The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-30
The Saskatchewan VAL
ley Land Company's
Great Holdings in
Western Canada,
Millions ofAcres at Nom
inaI Prices Remark
able Fertility of
the Soil. ..

The population Of the Northwest Terri
tories Of Canada Is already one-fourth
American, according to the best authority.
In 1901 fully $4,000 Americans went into
this region and this year about double
that number. Many had settled there be-
fore the present movement. The large
acquisition Of lands by American COM
panies and the constant growth In popu-
1arity of the emigration movement as
sures a predominant American popula-
ton In Western Canada and especially In
the districts Of Assiniboia and Saskatche-
wan. For it Is along the Saskatchewan
valley that American interest in Canada
has oentered. It Is this region which
seems the very pick of all the northwest
most favored In climate, soil, transpor-
ltation facilities, local improvements, mar
kets and general attractiveness to the
settler
The Saskatchewan is a. magnificent
I'd stream and waters a veritable empire In
extent. It Is formed by the confluence of
the north and south forks-the latter hav-
ing it's rise in the Rocky mountains some
hundred miles or 50 north of the tnterna-
tional boundary, and the former in the
same range little farther north. The
two forks" diverge fully $50 miles in
their eastern course, but finally come to-
gether In the district Of Saskatchewan
near the town Of Prince Albert. The
stream then continues its course eastward
and empties into Lake Winnipeg. It is
navigable and will play an important part
In the transportation of bulky freights as
the district is opened up
Only the south fork passes through AS
siniboia. This district lies Immediately
north Of Dakota and Montana and ex-
tends along the international boundary
for $50 miles. Its north boundary line is
parallel with the south and 205 miles dis
tant, or about at the SD parallel Of
latitude. This vast district comprises co.
$40 square miles or slightly more than
the area Of Minnesota. The eastern part
Is a park-like prairie with rich, allu-
vial soil and is unequaled farming
country. Westward the land rises and is
more broken and Is better adapted to
stock raising, Tf .-
The south fork of the Saskatchewan
passe out Of Assiniboia at the middle Of it's
northern boundary, entering the district
OF Saskatchewan little west Of the CEN
ter of its southern line. For Saskatche-
wan Is larger than Assiniboia. Its west
1t reaches to the Nelson river and to the
north 1t touches the 55th parallel. In
general way the district is what is called
q mixed wooded and prairie country,
though the wooded regions are more to-
ward the north, while the south Is largely
open to prairie, the finest farming lands
in the northwest.
r- The Saskatchewan Valley. =
The foregoing description shows that the
Saskatchewan valley lies partly in Assini-
boia and partly In Saskatchewan And it
Is through this valley, partly in each dis
trtct, that the Saskatchewan Valley Land
company has purchased immense tracts Of
picked lands. The southern boundary Of
these lands begins on the east few miles
north Of Indian Head on the main line Of
the Canadian Pacific railway and the CEN
ter Of one Of the richest wheat raising dis
fricts In the world and extends west to a
point north Of the fertile Moose Jaw dis
trtct Regina. center Of another notable
agricultural region, lies just south of the
middle Of this line Northward the COM
pany's lands follow the Qu'Appelle, Long
Lake & Saskatchewan railway to and be-
yond its terminus al Prince Albert, in Sass
katchewan, and on the Saskatchewan riv-
er. A glance at the map, which shows
that the lands Of the company lie princ1-
pally in the watershed Of the Saskatche-
wan river and it's southern branch, indi-
Gates the reason of the choice of the name,
saskatchewan Valley Land Company"
Lands at Extraordinarily Low Prices.
The lands controlled by this company
were purchased in an enormous block
cover 1000, 900 acres) and are being put on
the market at prices which seem ridicu-
lousy low to the eastern or middle states