The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-10-24
AGRICULTURAL EMPIRE IA
CANADA WEST.

Western Canada is in fair way to
be Americanized. For several years
remarkable stream of immigration has
been pouring into the north western
terri tories of Canada from the United
States. This movement has attracted
the attention of publicists, and is be-
ing given careful consideration by
politicians and statesmen of both
Canada and the United States. They
do not know what the end may be.
Some are alarmed; some view the
movement with favor.
But none of them can stop the tide
of immigration.
The attention of American farmers
who are interested in Canada has
been drawn largely towards the Sas-
katehewan valley. This is the por-
tion of the Canadian Northwest which
seems to have been most richly ia
vored by nature and which at the
present time offers the most advan-
tages to the settler.
The north and south forks of the
Saskatchewan river flow from the
Rocky mountains eastward and join
their waters in the province of Sas-
katchewan near the town of Prince AL
bert. The "Valley of the Saskatche-
wan is, properly, the region watered
by the main stream and the nearer
courses of the two forks. 1t lies,
therefore, as the map will show, in
the districts of Saskatchewan and
Assinibo
Assiniboia is Immediately north of
the international boundary line. 1t
extends some $500 miles east and
west and 300 miles north and south.
The eastern part. through which the
south fork of the Saskatchewan flows
northwardly, is one of the richest
alluvial prairies in the world. West
ward the lands are more rolling.
North of Assiniboia lies Saskatche-
wan-a larger and more diversified
district. But the lands in it's southern
section along the river are of much
the same quality as those Of eastern
Standardization. productive and suit
able to a great range of crops. Sas-
katchewan contains good deal of
wooded land, especially towards the
north.
SOME IMMENSE HOLDINGS.
In southern Saskatchewan and north.
central Assiniboia-along the Sas-
katchewan valley, the Saskatchewan
Valley Land company has purchased
immense tracts of picked land. The
southern boundary of these lands be-
gins on the east few miles north Of
Indian Head, on the main line of the
Canadian Pacific railway and the CEN
ter of one CT the richest wheat raising
districts in the world, and extends
west to a point north of the fertile
Moose Jaw district. Regina, center of
another notable agricultural region,
lies just south of the middle of this
line. Northward the company's lands
follow the On Appellee, Long Lake &
Saskatchewan railway to and beyond
it's terminus at Prince Albert, in Sas-
katchewan, and on the Saskatchewan
river. A glance at the map, which
shows that the lands of the company
lie principally in the watershed of the
Saskatchewan river and its southern
branch indicate the reason of the
choice of the name Saskatchewan
Valley Land Company.
SELECTED LANDS.
BY special arrangement with the
Canadian government the Saskatche-
wan Valley Land company was per-
mitted to pick 1, 100, 900 acres from a
total area of 6. 000 600. This latitude
of choice enabled it to come into con-
troll Of the whole districts famed for
their fertility as we'll as to choose the
best throughout an immense extent of
country.
Since the company received its first
grant it has come into possession of
the Big Quill Lake district upon
which land men have long set covetous
eyes. This district has been compared
to the Portage Plains-the richest To-
cality, perhaps, in Manitoba.