot exptmud to the great storms of the fall and 
 *.vinter, while ita auchorage being decidedly goo>l, and the depth of wat«r coii- 
 aiderable. vessels of any nue may coma to the mouth of the river with perfe^a 
 sjifety. A luoro beautiful sheet of water oauuut well l>e imagined, when 
 enlivened iu the ftiimmer by the fleet of tho Yaohti'ig Club. Efforts arc now 
 btiiug made to build commodious club hnises, so that the town may in future do 
 ititelf justice iu regattas by sending crews to compete. On the oast side of the 
 inner harbour and immediately beside the huge Canadian Paoitic wheat 
 ehivator, may generally be seen one of the magnitlaeiit propellers, .Hbfrtn, 
 Atl.iilHiiirti, and Ahwui, all of the name Glasgow maVu and si/.e, and 
 speoially built for the lake trafllc. These steamera, each registering a gross 
 tonnage of t,7H0 tons, are built ou l\uo lines, staunch and ntrong, being of steel, 
 and rateil at 210,000 dols each. They are at once seen to Iw of suiwrior tluish, 
 fitte 1 with every modern couvenieuiw in both machinery and aotiomuiodation,and 
 oalt iitated to maintain a speed of 17 milea per hour f>n the open lakos. They 
 ply '-egularly iu a direct route between Owen Hound and Port Arthur, calling 
 unl> at the Kault. The town of Owen Hound, boasting a population of more 
 than o.iXXt. iH ploasautly situated on s Hinnll plain, sur .luuded on throe sidoH hy 
 well-'ffoodeil hills Mauy manufactories are carried ou here, and the town is 
 well supplied with churches, banks, and hotels i while the charming falls, tho 
 many pleasant drives in the neighbourhood, and the excellent boatiug in the 
 bay, uiake it a favourite pleasure resort. 
 
 OROROIAN RAT. 
 
 Owen Rouud is tho point of embarkation for tho journey of 660 miles acrr>s8 
 the lakei) to Port Arthur on one of the new steamere of tho Canadian PaciAo 
 Railway. These Tessels, the Algotihi. Alberta, anu AthabaMca, each with a length 
 tons, of 'i 70 feet, H width of JH foct, a depth of '2^^ feet, spd agri* touna^eof i,7rt0 
 
 •"^^fc .*. 7T- the Gmadian vtUaga 
 
 are broad, and aoniu of 
 itn buildings are fairly 
 creditable The iu- 
 habitants are now 
 largoly engaged in the 
 fur tradr and Ashories, 
 though it ia antioi- 
 patetl that th? ort^otion 
 of dock| for tl.e acrotn- 
 modation of the new 
 Canadian Pacific 
 steamers will noon oi>ou 
 up new iiidustrien and 
 give considerable im- 
 [MtuR to the trado nf 
 Tie place. There is, 
 however, no immrdiats 
 pro)>abilily that i*. will 
 oiildo ilH AnuTii-an 
 rival, uhich has now a 
 population of nesrly 
 *i,(K>0. All veKKids pass- 
 ing through the CHiml 
 uull at the latter villsgu 
 and take iu eoul, and 
 a giirriHon of two 
 Ainen<:Hn companies of 
 infantry and four livid 
 pieoos ftto plactd here 
 The rapidf^at thi^ p<»int 
 have a descent of a*i 
 foot in leas than a mite, 
 and form tht uatuial 
 limit of htcamU)at navi- 
 gstion Tho .scenery .a 
 very (harmii-,t, tho 
 width, length, nod pic- 
 turoHquo surroundinga 
 of tho Bault coini'iuiusi -» »ttVu it ir.uch lM?auty Duriiit; t!.' v.-MHel's 
 stay at Rault Hte Jlirie, the rapids may be run witii the Hid of 
 a oaiioe aud two tc^/tn • whose services are obtainabh* for ■'>() ceiitrt por 
 pansonger. To overcorie tueae rapids and afford uumtorrupted wntnr mnimuni- 
 uation between the great ^^' a canal wkh, in 14.'>.^, cut largely tlirough rock on 
 tho American side, thus pi cing the upi»cr and low^ r reaclieN of the river iu direct 
 oommmiioation. Traffic ■ icrtiase<l ho rapidly that in 1B7I a giiuit of thr«?o 
 by CoogreoH to incroaae the capacity of the canal 
 -* and ia now classed as the Anent structure of ita 
 
 mllliou dollars was m. 
 In r!?ven y««vH it waa An*- 
 kind (u existence. 
 
 l..\KK Ht'rXRIOR. 
 
 Leaving the Sault aud 'toaming for tifteon miles up tliu rivor. the vessel 
 oommencoa to pl'tugh the waters of Lake Kuperior. the largi-st frenhwtittjr l»ko 
 in the world Prop Now Brunswick into it. aud you niak.* the I'lovinco an 
 island ; whilo Hwitxorland ' ""'d occupy little more than half itn aivn. Tliouiih 
 ti30 feet above the sea lev 1. tho watera of tho lake average a dipth of no lens 
 than IMK) feet, and many of its dopreMsiona have never yet seen plummet hue 
 long enough to reach their *'»■ To iU great depth ia attributed thp peculiar 
 coldness at all times charac erisingthe water of the lake. Kvon tlunigli the sun 
 be at its height and the wa ther ever so warm ou land, lot tho voy<iger hear in 
 mind that au o%ercoat is a lomfort when crossing from laud to laud. Pansirig 
 fnmi the River Ht, Slary, u ' Whitettah Bay, and nearing the headland of White- 
 tlsh Point, the coast line is »«eu for miles on either hand To tlm notih m the 
 lowlyutg Isle Parjsien ; b« vond it Point IroiiUois ; while far in the distance 
 rij»08 GrosCap. Themaiulai'd ianowsoon visible again. and ( i|>e Thunder is soon 
 rising boldly from ibo water"" the right. \ ith McKay's Mountain m the distance, 
 PsKHingPage NIand and Isl- Royal, whiel. with the indontatitui of the north coast. 
 affords good shelter for vest dn. wo enter Thunder Bay, betwern tho iniixMiug 
 lieadlandH of Thunder Cap. rising majestically to a height <if I :i.lO feet, und 
 Plo Island, with an altitude "' "■'►<' ft'et. so calleti from itn rpHomhIauce in form 
 to au immense pork pie, froin which one may fairly con.-ludo that this adiunot 
 to civilisation was not altogether unknown to tliH < rly inhabitants of thcuu 
 regions The hav is a nor hwest expansion of Lake Superior, ami the moht 
 southerly of three large iidontationa, the two ab.ivo being Itj&ck Bay and 
 Nepigou Bay It measurei thirty two inilet* in a north eanteily direction, and 
 fourteen miles from Thuud r Cape to tliLMiiouth of tho KatuiniHti.piia River, 
 Tho spaciousness aud majestic grandeur of hay aud capo cannot hut be admirwl 
 aa the vessel approaches ti'^ Tort Arthur wharf, where a lauding is offocted 
 after a lake voyage of some thirty six to forty hours 
 
 I'OBI ABTIirn ANP PlsTRlcT 
 
 Port Arthur, or Piinco Arthur'K r.&nding aa it used to l.n railed, 
 ia well spoken of aa ' The fiilvor Gate, " m that it ia the natural 
 door of eutrauce to the North West Its future iinportaiice can hardly 
 
Along the Une of Um CinadUn Ptoiflo Railway. 
 
 W • iiMtr ut 4mM. Ita Ua4-le*k«d kur 
 kMkow i M In •arfouiidtd bjr • ooadry Ib wkitb tm* itnlalM* of rioh 
 jflrMollant laadt. iMladtag Ik* bmiaWlqnk uA oUmt t*Um. m^ Im|i 
 laatkMlM iMOMiPw oomkia* «iU> gold, Mnt, ittn, aoffar, ImA lua, aad ulkar 
 ■ivwai i iBOitto, le nuJw M om ol Um gr«» > «l «■!■• i whli* WMlwud, asd 
 Mkataiy lo II, U* tk* (tmI wkMl a*Ua d Uw OmwUm Martk WmI, Um 
 m»m t kn Milk niMkw ol Albwte, ud Um Iwtlb mtc* ol Mclhon MiaDoaoU 
 aM Dakota. Tk* pomilaUwi ul Pari AHkat kaa doaMod UaoU la Uaa than on* 
 
 Cir. II la aew akoat t,000, and •oatlanaa to liiifMia rapldljr, wkU* endllaUo 
 lldlafi ara ■prlBfioi up oa all kaudt. Tbatomi— forltwakiel<MoriianledlD 
 
 • aprli 
 BlAal 
 
 lan -I* kMMHaalljr •liaalod od a gradval >laM towaida Um lak*. Fron Iho kill 
 ut Um fcaokiToaiid Iha wkola l a n dwapo li laid oat fcalora mm. To Um richi, aoiiM 
 ■te mlloa dlKul, MeKay'a Moaalaia, a graad koadl lad, tI*«i 1,000 loot klj|k. wllk 
 rofi William aodlko KamlaMlquia Virtt al ila lod ; turlkac (la* Pi* talaad. and 
 tka MuallrT Wolooin* blaodi prolaaUBg tka Harkov ; la Ik* dia dialaao* U Ih* 
 ■otUMCB pocUon ol UI*Ro]ral,ai>dnac*lolk*DoilkTkai>d*rCap*,wkll*lBtk* 
 kkyT«aa*biDaitk*a**a*nina«kla|ferllilrl*«nBiil*a Slill lartkar to tk* Utt, 
 M Ik* aorik oaj ol tk* towB, an Ik* b*« Caaadlaa Paol A* Doeki, (amrally known 
 a* Um OoT*niin*al Dook, upon wbiok Maad* Ik* imoMB** *l*mor *r*ot*d by 
 Ih* Ooapaajr, and ea|Mkl* ol •toriag an immana* quaBlity ol tk* (rain ol Ui* 
 W**l*ra laroMr lo awall ■hlpm*nl. Tki* •Iraotara i* ooaaidond Ih* mo*l oou>- 
 plal* ol n* kind In AnMrioa, and Um laoililio* lor kandUu gittia ac* loah tkat 
 oaoaw a on as anrag* nakiadad wrar; lhr*a miaataa, wklU la tk* aam* •pan* ol 
 Uawlkrie* Ikal anoanl ol (rala la imatd faom Urn alovalor lulo Ik* holcf oi Ui* 
 Bordariaf oa tka kajr at Ikli and ol Ik* town at* Uty aoraa ol land 
 ' ky Ih* railway oonpaBy. II It iBd**d lo Ik* lael ol Ito boinn Ih* Ink* 
 ol Ik* Tknnd*r Day divlaioa ol the Canadian Par >^ lyiUm that PoH 
 Atlkur own* ila raoont d*v*topm*nl. H*r* ai* Irawblppaa Um t**I aad variad 
 pradoot* ol Maniloka aad Ik* gniat North-Wool, ai d h*n Ik* innMna* eaiaoa* 
 •I g*a*ral BMCokaodiaa Biewary to mpply Ik* popalaliooKol^ Iha j woalani 
 
 kniBiaaa 
 
 FROM THBJLAKES WESTWARD. 
 
 m mnotth rtu or raa rvtvtM, 
 At Port Arthur, Ik* altrail and tk* rail aad laka parUon* ol Ui* Caoadian 
 PaaiCo MMlam ayilMn mart and pa***n|*ni Umim* pn***d by Ih* main Una la 
 WInninc throii«b a r*mark*bl* Iracl ol ooualry, wild and rook?, la plaoa* 
 ma(Biilaool in •oanrry, and abouodlnn in aald, aUitar, aa« Ih* aaaoomw mlBarala, 
 aa yal but vary wiantily workad. AIMr i**vln« Port Arlbar aad tk* old Iw- 
 tradlni port of Fort William, w* follow for lom* dialana* tk* *oar** of Ik* 
 Oawaon ronU, fomiarly Ik* only luaaui ol r«aohln« Wlnnlpai. Thronfb Ih* 
 valhyi of Ih* KaminlMlqnIa and th* MatUwan, Iha train pam*ii onr a broad 
 bolt of low iwamp aad aaoMxIa a (ravclly plain, oalohina in plan** baanlllul 
 fUnmaa ol th* •will auJ winding walar* of tli* K*mlnl>trquia on Uiair oonr** 
 lo Tbandor Bay, urronndod ando«*rhunu l > line* rouudad killaof rook. Taa 
 mil** farthar Ih* riv*r* an aroMMd by Une nun nridRM, and taking a nortk- 
 w»a l * ru ooan* w* Uar* Um old Dawr oa rouM to iiunus lu way wmitward to tba 
 Rainy Laka dialrirl. on tkrougk a okain ol lak«* to tba Lak* of th* 'Vooda. aud 
 thaie* by walar lo Wlnalpag. Following th* ooiira* of tb* Bnnahina Cr**k. a 
 bright airMUn flowing Innluoualy onr a rooky )i*d, w* oom* to f inland, 17 
 milM Imn Port Arthur. Thlii**n miU* b*yond, wa erom th* walarabad. wkieh 
 dirid**, at an alaration abov* Ih* l*v*l ol Lak* Bnp*rior of 1,100 f**l, Ik* tlrMin* 
 of Ik* 81. Lawnno* from Ikoa* flowing into Laka Wiiinipag and Hndaon Hay. 
 For Ik* n*tt 100 mil** lo Took* la a fairly laral aipanao of wood, rook, and 
 laka. U«« a aarlooa obalaola in tlia oounlruotHn of tli* railway kad lo b* 
 onraom*, la Ih* form ol a " floaliiig muakag," on* of thoa* andrainail 
 manhaa ol ankjown daplb, ao gr**n and plaaaaat to tho ay*, but to 
 traaeharoa* nndar fool, Waal of Taoha, aaud dapoaiU ara a nolioaabi* 
 f«4un, and farlhar alill, at Wablfoon, naar Iha largo and boanllful " laka ol 
 flowan," whioh gl**a Ita nam* lo Ik* dialiiol, I* a itnloh of good blaok loam. 
 
 i OF THE WOOOS OISTRIOT, LUMBER MILL. 
 
