The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26

the western part Of the provinces TWO
counties have been settled and are still
dominated by German Protestants, hut
the vast ma ioritv 81 the peoi e are still
Of direct English Scotch or Irish descent
The third geographical division Of British
North America The basin OF the st John
River and the Nova Scotia peninsula. to-
gether with cape Breton and Prince
Edward Island, comprises the territories
which und r the French we're known
indefinitely as Acadia. The valley OF
the 81 John, which with the Atlantic
slope constitutes the province of what IS
now New Brunswick is an extremely fertile
tract and for considerable period was
the centre Of a profitable lumber trade.
The soi is well adapted for mixed and dairy
farming. and these branches of agriculture
have long made good progress there Nari-
Gus minerals are found, but not in great
abundance, and Industrial development
mas not been so rapid as was hoped An
excellent han Dor al the mouth OF the r1Ner
has been turned to account as one OF the
great winter ports of the Dominion Inc
Nova Scotia peninsula IL perhaps not 80
well adapted for agricultural exploitation
but possesses valuable coal deposits when
have been utilized TO considerable extent
The rich fisheries Of the Bay OF Fundy
have likewise been OF great advantage
TO the people The spacious harbor oil
Halifax has Afforded the province an excel
lent outlet to the sea In both New Bruins
wick and Nova Scotia the climate while
somewhat more moist than that OF the inland
provinces, l. decidedly salubrous' ana
compares favorably with that OF most parts
Of Great Britain By providing abundant
wealth in the form OF forests, mineral de-
posts aud fisheries. and by giving them
some Of the best harbors on the whole
Atlantic coast, nature has done much Tor
the maritime provinces. Cape Breton
possesses unusual facilities for he develop
ment Of the iron and steel industries. II
has large stocks OF coal and iron ore, and
in Sydney II has an admirable harbor
Only Of late however. have these natural
resources been turned to account in any
considerable measures We add that Prince
Edward Island, though small in area and
without important mineral gifts is not
behind the sister provinces in fertility Of
soil and propitiousness Of climate
country known as Acadia were not Nor
mans in origin. and possessed many traits
which direren tiated them from their com
patriots OF the lower st. Lawrence Valley
They did not possess the courage or the
endurance os the Canadians. nor, az race.
did they exhibit the same vitality and pro-
likeness Before the expa triation of the
Acadians the yell known eJpatriation com
memorated 10 -Evangeline had drained
tanta very few persons Of British origin
had settled in the Nova Scotia peninsula
but after the close Of the Seven Years War
emigrants from Great Britain began 10
come in cousiderab Die numbers Not
great deal of progress. however. in the
way Of population was made until the out
como OF the Revolutionary War gave the
Acadian provinces their share OF the loyalist
rnigra ton from the original thirteen colo
MES The number OF United Empire Low
alists who went thither during the last
quarter OF the eighteenth century ran
we'll into the thousands, and. in Upper
Canada they formed an admirable class Of
colonial pioneers During the nineteenth
century there was steady but small in
flow OF immigrants almost exclusively from
the British Islands. so that the population
OF tho maritime provinces is compare
lively Homogeneous. In Cape Breton and
some districts Of Nova Scotia the Scotch
element is preponderant but for the most
part the three British races are represented
with n close approach to equality