The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-15

eminent has appointed superintendent
of forestry, and there has been formed
strong Canadian forestry association,
Itranag ed by representative men from all
sections of the dominion, under the pres
1dency Of Sir Henri Jolly de Lotbiniere,
minister of inland revenue, who for
generation has been protesting against
Canadian Indifference to the destruction
of the woodlands.
RESULT OF BURNING PINES
The Investigations carried on in On
tario by the Provincial bureau have re-
suited in one satisfactory discovery. 1t
has long been aaFheory that where pine
forests have been destroyed by fire Ma
ture Will not renew the lost trees, but
will replace them with an inferior
growth, white birch, poplar, balsam and
other trees of little value springing up
after few years. Enormous areas in
Northern Ontario were burned over, and
the government Of the province was so
impressed with the loss in natures wealth
thus occasioned that it seriously consid-
cred the advisability of recovering
large districts with white pine This
was abandoned after some experiments
on the ground of excessive cost, and la
ter the department discovered to its
great joy. that, despite theories to the
contrary, white pine was again appearing
in the desolate f1re-swept regions After
a forest fire it appears that a dense
growth of white birch does appear. but
these are followed in year or so by
pine and spruce that come up in the
shade of the deciduous trees. These
new forests of pine are now growing
up under close government supervision
and special care is taken by means of
fire rangers to prevent damage by fire.
The lumber companies also have their
limits patrolled in the summer Be-
cause of these precautions the immense
forest fires that once were wont to dark
en- the suns light over the whole prov
ince like an eclipse are now almost I'M
known.
Ontario has. started a system Of pine re-
serves. One is in Algonquin park. gov
eminent game preserve in the Highlands;
of Central Ontario. Here the pine has
been cut once by lumbermen but the
new growth Will be husbanded, and ONLY
cut in strict accord with the rules laid
down by foresters. This reserve Is com,
paratively small, but in the Lake Tenn
agami region, where the forests are vet
virgin, an immense reserve Of 5000 square
miles of uncut pine lands has been set
apart. Lake Temagami Is q magnificent
sheet of water, lying far to the west of
Lake Temiscamingue. It is being visited
C~'cry summer by an increasing number
OF tourists. anglers and hunters, who are
guides, and all reports agree that both
for natural beauty and as a field fol
hunters 1T is superior to anything yet
known in, Canada The late Archibald
Lampmen, the poet, was frequent visi-
tor to Temagarni, and he has described it
in enc Of his poems
Far in the grim Northwest, beyond the
That turn the rivers eastward to the
sea.
Lies the deep water, wild Temagami
Wild for the hunters rowing and the use
920f trappers in its dark and trackless
Wild with the tramplings Of the giant
moose
And the weird magic of old Indian tales
The pine on this reserve will be cut
by the government itself, only the full
grown trees being sacrificed. In this
way the younger growths will always be
ready to take the place OF the trees re-
moved. Lake Temagami will also be a
game park but it is not probable that
regulations as strict as those which pre-
vail in the Algonquin park will be en-
forced, as In those far northern ATTITUDES
game Is plentiful and permits will be
obtainable by hunters.
The Ontario government has also re-
served small section OF land on Lake
[ Superior, forty miles east OF Port Ar
thur. This township was burned over
some thirty years ago. and has since
I grown UP with spruce and pine.
RESERVATION IN QUEBEC.
Quebec province has It's reservation
too, The Laurentides National park was
set apart in 1885 $50 as to preserve Tho
forests, fish and game, to maintain ar
even water supply, and to encourage the
study and culture of forest trees" The
park lies between Quebec city and Lake
St John; its area Is 1881 miles, or over
million and half acres, and within