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 prairi** an tranaf*rr*d from walar io nil. ta a* 100 lo Ih* Caaadian Paaile 
 Btaamahipa, boat* of th* North-W«at*m TnnapMMi ,011 Oompaay of Bamia and 
 Ih* Collinirwood and Laka Bntwrior TraoiM CompasY ton lo th* port ragnlarly. 
 Alt a ahippiug dapot Port Artimr ranka high. In • )« flaeal yaar anding Jan* 
 loth, 1864, M7 raaaaU wan raportad with a lonnaga of 460,JNI9 tons, and orawa 
 numbaring 17,741. A vote of ISO.OOO del*, ha* r*e*bti]r b**n mad* lor a bnak- 
 watar lo run Irom Iha lighlhoua* al Ih* and ol lh« Canadian Paoifli: dapAt, 
 panllal with th* ooatt to a point op|MMlt* Iha *l**alo of th* Company. Farther 
 ■ontb ara tho emigrant ahada, whioh bar* happily b**n mnoh in roqniaition 
 thia aaaaon ; whil* larthar inland an Ih* Epiaoopal, lalhoUo, Pr*a^l*rian, and 
 llathodiat ohunhaa, the pnblia aebool, lown-ba , aaBrt.houae, poat-offlM, 
 eounat. and othor publio buiMifeaa Two nawa uan ara pnblhbad— Iha 
 Thnndtr Mag Sntiiul (dailyl and tbi UtnU (w**kl ). A laig* trada in Iradi 
 Bah ia oarriad on, and for loveni ol Iraah watar flni ag than an innumarable 
 amall rtraama and lak*a in whioh Ih* ohoiooal aaaell ^ |mit abound. 
 
 8ii miUa weal ol Port Artbnr, on th* main liua al th* railway, ia the town 
 
 filot of FoKT W11.1.UI1, on th* banln of th* Kamlni«t:quia River, wbioh enipliee 
 uto Thunder Day. after a eonrae of three mile* tto.-, thia apot Thia fort waa 
 the tt.-at ntitrtioiipoint of the Dawaou route, and the original Lake Bnparior 
 terminua of the Caoadiaa PaoiAo Hallway, aa piopoaad by the Hackeniie 
 JLiberal) Oovemment. Certaio reaaone, bowavar, gave Port Arthur Ih* pra. 
 lenmoe, and Fort William haa now fallen bank alnK«| Ut ila lormer obaonnty, 
 and lie population hardly nnmbera !IOD. The natural harbour, II mile* in 
 eitani, baa an average breadth of 350 feet, and a di pth of eight or tan feet, ao 
 thai Teeaela dnwing over ulna feet of water oandol aaoend tba river Tbo 
 round hooae and maobine ahopa of the eaatem divia >u of the nilway an eetah- 
 llahadat Port William, and give employment toalarg<,numb*r of men. Capaoioua 
 *l*val*n and doek* an built on Ih* river front, r,ud a oonaiderable lumber 
 trad* ia oarriad rn. 
 
 Bighlaan mllaa from Port Artbnr an the KAXAr-m Fall* on the Kaminii- 
 tiqnia Bivar, Iha drive lo whioh from Ih* town ii vary pleaaant. Tb* fall*. 
 olurwla* eallad Ih* 01*ft Book, form on* oS the mo^t magniAoent of caenadwi 
 CoDlraetad lo a width of SO yard*, and aupplied with a volume ol walar unnaual 
 for aneh a bnadth, the river in one donee aheet drupe abruptly into a deep, 
 narrow oauyou, more than ISO feet below, from the *lg*a of which, for nearly 
 kail a mile, riae mg»d, abrupt walla of alala. In man vptMaa orarkaoglng thair 
 haa**. Delow the falla, the river preeenia a ocnUnawl rapid for 10 md**', from 
 whanoe it quietly paaaee to ita mouth aud i^lo Thunder Bay. 
 
 " Tbia la, ' truly vrritea one of the Rritlah Aaaooiation visitora of laat au.uiun, 
 " tho land for the lover of the piotareeque. Fruui iKuace, a town aboot 
 liSO milee Irom Port Arthur, to Telford, a dutaoce of litO mile* you have a 
 oonatant auoomaion of Ukea of aiqulniti- beauty, almt in by rooky hilla 
 of thanioat varied Ludfaiitastio all s|wa, aud all covered with forest This reipau 
 haa, moreover, the character of heing very braoiiig aud aalnbrioua, and then 
 ia uo doubt tliat it will en l-iug be one of the favourite aummer reaorta of the 
 American Coutiuent. Ao t jgiiieer who had been over it declares that it (,>t«nds 
 •II far iiortli and aontli an it iloen uaxt aud west ; he could not give any eiitiniate 
 ut the uuiiilMir of lakes, but conniilered tliero are at least 10.000 inlaiiila, niii' 
 the laiioi are moi-e iiiiinerous tlisii tli» islHiida. The Hsliing in the rivara 
 tributary t<i these lakes ii aometliiii^ wonderful. A fallow traveller told mi 
 that himself and a coiiinaiiion lauglit tlie full of a flour sack of tmut in one of 
 tbea* streams in a HiiiKle afturi.oon between dinner and tea time. The llali 
 there are aa unsophisticated as tlie country A bit of ^ed thread wraiiiMMl 
 round a book or a red 'esther titd to it proves an irreeistilile atlraotioo They 
 will not even disdain a bit of fresh lean [sirk— diHsrant from Uuropeau ttuut, 
 who seem aomehow to have advanced with the march of civiliaation aud to 
 have become connoiiaeon in fliea. Here is a National Park ready to hand, aix 
 timeu the sine of the National Park of tlie nuit4<i Htalee. The Canadian people 
 an talking of making a Nkttonal Park on the Rooky Monntaina, but they ha va, 
 aa it wen, at their very door a National Park that the world oaunot equal. 
 All that la required ia ruada and hntela Let them only o|ieu up tbii region 
 and appoiijt rangcra aud toreatara to protaot and keep it aa a National Pi>rk, 
 i^od they will havf an attraotion which by aud bye will dnw hundreda ol 
 thouaanda every summer from the Ainerioau Continent aud Europe. If it haa 
 nol tlie geysers aud other natnral pheiinmena ol the National Park ol the 
 United Htatea, it haa ou the other hand an inaxhauatible variety of aoenerj th* 
 moat romantic that oan be conoeived The Kaminiatiq.ia, the Rhine of the 
 new world, runa throiig°,i the country, and if it lacks the 'eodr' fortrea* that 
 enwna tue heigku which overlook ita European rival it far aurpaa*** it 'Ji all 
 othor r*ap*ota." 
 
 LUi or nn woona. 
 
 Hkirting for a abort dialanoa the wide bay, which the railway now niaohea, 
 w* era** th* nortbom part ol th* Lake ol the Wooda, and antar lb* piotiireaqa* 
 littl* inoorporated town of Kit Po»ta««, situated on a atrip of laMl lying 
 b*lw**n the laka and a bay of Wiuuipag Hi^et lUra, in tlie phica ul vhe oul- 
 
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 ^-.lAVid-.,: vi*i 
 
m 
 
Along Ihi Um of the Cuitdian PaoiHo Railway. 
 
 nf |h» wny HiMlimii Hiy rnnipitny'ii poat, hnovn in thn IiulUnn by Iha hlf(hly 
 
 •uphtinloua imni* of KiJt»h«klt«h*irftn (whbb. kr«ti«lal«H, tn«ftna •Th* Htrnp 
 
 Rook Kftll ') U now a buay town nt alioiil 1.000 InhahitoBta, tli* oantra ut wlmt 
 
 bid* fair tn iha near futur* lo tw r inoai imporftAiit Knld and ailvar riiiiuiiK 
 
 diatrloi Coimldttrabia aollvuy ia alrMdy uravaUtil in tlita ftnd nal|(hh4iurtn|f 
 
 inlninK dUthoU Naw dl«envarl«a nf vaiuabla and apparanlly aKk«nalva mlnaral 
 
 dapr*«lla hava biwii inada. and workliiKa on a larifa RoaU havn iH»aiiiiiiad al tha 
 
 Huniiiiaii, tlaavai, and /anitli «tno minaa Willi dttviilnpritani aa far w«ak a« 
 
 Iha lluronian mina, ao near lunna aa tha B«av«r, lUhbtl Mnunlahi, and Kilvnr 
 
 Mountain diatricl, and ao far raiil aa tha /aiittli sine iniiir, ip-aal raanlU frt)in 
 
 audi a vant trrrilory art* UmiIimI for in Iha naar fntnra I'hn naktiral wat«r 
 
 |i(iwi*r of l<i%t riH-taKe i* p«^hapti tha ttnavt In America, lly many >t in |>r<' 
 
 uouncad mi|<arlnr tu thai of Minnaapoh*. atid tha water pownr of that An.artran 
 
 uily In adiiiit (wl (i) 1)* thanioNt valnaMa of any in tha I'nltMl Htat««. Ilat PnriaMa 
 
 ia un thiB attiounl Iha aaat of an attvnaiva lmnt)«r Irada aavaral larffa milla and 
 
 inanufttotoriM- have alnHMly l>aan aaUHiahad, and tha rvoaully dlaoorarad gold 
 
 luiuca in thu viointty hava atiinulalad Inula an<l 
 
 antarpriaa. Alnioat In ainht ol tha town ar« 
 
 the twn Iwatitiful falla ovar which tbalwc out 
 
 lata of the lake ba(|iu thalr downward connw %o 
 
 Lukit Wiiiiii|*aK OpiKtaita tha falla tho riaar, 
 
 Hwe««l WBlara of Ilia Laka of tha Woo<U putanl 
 
 aniKl ureal natural t>Muty on all liandi for 
 
 more than omp hundrad niiliwtu Mia mmth and 
 
 waat. thouuh the viaw ia ooulluad t<i the lin.lia 
 
 of n hrttad ri\er by tha vrrdant Hlojiea of a 
 
 thotiHandoloaalvuluatarinKialanda CotriMnMl 
 
 with ot*)ttr lakoa, the Lake of tha WtMHlh 
 
 dNHirvaa a high rank in Iba aiiala of beauty. 
 
 Tha aoanary ia wild and roinantio in a hiifh 
 
 daMr«>«>. lia ahuraa, much indenl«d with liava, 
 
 are facwl with praoiplova and crowned with 
 
 hilla and kiiota of variable heighta, olad with 
 
 a donaa foliaifa of ahrubl>«r\ and evert(raena. 
 
 lia aurfaca, atiidJad with coiintleaa ialaiida of 
 
 varioita Hiwa and forinr. nald to nunitiar I'i.OOO, 
 
 pri>dur«a an atfect aurpaaaini; oven the Thou 
 
 Hiuid lalandH of the Ht. I*awrenc«. On th«i 
 
 lalandN a* well aa on tha mainland the tninarnl 
 
 uutcropMhavelwwn trarcd for mort than twuniv 
 
 milt'H, and lart^t* h«<lH at ){itld <|uart/ rouiMt 
 
 Hwaml -onipanifH have been orKaniaod to work 
 
 tha minaa. which are of oonaidarable value 
 
 In two of tilt) worktop minea a depth of 150 
 
 fet^t only haa Iwvo reached, and tha firouud ia 
 
 found to inoreaao lo nchueaa. while the aeam or 
 
 pay Ktraak gradually wideaa. MilIiuK raturua 
 
 ahow. aayet, from ten to fourteen dftia per ton 
 
 Th" afxieaaibility of the looationa now huiuK 
 
 worked ih auoh aa to allow of their oiiaration 
 
 at far k*aa cont than any miuea yet diaoovered 
 
 in North Ameriua. 
 
