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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 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 nearind 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/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 |Kni 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(1oerook, 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 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 MoLeur, 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- wens, 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 ao Hftecn milea long and four to Ave broad. slud00 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 engagcerpendicularly 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 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 ■ icrtiasee 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 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— forltwakiellaM 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. - ..^. »- 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 trk, 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- :i1»> ^-.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 lt in |>r<' uouncad mi|aan aaUHiahad, and tha rvoaully dlaoorarad gold luiuca in thu viointty hava atiinulalad Inula anMuty on all liandi for more than omp hundrad niiliwtu Mia mmth and waat. thouuh the viaw ia ooulluad t«>. 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« 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< Koiiit 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 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, eat 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 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 olwn 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<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 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 rog follow generally thu valley of the .\8aiuil>oine R iver for 1h() niilea For .lii milea to PoitivoK \.\ pRAritir, the ftral nicor|M)rateoint 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*. «htlrt)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«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 Ilrant«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 lDy, 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 rie. 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>onpie in tha aame way aa Hrandon and other north wentern plaeaa. but it la id the eentre of one of th« largeat blf>«. 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*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'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 crly 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 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 ocoupieail 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 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 .itr«< cmi l>« no iiotitr i|iialit> nf wh*Mii|{th and f|ualli> of Amir |irwliin«(l, and l*r and uttwrly unnnHluntiv*." aa wa« ao oftan and m> oonfldantly aaaart«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) fiNaar» to ctlHt in th«««t hilli, and IkMt auiiuiMir it wa» aai<0rttiim<«l thai ono of thaiii ia i'oiittnua 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 Htaty li<'-«> llnTidoro of Inla wK. 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 . 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.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 aiiaaiu«. a workaUaeoftlaMiii b ■ ei|N>aein|( onr aiptam inllo Tha ooal front the (lalt and olhivt , 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 lnf thrve, the Cittea, on the Ha^kat- ohewaii Iwlow Medn me Hal. art* 'he nnml diwln- itioit to the p«, 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«« at Morh-v ville, alM>ut thirty inilea tip the Bow lilver froui Califarv They are < oniph 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 t Croaainij, KHi iirilea diatant, ih the ttrnt plaue of iiot« ll*-N«trve, and a few farma arepaaMed. HoatiiHof uoal which occur near here arc IhuhiI worked by an euterpriatntt a«-ttler. though the at*amn milea weat of Crow foot Creek Ih (ii.fii UK-*. Hurroinided b^ cKcellent ai(iimiltiiral UiuU, aa m t««tr he te>it farm eatabliahfd ('ere. TIiih plate ia ill almoat a tllruct line between the iiu|tint 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 prei[. 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 oa 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. •■ "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** 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 '»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-<*'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 ' <«> Paeilb. Tkb •K— »)•• ^hMM 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. ug 111 u, ■4 M. nl wd liM loM u* aUD 111 it ital knd low IIH, tht IMt tbt rtit one Inl ■•in w Mir laol trar >nM Dr tlii> UM- Md« 'on, BIKW >jor til* X of orty • to niDR ran* ttion iooin >rent •ttrn Port l»n- nil«a I tha M o( Tht; ui to flx«d M of I fact lo b* B OOaI Inpcd lal&ud 1 tha Utiaa, a. ata al OUN- B.C. w