The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-12-05

Special Correspondence OF Inc iiipuiS'
Fort William. Ontario, Sept. IL.
Resuming our journey eastward
from Winnipeg (Which is located on
the eastern edge of the worlds great
wheat fields of the future), the route
proceeds through an entirely new KIND
of country. wild, rugged and with dense
forests full of lakes; thnly settled. but
of great value to SpOrtSmen ana In
parts of great mineral richness. For
the next 430 miles to Port Arthur ana
Lake Superior (the eastern end of the
western division of the Canadian Pa
cific railway is IA region of historic
interest aside from the attractions tu
SpOrtsmen.
Though the buffalo no longer roams
throughout this region, having disap-
peared with the red man on the ap-
proach of the whites. Manitoba is still
the sportsman's home. The rivers,
ponds, lakes and rocky woods abound
with an almost unlimited quantity of
wild fowl such as ducks, geese, swan,
snipe, pigeons, partridges, pheasants
and turkeys. The advent of the rail-
road in this region of rocky woods,
lakes and rivers SO valuable for its
mines, timber and fishing products
makes a sharp contrast with the ap-
pearance of things when through the
y tlt
fur traders once guided their canoes or
followed the forest trail.
At numerous points as We proceed,
mining, lumber, milling and fishing in
duStries are actively carried ON. There
are forty stations of more or less i'm
portance between Winnipeg and Fort
Arthur, but we shall not attempt TO
treat these places in detail. The fish
ing places are more numerous than
the stations. The lakes and streams
are almost numberless. They are per-
feet aquariums, teeming with almost
every variety of the finny tribe. and of
many varieties of animals and birds
for the hunter. The most enthusiastic
angler, the most persistent hunter, finds
here paradise.
a WELL-WATERED COUNTRY.
BY some it may be imagined that
being so far inland. Manitoba is not q
well watered country. This. however.
Is the reverse of the fact, it being eX-
ceedingly well watered. Scattered
through the province are numerous
lakes and rivers, while on the eastern
boundary and in the northern and
northwestern part, there are such large
bodies of water as the Lake of the
Woods 1.50O square miles i'm extent; !;
Lake Winnipeg, 1900 square miles;
Lake Manitoba with an area of 1900
square miles. and Lake Winnipegoosis
containing 1896 square miles, while
Hudson's bay some $50 to 200 miles TO
the north. is 1000 miles long and re-
ceives the outflows from these
mighty reservoirs and pours them
in its turn into the Arctic and
North Atlantic oceans The prov
ince of Manitoba is nearly the
same distance to Lake Superior os to
Hudson's Bay. Winnipeg. the canitol
is 430 miles from Fort William and Fort
Arthur on Lake Superior. from which
points vessels proceed direct to the
Atlantic tide water at Montreal and
ii is extremely probable that within n
few years vessels will he So constricted
as to carry cargoes of grain direct from
Lake Superior points to Iivernoo, and
London and other foreipn nnrts viii
out transhipping or breal,ing huIl, a,
all. So these gr.at gra IN N,,u,,,,,'. In q.
fields of Manitoba NAV ha nnnsidarnS
within 400 miles of tbe soo -hnnrn aud
when the railway fror, Vin,;,n.. -
TO Hudson,s hav 10 onn','ia,ts "o ~. -.
whole of M,nit.,o r,,i'l ',ie
nearer to Tivernnni b., VII oc
today. Rnt we NO., ha ,a,i i;,r,,. .oli.leai Is
"' NC us s'es''"s'
EAST FROM WINNIPEG.
80 si,s Iniipes our ROAD runs due
t"'. ~. ,, .m iolIowlhs the hed river for twen-
-, . noo ,,,i.es ~ E|ast oeiklrk' q town
I,f IT. oo ppPu,a.loi'. Sii the west bank
a',s nopiS 900 iiNsr tWhicn is on an aver
,. sI onei ,. i'Voo leet IN Wldth before 1t
, s.SnS US way thTougn the various chan
ieia vi .ie Delta 10 Lake winnipeg
,'' so.ilc elsht niles Iurtner north) Is Sell
ias hsN' r.,;. ont u, i-oru Seikirks early colon
-. nf rtny, NJ
oahS' eiiiis ana poplars, which grow in
such great luxuriancc along the river
nahk ana stretching for a mile or two
li.iaho' as TO give to the surroundings
vi the town an English park-like APP
peaTance' remlndtu! or Victoria. Peer
ing through the foliage lies the old
tIaaing post, with present population
ol l,aoo, ana some fifty places of busi-
ness which DO volume of trade that
would astonish some of the merchants
III larger cities.
First In its industries is lumber. which
amounts to cut of twenty million feet
annually Next is cord wood and rail-
road Ties. Ten thousand cords of wood
ana hundreds of thousands of railway
ties are provided and annually sent by
barge or during the spring freshets. or
high water by RATS, to Winnipeg.
From Hon. X. LaRouche Tupper. the
the writer learned Ie the fo,,n,.;a Ii mahl.ooa.
AS TO the fishing industry few people
are aware or the magnitude of this
traue ana IT'S value to the province.
Oh Lake winnipeg alone are five COM
panies Whlch employ forty-three steam
anu SAIL boats and one hundred and
Iorty men VINO catch nearly four million
POUNDS OF white fish annually and two
thlrds OF this catch finds it's way into
the eastern markets of the United
states. where they have to compete
win the fresh fish sent inland from
atlantic points. From him the writer
also learned that Lake Winnipeg is and
must remain Tor all time to come the
greatest source OF supply in the domin-
ion FOR white fish and not only that,
the water of this lake has the least
draw backs for the propagation of this
and all other varieties of fiSb