 A Hhort journey from Rat Fortaite and we 
 unt«<r Manitoba tvrriUiry under the awanl of 
 laat yuar Taat low moinitaina of priniitivii rock, 
 clothed with tall, alundnr tamarackH. KrowuiK im ti thir Boil, and betwaan lake 
 aftorUk.. through doap rocky out« and tunnela. and over lofty embaukmeiila, for 
 thirty hf\tm milua. wa ruaob Cruaa Lakv, oat iu two by thatra'**^ »* 'he mllway 
 WiNtwurd Miill we leave behind the oloat rapid xtreama, and pane hIoiik the 
 haiika of muddy prairie rlvalata throu((li low lyintj laud, where tamarack, 
 I«)(iUr. and other treea j(ive plaoe to clumpa of atnnted abrubbery aa we near 
 thr Ki.hI Uivirvallay. WniTKnorTii. at thtj oroaaintj of Whitemouth River, a 
 ilttput for tho tinilMr aupply of lliu diatriot, in the only conaiderable atation. Itn 
 Nojl iK of uaeallcnt miality. and a oonaidcrahle numbar of aettlera hare rtHwntlv 
 t omniborid at^ricultural operaliona. to whjrh tht> adjoiniu»( oountry ih well 
 ddftpttMl It It* indeed underaUM'd that the Doniinton Uovernmant pitrpoao 
 openiini np lill landa on the Whilitmoulh Rivi-r for aettloMiont. The town itaelf 
 hHH ^ihA wat4T priviluRwton th#! -'var. Midtlw aurrouudiiiK lande being tiraberod, 
 a lar^tt trailu ih donv \Vi rail- 
 wn\ Ilea. Iw.u'.w . iiial^r. and 
 ciiidwoud. Krtim Whitemouth 
 wt-Mtnard thu land of rook and 
 HV-Hinp giaduallv fjivea place 
 t*t thu diM'p tunrly woi' n\ the 
 praiiiuH. Forty iiiilfa weat 
 the railway Htrikt-a the Htnl 
 Uivur at Kkikiuk, on tht* raat 
 hank of tliu Ittnl HiM>r, whencu 
 ttu> railway turim Hotitli and 
 Nkirta thu cait bank uf the 
 ri\fr until Winnitwg Junction 
 IH reached. Here the main 
 line ih joined by the branch 
 linn from the notith, which 
 iiiakuH coniu'otion with Ht. 
 raiil and (*ht«:ago, and l>oth 
 turning wcHtwanl. cruaa tlu< 
 Ko<l Kiver and eutor the City 
 of WinniiK'K. 
 
 ABOVE THE FALLS. WINNIPEG RIVER 
 
 aac*»^f*i-.. 
 
 ■fc-K-a* 
 
 Wmniiwg the capital of 
 Manitoba, ih naturally the 
 diHtributiii^ |M>iiit of the ^reat 
 tt-rritoiitH tttrcl<-hiu^ to the 
 north and wt'Ht for huudrodn 
 of niilt-H. Pnor Ut IHJO, 
 Winoipi'tt wan nothint; more 
 tliaii li cliief tra<hnti> jKMtt of 
 tlui HudHoii I3ay (.'uinpauy, 
 whttao heud<|uartt>rH were at 
 Kurt (larr> Un iwputatiou 
 
 Ui»n reache.1 mK> Houla. \u growth ainoe in marvelloua, e<iuallinK even 
 that of ChioaKoH earfy daya. The city, oovennR an area of about 4.000 
 acrea. la aituatod ou the weat bank of the Red River, upon an elevated 
 platt-au alHiUt BUty feet above the rivtT level, wliere the watera of tho 
 Aaaiuibi.iue enter thr luaiu atreaui The city itself (for it obtained ita charter 
 of incor|K)ration in 187H) ia full of activity ; U in neither the collection of 
 ■• houaea enough to form a sort of acattere<l town. ' whioh the Karl of Houlli«Kk 
 funml in 1h,m». nor the • miserable lit*le village of Winniiwg." of whioh Col. 
 Mutler wrote iij 1H70, when it waa uothiuK moro than Fort Garry, the chief 
 trading |K>at of the Hudaon Bay Company From a population of l.W in lM70, 
 With an aaauaament roll of two million dollara. tho numl«r of ita inhabitanU 
 romi ui ten yoara to M.OOO. and ia unw 'r».0OO, while ita proaent rateable pruiwrty 
 ih »Ha«a«ed at;vi.Hi:..l(J0dol8..or 4:«,.>*m,0'iO. The majority of the public etliflcea 
 are wall built, of the exoelleut limeatone brought from Htonewall, or of the 
 ercam oolourttl briok made from prairie day. Main Htreet, the pruici|>al 
 iborouglifare. ia 182 feet wide and a mile and a quarter long, runuiug from the 
 railway nUtion to the aonth of Fort aarrv. Near the Port ar« fnund the land 
 iu.d other omcis of tht Canadian i'acifio iUilway Company, the l*acitio Hotel, 
 
 Iha Caalom Ito.taaiid Inland Raveniie offiae, tha |>ofnlntnn l^nda oAUa. Ib« 
 (tnvarnn anl Koiigralioii <if1Uw, all of whinh ara pure whita brink huilditiKa. Tha 
 new warabonna and aloraa u( Iha Hudaon Hay ('oinpany and tha Hon CaarahAna 
 biiildiiiga ara handiHima atrtoluraa. whtla the othar notable hinldlnfa on Main 
 Hiraal ara tha poat off\oa. etiy hall, tha Rank 'if Montrnal and iha Ontario, 
 Marohanla', Im|iartal. and fnnr othar banka. Porlagr Avanua running from Ihe 
 Had River In a waaterly iliraoilon, parallel with the Aiatnibolne. la another 
 laadlng akraal Nolra l)ania and Prinoaaa Htraeta ara alao hualnaaa thorough - 
 faraa of imporiauoe. Aa the provincial capital, Wlnnl|wK la tha haadqiiartam 
 of the Provincial (liivarnmant, Iha reaidanoa of tha IjientaMant<b)veriior, and 
 lht< al>oda of tha pmvinntal anparior onurta. Tha uily ia lighted by alaetrlolty 
 and t(aa, atrael railwaya am in oi>aratton. and moat of tlm advantagaa and otin- 
 vaniancaa of an ol<l i^iahlu lail oily ara found within ila liniila 
 
 The nieroantila and rommaroial tntanatta of Wiritiip«<g hava anpau'l'' with 
 no laaa alaatioity than thu rltv ttaelf. In 1HH». thu imporia ariiount -I to 
 Q4,yUI,7rt7 doU., and Iha . i|»or1a l,Nin.|N| dola . a toUl of 'JI\,l!I.V'J 1-^ )oU 
 In the pravjona year the total waa j ' »var 
 aaventeen million dolUra i lu IHHI i^ardly 
 eight nitlllon dollara; while ten yaai ^ Ifefore, 
 in lM7*i. the total rommarre "f th. t.>wn waa 
 rttpraaenled by no more than one and throe* 
 (piart«*r million dollara, Tha carrying trade 
 hy rail ami ateamnr la vary large. No Icns than 
 M'vtui aartiona of th«« Canadian Paeilln tyataio 
 f-onvargn hfta lii a ii<<rth eaaterly dirinHioii 
 riini the eaatward xaction of tha mam liii<i for 
 twenty -three milaa to Halkirk; more to the w.hI 
 on the other oida of tha river ia tha \\"*i 
 Helklrk branch, twentv two mllea in length, 
 farther weat attll. taking a north weatarly 
 oourae, ia the Kt4mawall line, twenty milea 
 long ; neit conira the main Una. alao running 
 In a north weatcrly direction, tbionuh the 
 fertile mile belt to the RtH'ky Mouiitaina ; 
 aonth weat ia Iha Pembina Mountain tectlon. 
 open f'^r lO'i milen to Manitoii, with a hraneh 
 Houth to (Iretna and the Houth W'eNtem hraiioh , 
 whilo duo aonth it the liiM< to HmerMm and St. 
 Vinoeiit (aixty eight milra). where connuctioii ia 
 niaile with the rnlted Htatea railwayr* Tho 
 paHaeiiger atatiim ia a Hne and roinmodtoua 
 building, lit throughout by the electric light, 
 and in avery wa) befltting ao imimrtant and 
 pn»(ireaaive a oentn* 
 
 l.iKR wiifitirKo 
 Among the int«reating exeumiona thai may 
 )m) niiide from Winnipeg in onu northward to 
 Selkiik hy rail, and theneo down [inko Wiiini- 
 peg (ui Algon<|uin WinniiM-i* ineaiiH "dirty 
 water' ) hy the Hudaon Ray Cuiiipnny'a 
 sivaino)', which inakca tri|>H about weekly. 
 Hr t.MiHH ia an incor)Mirat(^ county town on 
 the weat bank of the Red Kiver, '-"J milua 
 north of Winuijteg It derivcn tome imiK^rt- 
 anoe from ita iKmltlnn a, the head of deepwaler navigatii>n on the rivi^r. a 
 fervioe beiiif; uiaintain^at with Grand Rapida'fat the fiMit of the South 
 HaakatoheWAK rivao, bv t^a hoata of the Wiunil>e»( and Weatern Navigation 
 Company. At HetkirV the Red River .» very Hlitfhtly lar^tei than at 
 Wiunipag -about HW fU* broad- and Howrt in a cr»Kiked eourxo between 
 banka partly winalod and <M'ciipiud hy an Indlun reaervation, th<Mttjh with 
 frequent atretcliea of mamhea. The Indians on the Lake are Cliippewna 
 Hwamnya, Gjihwaya, a'-l^ieeH. Thirty milm* below Helkirk, and about Mity 
 from \Vinnii>eg, the riv \^ "leoK into the lake by aeveral mouthn Ihe Uko, 
 210 n^ilea long, ia full of ^r<)o«le(l ialanda. and alTorda in tuany parla excellent 
 aoeneiy. When opttii lo omeuient travel the lake will unriueHiionahly Iw a 
 conaiderable attraulion U^ '' uriata and aportaiuen. On the went aliore, Honie 
 fourteen milea beyoad the entrance from the rivnr into the mam ImmIv of tlie 
 
 lake, ia Gntt.i, where ih found 
 a hiiecenhi'ui leeimidU- wtVUo- 
 inent. apreadiiiii over a aliore 
 frontage of about flfty inilca 
 There are now Hotne iWty 
 fr.tnilitf" eMtLibl!"!!"'! i"' the 
 rcHervo, while freijtKnt arri- 
 vaN from Northern Krrope 
 add to thu L'ciloiiv. \'i Lord 
 l>ulfertn i>oiiit4'd out when 
 viHtting thiK !ietllenieiit. tl in 
 not lo Iw eXfMH'ted that tluho 
 people, hied amid tlie anowa 
 and a-lo'k of ,tM .\r.t!« 
 volcano, Hliouid exhibit !.'.•.' 
 aame aptitude for agricultural 
 enterpriHe and Hettleiiient aa 
 thoae from intinuile •'ontiict 
 with the higluT (-iviliMHlioii 
 of Kurope. Yi-t they are 
 eiidowe< witli u great >leiit of 
 intellectual ability atnl a •(uiek 
 intelligence, and are well eon- 
 ducted, reliniou!*. and i>eacu- 
 able They are wull educiiled, 
 and niiire upt to aeipuro the 
 f<|H'Cch of the KngltHh lun- 
 guage than other foreign 
 aettlers. The travelteru. in 
 visiting the n'Her\e, will 
 Hcattudy enter u lioiirte that 
 dotfH not poaNenn a library. Ou 
 the eaat ahor.' uf the f.ake » 
 number of Unnber niilU will 
 ctivu white tUh trade carried ou 
 
 • 
 
 irT-?*!«r--"- 
 
 Mc'BETH'8 HOMESTEAD, KILDONAN. MANITC>BA. 
 
 be noticed, and probably r<oine aigua of the 
 with eaatern cities. 
 
 UJCVNOKITIa aKTTI.KMIi:KTK. 
 
 To the aoiithof Winnipeg excuraions may Iw made to St. Vimlnf and 
 Kmkiihun, including the auocuHaful Sctllemeiita of MeuiionitoH u peoplo of 
 HuHaian extraction, though Gorman race, move<l to leavo their native laud by 
 a coiiacientioua objection to the RuHaian law roijuiring every malo aubject to 
 enter the ariny. 
 
 WINNirKi) lO ItKOINA. 
 
 The main line of the railway woatward from Winui|>og follow generally thu 
 valley of the .\8aiuil>oine R iver for 1h() niilea For .lii milea to PoitivoK \.\ pRAritir, 
 the ftral nicor|M)rate<I town of any pretenniouii, tho railway and river run in 
 almoat parallel tinea through a level prairie country of great furt'Iity. I'ortago 
 la Prairie waa in olden tiniua known aa the nearest |>oint on the AaHiuilxniiu to 
 Lake Manitoba, and be&inie a place of importance on thia lino of water c^>in- 
 mnnication. Verandrye built here bin Fort .i la Reine. and thoplacosubacquently 
 bcvaroe a leading Hudson Hay Company a depot. It ia in the centre of one uf 
 
 mm 
 
Along (ha Line of the Canadlin Paoiflo Railway. 
 
 th« moat pmfnliln( ajrHeflltnnit dlitrfets of tha I'n^viuM. U haa i p^puUMon 
 of JI.MH), atiH (■ rftpldly Haing tn IniporUnP*. lu man«riuilori<^ ftr« niimi*rnii« 
 aixl raprMWDtAliv*. «htl<t i% tn tha Jtinodoi, of th* Miinli<4i« «imI N<>rt)i 
 Weat«Tti with th« CftitAiImn PulAc nyaUni. I'aiiniii^ llirmiKli » ttiiiiib«tr 
 n( rUiiitC vtllftKM w* comm to MntirHtN, fti|inlr«hly HititKltHi on tlia AMtliiitMitiin. 
 with pioturvaqu* hiHa on ttnih iMm It wm AikI Mttl*t| hi lHit| 
 on lh« coiiipUtinii of tlia ('aiiailiftii rftollUi Itnilwity to th»t point, «ntl 
 lnc4^r)inratMl in IMN) Itii |H>|MiUltoti It** iiioreftiuMl v«ry rftpttlly, now 
 nuniharmii almut I IXMI. In him and imnorittnon, llrsndnn ofitium ustt in 
 Wiiiiiip«K. ftnd. UtiiK ■nrmun(li«<l l»y NUuoiiMful Mttlaiiivut*, !■ alrMdy « ontn 
 marot&l r«ntr» of Mima linptirlanoa. tU |Nialttnn cm tha AMlnilwitn«f Hivar. an I 
 on the main lina of tlia railway, will. It la thought, no «1ffv«|tip tha farinliiK 
 oapAhtliiiaa of tha tilatriot aa to m»\d mat^rUlly tn lu Important]*. Kiitht hiiImi 
 to thp aouth mat of llnindon ar« tlia Uramlon Iftlla, whioh riao, riilKi« ovar ridtf*. 
 fnmi tha ir\al of tha Ht'una aa it ninn In a rtat-n vallty rikI forma a pu>tttr«ai(iia 
 an«he. The ««>lttnmont livrn nuinttarv a«ima ''") nr .KNK t^'arthnr nouth ilill, 
 •bout thirty milea from Uramlon, m tha KUintt aattlametit. a typical Krotip of 
 hmhiy aurrffaMfnl faniia Tha Jialnot around Ilran<loii ia |i*in«*rally wall aattl«H| 
 rror^^diiiK wrHtward. w« paM » U^in wndy atriitdi of wmntrv. with mat. 
 
 honldor*. nuiumI rathar Ut tfra^iiiK than tha growth of otraaU 
 
 Lakn and Vinlan ara tlia oeutraa of « 
 
 hiKhly |)ro<ltMtlva region. Tha Utti«r ia 
 
 a lively titlle |tlau«. with an hotil, 
 
 aavaral atnraa, mud an alavaltir of .lA.UOO 
 
 buiihalii i*aptt*l. It ia In lliia dittrlot 
 
 that a Hwi*a dairy and ohermt factory la 
 
 about to tie aatahliBlied by a aattlemeul 
 
 of Hwiaa farmara The ouuntry round 
 
 Elkliorn and Mooaomin in of the aame 
 
 prnmtaiiig nature, and lif^ni it will he 
 
 iiotitivl by th(>t«i who ha^a pri>viou«ly 
 
 papincd ovi-r tho ground, that the land in 
 
 cloM* proximity to the railway on uithar 
 
 aide. Known an Iht. ' mtte twit ' ia no 
 
 loiigi r n-'M'tveil, but being rapidly placed 
 
 uud*T hoiiie»trad 
 
 At WuHKirk the line pawHMi aiToan 
 tlip Indian trail nliich leadH from 
 Kurt Klllce to Moohc Mnantain. the 
 latttT a verv favi>uritu locitlity for 
 Mttlenirnl. 'The niotuitkin l<t part of 
 an «lvvale<l group of Drift hlllH, whiih 
 nxtvnd to tne uorth-woat, under the 
 name of the We««ly, Wolf, and Hqulrrel 
 HilU. Front the eftHt end of the 
 mountain, fining for ;*«'' fiwt in a 
 notitewhftt conical peak, a wide view 
 over the prairie ia obtaiued. About 
 ten inilea to the aouiii of WaiMtlla in 
 
 lleynuil 
 
 mativ 
 
 PRAIRIE SwENE, SOUTH SASKATCHtWAN RIVER 
 
 the " looAtion ' of the colony of Kcotch uroftera, eatft diahefl lant year by r.adv 
 Gordon Cathcart, and largely augmented during the pftat two suanciiM. Katdi 
 crofter haa a huiiieatead of lAO aorer kud the proapar<ma oo*iditiou of the farroa 
 and contentedneaa of the aettlani .ndicate wriat pan evaranre and thrift may 
 make of very Niiiall bcglnnlnga. C'oDoeniing thia ool >Dy, the following reporl 
 ma>lo to Archbiihop Tache by the lUv. Fatlur M'Catthy. after hia return from 
 a viait paid to the crofter Mttlemmit in the North- 'Veat rerritury. may be of 
 lutereat:— "I vimtcd mi the 'iOih and 'ilat inatant the croftern' HL>ttlemeuta 
 lietweeii MtKiHomin and WatMlla. North-Weat Terrllery. Btwideit fulAlling tha 
 dutt<-» of the Mtcred luiniatry, I uxainintKl and inqWinS Into the condition and 
 )>riM|>eGtH of theae i>euple. From in> own obaervatlov, I llnd the oroft^ra to hf, 
 HH a ^t'licral rule, induntriou*. thrifty, and coiiipt-tflBt f'.rniern In thin appro 
 ciation 1 am Imrno out by Mr. Mllugh. land agent And fmni hmtruotor, with 
 whom I hail the idoKBure of travailing. Having mfoicopd them that your (}raca 
 (Archt'i».'ui|) Tach*). wan deairoua of knowing if they were aatiatled with their 
 condition, the principal men antoug them, after oouvultiug the othen^. deaired 
 me tuaoHure yuur Uraoe -(1| that the crofteraarapartMtlyoontfnted with their 
 present iKiaition, and full of hope of rcalining a comliMtable, and, in time, an 
 independent livelihood ; (i) that thev are far better dtf thau they were in the 
 Old Country, and their bent wiahea for their couo* oeu at home would bo to 
 MM* thciii fcTttloJ han Ml t!tey are ; (9) that the 'tuly ti\T ; they riMiuirn to com- 
 plete the happiucaa of their new htnnea IB a prieAt, ttpeaking, if |>oiuiibla, their 
 languagi', ami a hcIhhjI teaclM-r for their cliildren , (I) while thanking your 
 Cmacv for M<- '.ing Uioiii a pru>Ht ocoAHioually, they h<|ie it may Mocm tw in your 
 powt^r to furninh tlit-m with n prj*-iit for themiwhtiti |.'i) &>i th^y arts unxiouri to 
 ft^Ail ihiMiiM-lveM of the lawn of thiH country, which gi'a them n, Cnthtdiu hcIkkiI, 
 tht-y rt-Hpcutfully re.|iieHt your (trace'H gixxt oOioeii ^n obtaining for them a 
 t4'it<-her from the Old Couiitrv, who could alW te»ch the ctitechiaiii to 
 tlnir childffMi in the Oaelic language, (*>) a ^n ttieir preaent circum- 
 Nt«iuL-ft thfv httve aa >et no nieana nave williu- handH t4) build a ohuroh 
 and M*lir>olhouHe. thtme gofMl |H*ople liopo th>a '>'xl may rHiae them up 
 wirne friend or friendM here or in Scotland who > ill make Mine donation 
 for theaodenii able ohjeeth.' A few milva waati^tf Wa* )>a weoom*i,(^ OhoaI'VIKW, 
 wlnc'n, tlinugii Lochinting in Itt.'i of only a ^ew I' ui and roughly hoarded 
 huuMCi*, it now a well laid-out town, and forma th'* marketing rMitre of an 
 excelii'tit farming Country Among tlitae Hurroundiri< lirttriotH may be mentioned 
 thu York Ctilony, Ha^katcheA'an Honieetead Coloii) Fettile llelt (.'olony. ami 
 M'lntrt-ul Colony, aa well mh the large Heltlemi-nta son li of 1'||H! Sttiiii' Oeek and 
 MooM! Moiitituiu Itroadview irt albii the uear**iit n.Htinti to thu Soiiria coal 
 tit l>Ii>, rriHHing neMral Hmatl town^ HurroiindtHl 1 hunieHtead Hettlunietita, 
 we come to i^r Al'l•Kl.l.^. until ipiito rcot'Utty cull. 1 Troy. (^uApiielle ih a 
 place of l.-cal imiMirtttnct'. ticmg thu drntrihuting p 'int fur Kurt t^u 'A|>pelle. 
 the Toiicliwotxl llillH, and the Prince Albert Sett 'inent It in ploHKantly 
 Hitimtfd in a patk-tike country, and alruatly coutaiuf iiutiierou!* hoteU. ntoiua, 
 and dwcltiug-hoUH(*H. A tloi.r mill on the Hungarii i hyNteiu with a capacity 
 of l.V) IwrielH iH*r day. ami an elevator of thu capa -y of 3A.(NJ() buaheU will 
 l>e built thiH ytar (I'^M.'i) I lie leading mauutactuierbtf agricultural implt^mentH, 
 lioili of (')tnada and the I'liited Htatefi, are repreneuted here, while the (.Govern 
 inc!it have erected coin MKMliotiH Itiiinigratiou buildingH -Iohc to the railway dtation, 
 for tlitt mc4-|)tion uf iiit«*iidiiig hettlura whilst in Hearch of land oi eir.ployrnent 
 The College Farm of the lijahop of (^u'Appelle illiithop AiiMon. formerly 
 rt-ctor of \Vo«ilwich). m pleanantly nituatail two milct* norlhwcMt <:f the village, 
 and between it and the valuable Kdgeley EKtate. TIiih diHtrict of tho 
 t^u Appelle Valley ih a inottt deairablu one fnmt an agriculturiHtN [>oint of view, 
 and i(( well Hcttled Here in aituated tho Bell Farm. ttl.UOO acrcn or l-'O ri<piaro 
 milea iu fixtent, Hpokcn of att the largeet in the world. Koiuc idea of tho iinmunae 
 art*a now plac<-d under cultivati<»n mav be gathered from the fact that though the 
 farm wah oiten prairie two and a half yearn ago, uo eHii thau O.OOU acrcH have 
 been already put under fteed. Uf the iHtUi crop lO.OOf buahels were exiH)rted to 
 Moutreal, and IH.ODU 9<dd in diffcreut parta of the country aa Need. Tho land ii 
 remarkably fertile, and the yield of the crop vtry large, ft ia alao worthy of note 
 that uni a buHhel of grain raiaod on tlie farm waa dHii.age<l by fioat laHt year. 
 Excellent sport can be ha<l iu the t^u'App'dleValley, ■■ tho woodN and meadows 
 are well Htockml with prairio chickeiiH, partridges, (dover, snipe, harcN, Ac, 
 whiUt the lakt-H alniuud with goeac, duukn. and otht. * kiiidR of wild fowl. The 
 dnhing in the Qu'Appelle lakeaaud hong Lake in alno excolleut. To thu north 
 and west tre found tlie wapiti, inooBe. antelo|>e. and other kitida of doer, moun- 
 taiu aheep, bear, buffalo, and other large game, b* raideH numeroua kinda of 
 fur bearing auimala. Twenty milea distant from (,>u'Appelle bv the north 
 Indian trail is Fort Qa'Appelle, around whioh are several eioellent farms of 
 both larce snfl «mall extent . thirty-two miles Iwyond ljn'Api>ellc is Regina, the 
 capital of tiiu ^oltU'^Vcr^t T«rrUuneH. 
 
 aam** m HKHtowa rat 
 Hait tha vUibr to lt»oiH« la IMII been told that the ipit on 
 which ha iiood would In two yaars form part of the capital of the 
 North Weal T«rTit<>rlea, ha Wfuld probably have diahelievrd hia Infori.tanl 
 I'han three large ranvaa tent* were to W aeeii on the open pralrlr, l>e>on<l all 
 railway nommuniration and all aettlamant Tha a<lvant of the ftfeam angina 
 aouu hroiiKht about a change Itnwa of g«Mid aubatantial hoiiara appeared wide 
 atreeta were laid out, ami public buildings ereeted The aite of the town ia not, 
 It la true, pictnre«>pie in tha aame way aa Hrandon and other north wentern 
 plaeaa. but it la id the eentre of one of th« largeat blf>«<kaof wheat grnaiiiK land 
 In the country, of a riidt dark rla>. and Ita ntlxena hold m* amall oxpectationa of 
 ita future Aa the seat of govemniant for tha North Weat Terrttorlea Kegina is 
 the abotte of the T.ieutenanl-tlovernor and the Imllan and de|mrtriienlal offtoea, 
 and the nieeting piM'e of the North Waatf'ouucil The council it may l*e man- 
 tlone-l. haa j«irtMlirlion over the whole of tha vaat North Wi»at rerritoriea of 
 f !anada, whirh romiiriae no Itaia an area than l,HllH.Ol)0 Kpiaru miles. It con. 
 ttial^ of th« l,irut*<naiil Onvermir jal preaent the |(on K. I'ewdney. *' l\.), 
 ap|x>inle4l hy the ()«vernor (leneral at Ottawa, who m aaaiatetl by etglil electoral 
 repreaentati^ea of the Terrltone* the three aurvtving maniliera of the nriginal 
 roiim-il apuylotad at the inauguration of the Territorial (iovernment, and tha 
 
 three ttti|)endiary inatfintratia of tho 
 Territorira who are ft o^fti-io metiihers 
 Here are alao the headi)uarterN of that 
 well tlisciplinetl and inoMt naefnl bo<ly, 
 the Mouiite<l police, who, though 
 numbering uudvr -^ onicera and .*>'iO 
 iioiiooinmiaaMnieil oftU-rra and men, are 
 oommiaaioneil to cany out the law and 
 preserve tha peace from MiNxiomin, on 
 Ihe Manitoba laiundary westward, for 
 754} inllea, t^i tho main di\iKU>n of the 
 llorky Mountains, and froi;: ihn Tnitfld 
 Ktat4'a Uiumlary northward f*r u! -^u', 
 '?'t*i iniU'N. Tho \VaH<-ana Itivt r, tH-tltr 
 known aa the Pile of llnura Hivcr, 
 11<>WR cipae at hand tn a iiorth weatt rly 
 direction, and HUppllea tho town with 
 good water. A commencement haa 
 now been made in the c<tnhtrnrtJon 
 of a branch railway pant f.ong F.akc 
 north weati>rly towards Jlattleforl. and 
 in a northerly directioii to Prince 
 Albert, thus making the capital tho 
 junction to theso furliU regions in tho 
 north It is intotiduii tn coiiHtnict 
 this season the rtiitt jmrtlou of the 
 line from iRegma to the foot r.f Long 
 Lake, a distauoe of iJ or 'i'.\ inilcs, and 
 this section will, it in antiripate«l l»e no 
 faroompletod ta to allow uf the running of trains by Hepteml>er l.jth. \t¥V>. 
 lAiog Lake is a splendid sheet ^t water, lying in a north westerly direction. It 
 ta about M milea long, and front one to four miles wide The water is deep 
 and swarms with flah, and at the south end tha hanka are 200 to HiX) feet high 
 and nioely wooded; indeed, for about I'i milsa up tha lake, from where tho 
 railway will strike it. the scenery is ver> Iwautiful, and there can Iw no doubt 
 it will be the favounte summer resort of the people of Kegina mu n'x'u aa thu rail 
 way isoomplet«d. The com(>any proiKme putting a steamer on the lake, ao that 
 when the preaent iK>rtiou of the railroad is in operation, gooila for the north will 
 go inrwaru from Kegina hy rail, nay 2.') niikn ; tlience by Ixiat (\!i miles, or in all 
 nearly 1M)ninea further hy rail than at preaent, l>eforo taking to carta. (Jiio of the 
 most Interesting of recent HcttlementM in the iiegiiia regitni is thesnccisMfulcohiny 
 of (iermatia and HwIhs at Nkc I)im\>-i(. on tho shores uf Long Lake, which is 
 attracting coiiKidfrable attention among intei^.ling cohmlstn in the I-'alherland. 
 Waatwart) from Itegina the ni'ini line <>f the railway runs throti^h agricultural 
 land of the titiest deM-nntion | < t Oraiid Cnultje to Pense. Here the llistorloal 
 and Hcieutifle Bociety of Wiuini^g have dixuovered aoinu boulders of consider- 
 able interest, iiiaide one of wiiich waa fouud an innumerable (]uantity of 
 beautiful shells, leading to the belief that the boulder had been trauH{K>rtcd from 
 the parent rock during the Olar*2i period, when an iiZimcnse nvor of ice carried 
 fragments of rooa eaaiwani. aiid left them Upon the prsirici haii^ir^d'^ of "jilev 
 from whence they were la iitu. 
 
 On through gently uudulatiug praine for twenty-live miles is Moorts Jaw. 
 pleaaantly situated on a r<lope. nslug north of the railway, at tho oontluance of 
 Ihe Mo<w»ti Jaw Ri'«r and Thuu'lt<r fVnek Th" Iowm has a neat, cleanly 
 appearance, and baa made very rapid progress. In ItH vicinity n 
 the interesting s«*tllemeiit of colonintN from the Kust Krid uf London 
 who uame to the North-Wi-at iu the Hpnng of Ih.hI. Twenty rnileH 
 to the north is llufTalo Lake, an expatmion <»f the (O'l AppfUe Uiv< r, 
 ?.'> milea long by one mile wide, which runs, liku all riven* of what it 
 
 Jeologically known aa the second praine-level. thmngh valleya from IM) to 2(M> 
 eet \>f\*m the aurfaoe of the prairie. Thu hanks of the lake arc therefore from 
 160 to 'ioO feet high, aud, as may be imagiuetl, the scenery i» very pieturestfue. 
 Oood nailing and hunting are to be iiad around Mooao Jaw Creek, llutTalu Luke, 
 and the valieya of the district. From Moose Jaw the ludian trail leads north 
 warl t«> the Temperance Colony, diatant Lt.) uiites. a journev to which ih 
 calculated to occupy three days Tliu land ocoupie<l by thertc Hettlerx is for the 
 moHt part rolling prairie, ptcntifutly watered, aud of great fertility. Tho 
 capital of the colony is Saakatoon, pleaHautly situated on a well wooded bluff. 
 overhH)king the hn>ail South Saskatchewan River 
 
 Leaving Mootte .law, the line ot the railway folluwH Thunder Crei-k.and 
 gradually ancendn the Uraiid t'oinau of the MisMiuri Acconling to coiniuon 
 Itelief, this was part of the route taken bv the hoiih of Veraudryc when they 
 hi'Ht Highted the Rocky M"Untatu». IioihI pasturage lands are found here, and 
 no natural requisite for sheep farming is aaid to be wanting, .Vhout twenty 
 iqilea wust of Moose Jaw we pass Pelican Lake, lying in a iiorlli-weHt4>rly 
 directiou^itnd abounding in duck, ;.:ceBe. pelican, and other wihl fowl, tir.vm r.is 
 ra on the summit of the Coteau, and here wu Uud the Umt of the fanns cstah- 
 lished to determine the agricultural capabilities ot tho region e.xteiiding from 
 Moohc Jaw away to Calgary, in view i./ the Rocky Mountain'*, a diatancc of ovr>r 
 Mri)mile>i. The soil of almost the whoh distriot ia hght and varmhh', and much 
 controversy has been aroused an to it** ultimate value To fully inveatigatc th« 
 point the Canadian Pacitic Railway Cotnpauy, acting through their energetic 
 land commissioner, Mr. J. H. McTavish. establiKhed last season ten lest fEiriiis 
 at intervals of from thirty to forty mile-* apart In ()cU>ber lMH;t. ■• breaking ' 
 was coiiime-nce«l at Secretan, and continued throughout tho whole l>clt, an 
 average of over twenty five acrt * Wing broken on each farm in such loculitiea 
 HH will represent the fair average quality of tho whole t'a'^t The preatnt 
 rewult of these practical te«t« i" most satisfactory, prov ng af i- It that (ho 
 whole region is one a<lmirably suited to agriculture. lIio > r -h.) "•■ iMieratioim 
 revealed that the laud of the first ei^ht farms is " exoellenl t^i ^jimrai farming." 
 varying from a clay to a saudv loam of from Av*} to twciv** iuciKu n dopili, 
 with a sandy-clay suhsoil, while the laud at the west e; J i . a iicl' .1 »rk loam, 
 eight to fourteen inches deep, with a aaiidyday sul ^-il. iUm iiripg on tl o 
 farms last aeaMU), showed remarkable \itality an^ aouuda<..c Indoud. 
 experts declare the wheat uu some of the farms to he th'.> h' ij^ 'V«i' ■ "en in the 
 North-West or in tho Pmviuco of Outario. while Kugiish ni'.Ueit. leclaro tha 
 No. 1 Hard Fyfe variety to be better thau anything v"* }..i^>4 or. British 
 markets. " We consider," state one eminent firm :>! English i.> ..la* s." the wheat 
 (from Danmore Farm) aome of tlie flueat qualitv w« have nou.i for a long time- 
 The colour is i»ood . large pntportion of gluten of a very fine quality. If such 
 
i 
 
 Along the Una ol Iha Canadian Paoino Railway. 
 
 Hll 
 .it<H 
 but 
 
 fhu 
 
 DUrt 
 
 K." 
 
 Illl, 
 
 ini, 
 tlo 
 
 tta 
 
 tlie 
 UkIi 
 leat 
 me. 
 
 wlimt e«ii l« |iul (III our uiarkvl «! a raAwinablit prlo*, II mtml idmI a ntaily 
 (Umaiiil at A*, (ti 4a. |i«r iiuarUr nv«r thi* Imwi Inillaii rM wti««t ' Hay« 
 aiiolliar : " Tltf>r«< cmi l>« no iiotitr i|iialit> nf wh*<al iiwtl fur iimkimk |)ur|N>M<i 
 than tl It, h«)ih fur iitrt>ii|{th and f|ualli> of Amir |irwliin«(l, and l*<iiKili kWi." 
 Ami a thirl rvmarltN : "1 thtnk it an •itroiii^ly taliiahU whr t for iniilinK 
 lo llrltain. rmilttinlng both colour aiM ntrriiiftb. ami woiiM, 1 Ntmuld aay, 
 tinprov* t)i« <)ualtly of ^ny flour iiiaiU i» tUU oouulry " ll I* thar«for« avidant 
 that this tract uf oouutry la uol a " Rtc/lla bait," or In* rantou " without wat«>r 
 and uttwrly unnnHluntiv*." aa wa« ao oftan and m> oonfldantly aaaart«<l Tha 
 aa|N<riniaulal UriitN hava aattlwl tha qunation of Iha valiia of tha mhI , Iha 
 growinii rro|ia of ivitry kind arathar* Ut apaak for thaiuaalvna. Aa for Iha laoh 
 of moiatura, Dim Mii>t«Hinil<>i(l<^al rao«ird ahowa an ahundaul rainf«U, and ooin 
 |>lvt«ly diii|HNH<« of (hin ffttlaoy 
 
 L«iftviiii| Htfcrvtaii Mati-b CiiKti, ao nan. ml from Iha uiiiiiarou« ash 
 |0»/ iiiaplf* found Krowlntf alonif ItR hanka, Ih %Ue nait nuimii of iii)|Nirtai)cti. 
 and licri< »•' Niijht tli« r>|>rcNMi llttia, riaiiiK KM) fiN<t from Iha |*lalii. at 
 thtt ttHit of which tlm vallfy of tlm tTaok liita Hwiirnl outcnipa of lit(iiit«* 
 i'oal liavft hfvu known for wiin* >aar» to ctlHt in th«««t hilli, and IkMt auiiuiMir it 
 wa» aai<0rttiim<«l thai ono of thaiii ia i'oiittnu<MiN o\i*r ainiont thu antiro itr«>a of 
 tho hilla au'l nhowa in idatwH aUiut flva ffH*t of fair lignttfi. iiut, it in triiv, of 
 pc|UHMaliiii to that w< rkaJ fartht-r aiiiit, naar Mfslicina Mat A (.iovcrumrnt 
 farm for Indiana whh .ormarly i>atahliHhvMl at MH|>la (>M>k hut wiia al-Audonad 
 tor ff*ar of coin|iliiat nin with tha I'mta*! Httttaa Indian trOwa. It la now 
 auiMTNcdad hv nnu of tha ri 'way tvat farniM. Twauty-«i|(ht tullaa to tha aoulh 
 •vvat of Maida ('muk hy i ' Indian trail liaa >'ort W«Uh, una of thn hpad 
 HlatioiiN of tliu Bti>u»t«d l*ulio« Maplo ('ra«k aa«ma likely to uiidorKo Mtint* 
 devalo|'in(inl ii< thit near futura, uwuiK to Ita iiroiiinity tu tha cattle rauohea of 
 Montana to thn I'nitml Htat<m. Tliu 
 raiiohiiiHii liitvn, it la a«id, found il 
 rh»a|i«r ainl iiiorv tuiXHlitiouM t4i bniitf 
 thrir L'Dtllit throiit{li Canadian turritorv, 
 nnd tli«>y li<'-«> llnTidoro of Inla w<nt 
 l«i|f«i iiuitilx ' lo \Viiiiii(M>K. and tlunx •> 
 to Mnpli* Ciivk, fri>in which |Niint till > 
 an* ilri\«n to thn ran)(oa antilli nf tItM 
 Ihju) Ury ItUf l*ii«tiiii{ on front Maiile 
 Crank We h'avi* Ixihind two morn timt 
 fauna naar to tht< innin lina, one xt 
 Forraa, and llot nvxi at l>unnior» Tliv 
 lattar 1h rffiiDirkabh'. for thoutfh loukiHl 
 upon hy nioal |HHipl«* aa a forloru ho|»«t, 
 tt aurpaaaeii tho otherN in ita promUit 
 Il^yoiid tliu farm wo atKUi crtma tho 
 South Haakalchewuii Kivur by an iron 
 hriil^v, and enti^r MhIioiuu Hat. prettily 
 aituatiMt in a M<*rt(o whiah runa throuf*)! 
 hiKh MiifTn on to k broad intcrviUe. 
 
 UKUKl.^L llAt 10 IHIW lll\Klt 
 
 MatjcHR Hit, J.lUO feet kIm v th'» 
 level of the nan, with a |>opulalioii of 
 aome /MK). in wull eallwl a "Htirriit)( 
 li>«-ii,"foril« |>aopk«and ^onrral appiar 
 amx' an? fully in l(tHtpint{ with a real 
 \VeMi>rn i it> Hctv the eitlKt'iiN and 
 rat I WAV L'onipany Hi>f>ni to havo vl*>d 
 wllii each other tn " ruahiiiK op ' fairly 
 Mut'it •u'linI hivU-Uu',"* Thi* origin of th** 
 |M-uuliar iminit o( lh« town Iihm U*«ri a 
 pu//.U' to nituy, aihl not a few rumark* 
 ablu deri\atiouN li«vit hoi-n ^iven. Ono 
 thiuK la nrtftiii tint Indianx kii«iw it hy 
 no BUt^h nanu', n<>r itx ('<|uival**ut, for 
 tho Chipi'OwaM, <'riH>H, and auoh otlwr 
 tr<)'ea aa (ri«|iiPiiti*d tho Hpit, alwayH 
 callud It " Kah-UM ee-ta-ta-wa tiu," 
 which, IrauaUi'd, meant. " Whore the 
 riviT niiiH clofH) to tho inuuutaiu " The 
 ai>prupriMU'tifM of tliit name ih appro- 
 rutftl HH olio wea tho " clear Bwift 
 I. J win;,' HAHkatchfWan, )>acke<l bv 
 brown liilU. '1 hm threat river, the Hoiitfi 
 Kaakatchewan. ia furnivd on tho Houth- 
 wttMt hv the union of thi^ Kt Mary'h, 
 
 How. and H.llv |(m-.«.. i.j.i^* ,r ' ..t 
 
 tha t-aHlem baae of the lUvkv iMoiin 
 taiuH. Home diMlanue below SltHlitine 
 Hat It Ih joined by the Itcil IVer Hiver. 
 and rtitws on past ihn KUv> . wImto it 
 \n I.HlH ttfet wid<'. and furniH a vhan)i«>l 
 10 feet deep. 'Iheii'" t* pnwi'cdM iloe 
 north ^> The I'orku uiuit the v.nir. 
 
 r.<am. *uA '-i^ \nii\\u'A.*i'- 'eo.tr 
 
 I.uke am' ^ake \Viiiiii|>ef{, ultimately tu 
 rt-wch H jdaon Ilay. Imprnvementa are 
 now l«in« oarrietl out in the iiavifiatiou of thia Kraat river, and it will before 
 loii({ jin-atlv incioHKe tho transport faoilitie^ of many iwrtinnaof the Territoriea. 
 I lie futuro of Medioine Hat ih wrapi>e.i up in the develoumeut of the ureal 
 c«.al lleMt*. din ctly to the wo-tt and beyond, around the Bow and B. Uy Hivera. 
 which an- now beiut' bn)U«ht int*^ more direct connection with the main line of 
 railwav by the couHtiuction of a branch railway of UK) miltH into their midtb 
 friin Mediciue Hat. Of the extent of theNe coal r. ^Ioub there ih now no doubt 
 Three mil«M alK>ve the town there occurB an outcrop in the Hide of the river 
 Mtlhy. at tlie lieinht of alwut HO feet above the water level, with a thickneiw of 
 4 feet. Tive or hix tnilea l>eyond. on the north bend of tho river, are the workn 
 of the BaKkatcbewan Coal Mining Company, at a dmtaiioe of one (nilc only from 
 the railway farther up tho river, about leu milea a>H)vn Mwhoine Hat, 
 are two aoanm of 1 feet (} inche» and 4 feet reajie'^tively , and exinmureh 
 variable in thickm-sB and character are Been to occur on en y every U-nd ..f 
 the river. The coal do|Ki«itH fartiier wont, in the diHtrictH watereil by' the Bow 
 and Belly Kiven*. are practically liinitleMi Thev vary from hriiiit«>8 to coal h 
 coutainniK a very Hmall pereeutnKe of water. foniiin« a Htion« coke on beating, 
 vieldiiiK' ahuiidance of biwhly luriiinnuR hydrocarlwiH. and precinelv reaembliut{ 
 ordinary bituminoua ooala. tbnujih of CretacwuH or Laramie a^e. In the 
 Lfthbrid«e mine, on the Belly Uiver. the workinRH are 1.000 feet in n horizontal 
 dinctioii, carrieil throudU a apleudid aeam of coal .^ feet (I iiicbea thick. Thia 
 betl IH doMoribed by a jiood authority an beinf{ practically inexhauHtiblf. and an 
 the branch lino to the mine ia now eoiittructed from the main trunk of the 
 Cauiidian Pacitio llailway. coal, both for manufacturiiiK aud domestic pur|»«>Be», 
 if likely to bo much cheaper in tho North-Went than it ih now in the Uiiitett 
 Statet. The opinion ia alao expreqaed that na coal uudorlien tho c«»untry fttr 
 hundredH of inileH, other iniiioa will douhtleas soon be opened up, but aw yiit the 
 LetlibridKe mine it the chief aourco of supply Tho quality of aome of tho fueU 
 It. acoordinn to l>r Dawson, tiuuh an to render them auitablo for trannport to a 
 diatanoe, and it ih doubtleaa on thia belt of coat beariiiff rooka iu the vicinity of 
 the mouuUina that the railway of the North Went will depend chiefly for their 
 supply. Approximate oHtiiuatoH of tho quantity of coal ujidcrlyiuij a tquare 
 mila of country lu teveral localitiea nivo the followirjg reaulta. -Main Beam, in 
 vicinity of Coal Danka, Belly Kiver, .i,.VHl.(K)0 tout lo the a<iuaie mile ; Orataiy 
 lalaod, Bow liiver, coutinuatiou of Belly Hiver oiaiu aeaiu, S.OM.tAN): Uorae- 
 
 MOUNT STEPHEN 
 
 ahoa Brnd. How Ulver. I.QOO/NW) aud BlaehfoAt t>iiaaiu«. a workaUaeoftlaMiii 
 b ■ ei|N>ae<l ori Bow Uiter. tt.t)'Mt.(N)ii t<»iia un<l**rt>in|( onr aiptam inllo Tha ooal 
 front the (lalt and olhi<r minim in tha«« niMloiia waa forn.erlv l1'«i«Nl down tha 
 rltar in Itarwaa i«i MedluiiHt Hat, and thane* forwanl»<l lo tha aftal over Iha 
 Catiadlan raeine Itailway [ Imt the couatruelion of the Ivaneh railway haa 
 ({raatlv tnipruveil tha inaana of tranaport 
 
 Waalward from Madioini Hat the Hwriianline i^mraa of the Maakatohewan 
 I* mttm loal In the dlataiwa. and foi iHu mllaa to Calvary we |»ftaa throuKh 
 lianuliia pralrta r <untry no tree or ahrub, aiinply one Kraaay (daln " Tha aky 
 without a oloud forma a blua vault alM>vt , nothiiiK around la vlaiblc hut Iha 
 
 Stftilrla on all aidaa Kently F«idlinM aud uudulatliiif with the railway forniUi|( a 
 leAnita diameter aoroaa tha lurola Tha landaoa|>4i la unvarleij. a aiditiide in 
 whieh tha only aitcn of life la tha tnolton of the train." In iitaklntf the journay, 
 {lartieN (if ln<liaiiti are iiife !•• he mat with ( >f thrve, the Cittea, on the Ha^kat- 
 ohewaii Iwlow Medn me Hal. art* 'he nnml diwln- itioit to the p«<n(-i ful pur<«tia of 
 af(rteultnr*>, the BUcktavt. a Mith of tileichpn, on the Bow Uiv«i, Nri> )M).itT«iful, 
 and have made Koine atlvaiicuH in aurioulture . the Hareeea have thiMr r«<aerke 
 alxmt eitfbt inileH up the Ktbjw from Califary , aud the Htone>« at Morh-v ville, 
 alM>ut thirty inilea tip the Bow lilver froui Califarv They are < oniph<t< l> under 
 tha kindly control tu the monnted |H)lice, a faet atrikinitly dUmtraiiHl dnriui( 
 the raoeiit dlaturbancee. lu the Ihau uua«ttlv«l elate of the refiiona to the tar 
 uorth Mime unaaaineaa on tha part of the Iniliaiiw lhroU|(hout the North Wert 
 mlKht have l>««u looked for, hut in npile of the many re|iorta oiroulatwtl to tha 
 runtrary at tha time il le m n aeeii that, with the ext^pllon of a few iaoUt4-d 
 handa of little or U4) im|>ort%noe. no tullan dlaturbantea hava iHK*urriNl, thua 
 Kolntf far to aliow that tha rvlationa between tha Caiiailiau liovenunent and 
 the ludiaua art auuh aa to make tiicli a Mouaral I ndiau rialiiif in thaae tvrritoriaa 
 
 iiaxt to im|toaaible I'aaiiinit from Madi 
 oine Hat. the Irai k of the railway etilera 
 a bri>ad plateau l>etwi*eii lliii Bow Ulver 
 on the aouth, and the l)ef r Bivttr <ut 
 the north i 'row(<M>t Croaainij, KHi iirilea 
 diatant, ih the ttrnt plaue of iiot« ll*<r« 
 in a Uri(e Indian r>-N«trve, and a few 
 farma arepaaMed. HoatiiHof uoal which 
 occur near here arc IhuhiI worked by an 
 euterpriatntt a«-ttler. though the at*am<i 
 farther eaat are of K'**)ater thloknp««i. 
 and mora favourably aituati'd for 
 workiritf. I*'ifte4>n milea weat of Crow 
 foot Creek Ih (ii.fii UK-*. Hurroinided b^ 
 cKcellent ai(iimiltiiral UiuU, aa m t««tr 
 he<l by the itroniialii^ uiipearance •( the 
 Canadian ^auillu Uaifwa> te>it farm 
 eatabliahfd ('ere. TIiih plate ia ill almoat 
 a tllruct line between the iiu|t<irtatit 
 eeiitrea of Fort MatdiHAl and hlmontoii, 
 and aa it la twenty-hve milen i uarer to 
 the former than Cal){ary, elluita are 
 bein^ iiiadx to direei the ttade ot tlie 
 former place to (iluirhuu The climate 
 here, aH farther M<ulb, la aaid lo Iw \\vH 
 adapted to Htiaik raiamtf, the ai.imaU 
 ktt'pin^ in exuelleni condition on the 
 prairie, vtithout ahelter. and withuut 
 other fotxl than the natnial itraHMi-a A 
 ^iMxl view of tho UiK'k) Moiintalna ia 
 obl»me«l at ttiia p>int on a ctt-ar day 
 whet thniit(h df^laut 13U im* •*. the 
 auow rapped iH'aktiteem little more ihail 
 ten mih-H away TaHain^ lor llTty mtlea 
 ihrMuxh a Ihie, thoUi^h uncultivrtttHl. 
 Urm/AHH land, Hkirtiiiii lukca wlioaerleai 
 wateiM are tilled with lUh. friijhteninK 
 lar^e driiver< uf anteloptii aii'l I'lifluloea 
 fr>jin their famihar i;nt/iiiki ({rouudM, we 
 aH<-i-iid to the Hiimmit of (he rolling 
 plain and. approachini; Cidttaiy. cateh 
 ;!ie lU'Mt full i;liinpHf of the nii'iintaiiiH. 
 rhoUt(b littli* li'RH thnii a huii'lrttl tnilea 
 away, the dintant pimkM <-u|i|>Hd with 
 t*how are Hcen eb-ar and d* imrd on 
 the horizon Htau>Hni{ aa a tampail, aud 
 bidliiitf pr<iud detiancc to kII prenump 
 luous lid. !l v 'v»< ••••V wihIi t' paaa 
 iN'ynnd Hooti wo reach the Bo.v Hivrr, 
 a l-eauliful wjiidiit^ atroan wlioau coKl 
 clear wntent run rapidly from the moun- 
 taiiiH over a pcbhiy bed, and pasain^ 
 on through the outer valley we iSich 
 (lal^ary, the favourite of every traveller 
 a-td the hup- of many a pione«-r farmer. 
 
 It.M nut.'* JH'TKH T 
 
 ('au)ahy. ttiK) milea went •.! .iiinii 
 l>ei[. and 'i.'iHO niiicH frnu, Montreal 
 ia ^leautlfully aituatud ou Uith aldM of the Kibow Uiver at itn j .notion 
 with the Bow River ?kH one viewH the town from tlie fninun t of a 
 hill at kill.' rear over ;t,i)UO f >et alM>vi> the level of the Htia, the mouiitaina are 
 aeen ritiiiij 111 one lon»{ HucrsHNionof i>eakH on the *vHt, north. Miid Houtli, the 
 iieareet Hpura beinu almut 1(1 inileH diatant Nearer are the V< i.t Hilla. aonif 
 70O feet Iiinii. while the Ituw Itiver, clear aa crvatal. wnnU itN way in the 
 distance throU|i(h KraH>ty pla ih uutit it reachea the town Below ruiiMthe KIIm^w 
 Uiver, tunin Ui join the lariitr atreain. and btdore u>* ii»H the town itnt'lf. Httuuted 
 ou a tableland, and aurrounded on tlie uorth and Houtli by ranitea of hilla, or 
 buttea, aa they are locally citlled Calvary itatdf ih not, it ia true, of (jreat 
 dimenaioim an yet, but aa the o«iare of au txteuHive and fertile agricultural 
 region, the diHtribiitin^ ixiint for the cattle rauchett 'o the M^iuth, and probably 
 alHO of the f!*>ld minea to tie woat, it ia likely to InKome a place o( no little 
 importance Un central po'tition in tb<' iliHtrict of Alln-rla, 120 milea from tho 
 Humtiiit of the liocky Mouiitaina. inakeN it doHtined to l>t> the capital of the 
 dittrict when it ia made a provinei'. I'he Hitt< of the town liaH Iteen \<*ry finely 
 choaeu at the ooiitluenee of the Bow and KUkjw Uivertt, on a broad Ihkt baKiu 
 between the two nvera. Indeeil, it ha.t been naid that it ia the nioHt attraetivH 
 towiiHite either in Manitoh t or the North WcmI Territories It in Hiirrouiided 
 hy roniaiilic apotH. preoipit^nia bliilTtt. and in the dintance t'l the went and Houtli- 
 went veiy ^'raiid viowa of the UiM-kiea are to b*» acMn, A little over a year at;o 
 there were to be aeen only the Mounteil Police poat, Hudaup Bay tradinu |M>Ht. 
 and a cample of atorea. Now there ih a |Kipulalion of over i.(NH), wliich ia 
 continually increaainc, four churohet, a nchtKil. and a full aupply of HtoreH of all 
 kindM, aud enough mechanica and profeitHioual men to s.ipnly thn wanta of the 
 reaideuta aud HurmuiKlinK aettleni. Ciii|{ary ih a natural diHtribiitint* contra 
 for the contitdtirable trade t^:at it ^joiuii: ou in the inuuntaiut with thnao con- 
 necttnl with the railroad, minora und otiiem. alt«o for the whole MacleiMl dihtricl 
 aouth, aud for tha iniinenau trade with the lied Door Uiver and Kdiuoutou 
 o<iuntry to the north I'hc luaila are aent out from hero to all theae pointa, 
 and the lludaon Bay (Company have made it their chief tradint; po(<t fur thia 
 imnianae territory, it ih ulao the centre of a rich aKrieultural country as la 
 proved by the cro|>a that )iave beou rained thia aeaaon aa well aa in former 
 aaaaona. Thronxh the towo ruu all tha principal traila leading to Kdiuoutou. 
 Peace aud Atbabaaoa Uivei-H, ou the nortu, Maoleod to ilia aoutb, aud fllurlay 
 
 THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS 
 
M'*«#nr''WWrjlw>Nw-«' • • 
 
 JS^'^-S-fl*-'' 
 
 Along IliLiM oTIIm CiBMlliii PftoMo Rtftraf. 
 
 ms 
 
 oa tlM WMt. W« hM« ha* i 
 
 to fMl, M»l ii iMua ia BMyviMM tittkte* 
 Md •* MB* painto th* ooknp !■»■(< 
 IhMMim to hnriM tiM «•! hoa Iht kvS. 
 
 .3.^ 
 
 Mm m# 1Mb Imf |i 
 tta tMl MiMi, Mid ti« o«a it MmlWtaaiMaM. <H*.Mal lT^-^ rrirhr S 
 Ww Bow Wwr fflMfat ol Albwto. to tk» —th a« tMjwr.tw yMtehiMtilM 
 io laiMftoaw. ProftoMir Mmou, aad oHmt umiim ■>•■ "Ml imIHiIi 
 to io^ dMlu* tbk dMcM to b* IIm bM 1i HimIm h • ■!«>■ nliln 
 oonntry. ladtod. aatli* vntn ttom Mootou M^ » «• ia Ikl HaMI OtoM. 
 who l»TC tmU»a Id th* Bow Rlvar dMriet for W Mt 4mi<«. aad nM 
 •took wwt of Fort ICMlood, kwl aorth towMd CmM7> ttoMj tmly to Um 
 nip*riarRrui»|pra|WtiMo(UioeoQDtry, whilotMaMMMl MadMonof Um 
 mM« wbioh bd rnnkiDMioat ill Urt wiatar ptma (katnlbalthairMMriloab 
 Tb* atoek iatotwto ol Albnta nn mneh owtar tMB aMff bo l«a«iaod. Ooo- 
 •Idonbk wpitol is olnody laTootad ia Uib iadaiS; At thatloM «l tlM MM 
 imtmm tbo nnmbor of mMU iiT tiM dlatriet MMMtod afcool 17,601) hood 
 valuod at 1,8T(,IM)0 dol& Biaoo Ihoa ow tOfiOShmd hnu h*«i drina in 
 ftooiHontaBo^thodMonniiitoekaMB. Raoai oalMa an adthomholtand uor 
 la oay way oand for dnriag Iha wiator. Ifoay ol Iha itoilraioa pbaod thoir 
 loooo* donag tho wiator of 1M4 andor 1 por oonk flw wani ■fiac woalhor 
 provod Tory faToorabl* for Ih* ealvo* aad Tory fair win IM, aa iaoraaa* of 
 71 por ooat. boiag tho oaUmato. Tho aambar «! Imbm ia Hm dMciot ia 
 " " da(i. Oy to naaaUy Iho olaaa 
 
 tai, • fjaat "fVjt taoai 
 
 hoTo. howoTor, importod a aambar of Snl-olMijEili Mi th* oM 
 inoladiim Porohoron, Clydoodaloa, thona||hbrai% MM M ip l ai b i 
 that Alborto will in tho Doar tatua bo la a 
 portioni 
 
 ooUaaatod aa otot {.OOO hoad, vaload at MO^OOO dat . Oy to 
 oi bo r a n in thaoonntry wora of a poor do M lptloa, a "' 
 dooooodod from tbo aatiro oayuaa, or Indian 
 
 ooaatry, 
 
 alono 
 
 iDdiridaala 
 
 to far aaoaad that of laat ywc. 
 
 TB« aooKT aoratuaai ' 
 
 Ou looTing Calttary and th* Elbow Binr. IhaMlMr fwiMid a for throo 
 milao throngb tbo broad Hat ralloy ol tho Bow ■MN'.aal ootoaa aaddnl* to 
 tho foot of a Tory bi(h biU on tb* loft, with th* mmm wat«* of tho ilMr 
 immodiatoly bolow oa U.* light gtUl kcoplM to tM lllin h*^ tha aaaaary 
 ohangM. tho high otiila diaappMtf, and to th* UH]U Ma aadalatiag prairi* 
 
 ciontiDnln«formaayniilMtoth*aonth Thnathai^f*i | Il tor ala* aiUaa. 
 
 whan wo oomo to a hand in th* Hnr, aad tha iaila i».MM W ito watam for lb* 
 acflond time. In th* middle o( tho *tr«un b a laqjf IptoA Mftiad with loKy 
 tra«a and fln* •brnba. Tbo bridaa oooaiata of two MMM. (Mliig oe loar abal- 
 menta. and maaaoro* iX iMt. Tho boM of rail i*^ (Ml atar th* ardiaary 
 watar Una. whiob ia S,«M foot abov* th* a**. Oa W *C*» cMa of th* ri**r 
 tb* aoonary aron inoraaaoa in grandaar. Twanim ml^ ""M "'MT ** paaa 
 tho boUdinga of the oatonaira Coobrano Baneh, aat*MaU** bqroad, w» oraaa 
 tha Bow Rivtr for tbo third timo by a bridge o?*r «> ' 1«* ■" J*^! *•*■* '»** 
 above Ma lerel. Moaur ia aooM mile* farther, aat^ toataatfalhadiatXiaaiaa 
 among the Stoney Indiana. To thia mlaaioa Morto} ** J** ■£■•. tor it ia ao 
 sailed in oonimomoratioo of tbo lato aminaat df ' m Pr- ^Mv Panakon. 
 Another eight mUea, Atty-threo waal of Calgary. adP" >'*''■••>'>> MoaMd 
 by a bridge of 470 feet, at au alarattoa abora th* ^..f* OM teat. Varthar 
 weet, tbo track e r oMot KaaanaaUa Birer, a tarbalai 
 Bow Biver, running thnMgh a deep, dark ohaaait 
 from beii;iit to height aa it d aweada tbo ainaatoji 
 rUai.i^r , MiiM«-*i%%.U*r i« «iae<iy#Ml *?Ve3 
 We paa throaa parti-Ilka 
 iBowBitarlnii 
 
 tribatary to th* 
 
 ■lato (oak, aad laapiag 
 
 ■aya Mr ^aadlori 
 
 ■ itawiadlnga 
 
 ly lifted, aal MM \7 
 
 I M mTu i,.ik«|dr —* — "r"g gnaa 
 
 ideflaedpndptS***'^"'"!^*! with kmg 
 
 kO* the bare prooipitooa 
 
 •iMatare w .nraatgr fe*t in 
 
 ataad feet, ehowing th* 
 
 ^ (oal, tnu, aopner, aad 
 
 oapletoly in 
 
 #yniaiu,ata;,.a pino»el», 
 
 farlttaaatoUtoMMh 
 
 >** AylBerPark.aa 
 
 "" a i*TCl prairi*, 
 
 iat) 
 
 , . . ia th* aaa. 
 
 •tttaaol tha moaataiaa ia 
 IkaaatiylBg 
 
 i aa if abapad 
 
 aa weaii 
 
 at intervaU. and tha 
 
 The olouded atmo^ere ia pacUaUy lifted, 1 
 
 the dietanoe oomaa to view. What ~ 
 
 bluSe, nevertheleM ; eone of tho|a 
 
 ■lopee in oaa direotion, whoea fantaatie lenna leak it 
 
 in maaonrr." ' - . ' s , . . . . ,, 
 
 Thna we paea to Fisiioaa, why* Iha raUay b at 't****~T '"" * ""*• '"'" 
 we make entry to the portal* of the moaafchM, T^ *!••'*'!. '_^ ••ope* are 
 bare ; to the aonth they an wooded. The terw 
 rook to the north ie vary legolar, the etrato wiHia 
 tbioknoM. At th* entry tha raakaritothrwtatt 
 whole formatiao, aad rendering th* aeaiab {Mtoi 
 ■il ver oompantiTelT eaay . Vonr milaa waat m Sa 
 the monnlaina. Erery Inra r*v**la ■*« «Mn 
 aoonaay. Peaka tower behind v>d eke** rand aa^, 
 h*i« au awiol praeipioo, and thara 4 pia*4MMMM ' 
 grandeur of aeaaay prevaila aatil »* fBa|hjlMS 
 aomeeallit. The park ia abont taa tof* — ' 
 oovend in many pua« with beantifat 
 with tla* a tr ati k to at l awa.^ Tb ' 
 
 2SMM^'.a2^n^^^s^*M— a 
 
 «f|i^lfiiMy ^^^0^ ^aaaaciWit^ .^^ 
 
 U ranad naatoaa£M32b htii Xi^, 
 
 Two gapahaT* baaa made by the mountain atrean*. ! The oiigla of the maaa ie 
 aa vat nnknown hei* are esoollent materiale, than, lor the Tontaraeome 
 geofogiet. 
 
 Prooeoding from the bead of the park for eight milM, wo eee, towering 
 6,800 feet above the traok, Uouirt Cajcuib, named fraim the etream wbioh Iuom 
 from ita aide, and with one leap daeoooda 9,000 feM to the valley below, ito 
 Tolame beooming vray in the fall. In the flanki'of the mountain, on tha 
 Caaoade Biver, near ito ooullaenee with the Bow, aa 1 oloae to the line of the 
 railway, dieeoveriea of ezoellont aothnaito ooal dari.ig the aammer of laat year 
 have been followed by mining operatione. Aooording n Dr. Dawaoo, oretaoeoui 
 ooal-bearing rooka, with a widtn of about two milM, and undetermined length, 
 here oooupy a valley. They are maoh diatorfaed ud folded together, it ia 
 doubtlem owing to the metamorphiam oooaalonod by tbie diaturbanoa that tha 
 ooal baa paaaed to anthracite, .t '<oee net lie flat, ari the Saakatobawan Mama, 
 but nearly perpendionlar to the atream, and ia thna Iwa eaaily worked than the 
 
 *•»!«( tkaalaikit. 
 
 liaaiy aaaliato tlww t-M |« ««il. it tiSto^ilT ill 
 r, tHTiTEia iartM. Ml Mt il IMM Mf mL 
 
 iH|k»'«*>»jiatiiitiMtMfli^pt_ii 
 
 ' the wator in oa* si tb* aiwiMi ir 71 degree* and ia 
 Th* latter oae oa the moantain aid* ia MO f **t abov* th* l*Tal 
 
 M paopi* in 
 ia it. It i* 
 
 ihMtdwatM*! tbilliithliMkil th*OUllaa,i« 
 
 HiilaaatbalttotbXootaai* FaMa, aad M Ika Wh Mm toth* 
 
 awrtbilthaBMraia. Ihaald aMtalMteaaa dapaaHa alw hi iaaad to thto 
 
 partoltbaiaata,** ia aot uaUh(ly.th«M ooak wiH ha a( gnat Ituaaliata 
 
 ntiUty iar imaltlBgjpBrpiaaa. Maar BaaS, aavaa arilw waetward, two aalpbnr 
 
 aprinai bar* beaa diaeorend at a abort diataaaa treto tha ataUoB, oa the awia 
 
 Una. Tha tem p arat ai a ol the 
 
 the other MO. Thalattt 
 
 of the rallay. Ito ■ediaiaal p r operllM arr vary gi 
 
 that dialriat of th* (ooatry bomb to b* going to Um apiiag to bath* 
 
 Uioudit that thane wiUe«aal tha hat nrlaai of Arhaaaaa. 
 
 Waetward atill hr eight adlea, aad we eooM to Caerui Movmni, aaoMd 
 from ita r toe mh ianae to Cyahfaaa maaonry. It ramiada one, indeed, of an 
 immanae loftraaa, aaah aa oMay a madiaval geaeral wonid have gloried ia, 
 with ito BBtnral towwa, tarrala, baatioBa, aad loop-holaa of many alevationa. 
 At the loot of the aManlaia, aa the bank* ol Bow Biver, aeetlea Buvaa Otn. 
 wbeia the gold aad ailvet lade aad worktagi bar* of kta naada miatog 
 eaaiteawBt roa high. ladlaatiaaa at riah ooppar, ^ver, and gold-bearing 
 qaaito aaa, it ia eaid, ha aeeo aa almaat aay of tha noigbboariBg mountaina, 
 but tha people of Silver Olty have yet to lean that sapitol, eaparieaoe, aad 
 par a i ato a t aaergy are aaaded, aa wall aa eathaaiaam, before a miaiag dialriat, 
 however rieh, eaa eater apoa eatialaalory davatopiaaat. The aaxt point to 
 Laoom, or Holt Oity,WUI mHea weetof Winnipeg. •• Itie,indeed."Bayaa reeeat 
 traveller, •• a moUey town, wiUi no partioalar alyle ol anbiteetnre. There are 
 hig-h'<'iaea puis and aimpla, boneea part log aadpart hoard, frame hsaaea, 
 boaoM part Inuaa and part eanvaa, and laatk Thar* ia the Palmer Hoaae, 
 tha Qraad PaeiOe, Qaeene, Braaewiek, aad oUmt koleb. almaet beyaad 
 aonni.ng, down to the Dewdmp Inn, all full of gaeM aad mnning over, and 
 althongh the oompoaition ol the arawd ia motley, it ia aaeeediagly ordariy and 
 qniet— a faat eartainlv to be at trft ated to tha prMiaoi ol tbaSlkU-<*'<l Poliea 
 and the ataeaee ol whiaky. Mining aaoHetoeat rune high ; many have gold 
 aadrilvor minae on aaie ; a hot anring baa been lonad, aad aalpbnr aprinff ara 
 nomerona : a dapoait of alam ia the lateal eeBBatiwi s Iroe ie oommaa in large 
 devoaite,aBd Umber iaaaid to he plentif nl and el giaat Me in tha mountain 
 gorgaa." Wbathar vlaitore ol to.dav to Holt City wUl thaa find thiaga in thia 
 monntaia village we know aot ; it la more Uian prohable that want ol oapitol 
 and praotieal experienee wUI for a time deaden the enthnaiaam of ito people, and 
 town Um poputotioo al Um plaoe. Leaving Laggaa w* naaa under the ehadow 
 ol the monntaia, and oroaa wild moantoin atraama, and ahortly atop at Braraaa, 
 naoHd altar the preeident of the Oanadiaa Paoifla Bailway. to whom the 
 ■noeeeefnl proaaeution of tha antorprJM ie eo lariUy doe. Thia ia the bigheet 
 elavattoa on the railway, (,100 feet, above the eea, and the point to whkib the 
 tooriet ia thia aeaaoa eoavayad. The boundary )iue botweoi the North- Weat 
 Territoriea and Britiah Colambto ia oloae at hand, and here, on th* Sth of Jon* 
 ' raar.jth* laat epike in the raU waa drivaa in tha Territoriea aad tha flret 
 
 ' ' " >pletion of Uie iron ohain 
 
 wbioh th* Columbiana have eo 
 
 ia bat year. Um bet epike ia Um raU waa drivaa 
 in Briliab Oolaabia, thaa iaaagnraUng the 
 
 Ihroagh Um PaeiAe Proviaae ol Oaaada, wbi 
 
 aaxkNHly awaited ever aiaae they ntored Ooafederatio-. and united their 
 iataraM with thoee ol the other pravinoee ol the Dominion. 
 
 Weatward from Bt«pben the tnkokpaaaae m 
 irhish Btnaato flow oa on* eid* to th* AtUntia, 
 aratan of th* Paaide. Fiv* mib* hayond b Kk 
 
 tba KiaUng Hone Bivor »mr«iM 4«<» nnlnmM* 
 
 wvwai auamit lakee, from one o( 
 a, and 00 the other to the aeaiar 
 ■inking Hone Lake, from whenoe 
 iniM* Ri.-— Tt i, ,nii that Dr 
 wuo aoonnipan M d tha Pallnar expediUoa, waa kbkad not far trim tbie 
 ■pat, and haoae the aaato of the rivar, whiah the ladtana have onriooaly traoa- 
 '?•"»'• Shawata-nowahnta-wnpta-Hona-Kloklng-Biver. The traok prooeeda 
 dawn the Kieking Hot** VaUey amid aoeaory mon magnilioent even than belora, 
 to the north baak of Um Beaver Biver, and apana Um Columbia River, thence 
 aoMing the Selkirk Bange by BoaMra' Paee, named altor ita diaooverer, Major 
 ■<*«. ,»n "Wnwimato dietanoe from Btepbea ol 100 nilee. The valley ol the 
 Biver nia^illa-waat in neit followed, lor forty milee, to the aeoond oroeaiiiK of 
 the Colambto Biver Oppoeito U the Eagb Pan. through whioh the line paeMm. 
 and on through the valley of BegU Biver to Eaat Shoawap Lake, another forty 
 miln. The vaHay of the Thompeon River prooeeda for nvanty-flve mibe to 
 the Iowa of Kamlocpe, a poet of th* Hudaon'e Bay Company. Continuing 
 tonugh Um vaiby, and ooaating Kamioop* Lake, the track reaohn Savona 
 Ferry. BtiU keepiac to the baain of the Thompeon, and following Uie gorge 
 through which the river foron ita way. the railway laavn the weetoriy direction 
 It hae hitherto punned, and bende down to the aouth. Craeeiog the Nioola 
 V" "7 ?i?**J^ *">'■•'■>. "**r where the Thnnineou River enten the parent 
 walan of the Franr. Oroeeing the Kraaer, the Imo proeeedu oa OM wwtera 
 bank peat Tab to Hope, when a waetorly oonree ie again raeumed to Port 
 Moody, a dietanoe from Kamloope of 815 railee. The port ie moot advan- 
 tafaeMly aituated on Bunnrd'e Inlel Lower down the inlet, eomo five milee 
 fraai ito Bouth, ia Ooal Harbour, to be known iu futon an Vanoouver, Uie 
 PaaiflotaraUaaaol the Oaaadiaa Faoida Bailway, oompieting a diatann ol 
 ■,M* nritaa tent Moattaal aaroa thr OonUnant to the r ' 
 
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 Paeilb. Tkb 
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 to>5EC 
 
 of the niiwaye oronlng United 8WW 
 
 The aeleoUon ol Coal Harbour aa the Paoilo termiaia of tha railway «wki« to 
 
 iive general aathlaotioo iu the intoroM of tha paovinoo and of the whab 
 louiinioa. The new port has a wall-protaolad aaonorage, while ito poaitioa J# 
 a point Ave milee only from the mouth of the inut b moot favoanhlK 
 Another importont advantage over Port Moody, tiM terminua pnvioualy llxed 
 upon, ia that only the flnt narrowe have to be paeeed, whereas in the can of 
 Port Moody the seooud narrows, where the ohaoual variea from 78 to 196 leet 
 in depth, and the tide runs Irom three to Mven kuota an hour, have alao to be 
 paesed. The hijih protective tariff ol the Hiiited Statae, and the abeenee 
 hitherto ol almost any other market, has im^MHlttd the development of toe coal 
 depoaitanear Coal Harbour, New Weetminster, and Nicola. The well-developed 
 ana productive loiaea ol bituminous ooal at Nanaimo on Vancouver Island 
 insure a permsDent supply of ooal to atoamehipe at moderato ooat, and the 
 demand that will arise ou the opening up ol dinot oaatward railway laoilitiaa, 
 muat, it is thought, lead to eztonsive ooal workings on the mainUnd. 
 
 TH E GREA T SCEN IC ROUTE. 
 
 From Atlantic to P a cific t hrough Canadaa 
 
 Tm new regiona in the Canadian North-Waat and Canadian Rooky Mountaina on the line ol the Canadbn Faoilb Railway, an now open to tonriato at 
 
 exceptionally low nturn ntee. Tbe tour iooladM:— 
 
 NORTH WEST TEBBITOHIEB 
 
 MONTREAL 
 
 OTTAWA 
 
 TORONTO 
 
 NIAOABA 
 
 LAKES ONTARIO A SUPERIOR 
 
 ^ ally 1 
 
 BOMABTK] SCENERY NORTH 
 
 OF LAKE SUPERIOR 
 LAKE OF TBE WOODS 
 WINNIPEli 
 PRAIRIE CITIES OF MANITOBA 
 
 THE OREAT BELL FARM 
 STOCK BANCflEB OF AI3BRTA 
 CALQART AND BOW BITER 
 SILVER CITY 
 
 THE CANADIAN ROCKY MOUN- 
 TAINS 
 BTEPHBN (TBE SUMMIT) 
 COLUMBU BIVBB, Ae. 
 
 For eott Qf Httmm IHektU and FuU Parlieulara, apply to 
 
 ALLAN BROS. & OO., Jamaa iflraat, LIvarpool ; THOS. OOOK & SON, Ludgata Olrcut, London, E.G. ; or to 
 
 ALEX. B£Qa, Cajiadian Faciflo Bailway Ofaoes, 88, Cannon St., London, E.C. 
 
 PBMia ai B. i. nUUUUM, St. Biida'a BtaUoaary Ston, N * 97, Flaat Btnat, 1.0. 
 
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