Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-11-27

dences, while the stately govern
ment buildings overshadow them all
Rideau Hall is the residence of tb,
Governor General. Population IS.
600.
Three hundred and sixty miles ives
we come to North Bay, the chief tow
of the Nippising district, situated OF
Lake Nippising a beautiful sheet 0
water forty miles long and ten mile
wide. This is railway divisona
point. aud as we had to wait here
nearly two hours for connecting trains
we saw many hunters with all the
trappings of the chase arrive and de.
part, asthis district is much freqa ent.
ed by sportsmen. In fact4I should
think Canada a paradise for hunts
man and fishermen, especially the
latter, for beside the large lakes
there is an almost continual line az
jail ones, on the line of the Cana
dian Pacific railroad for hundreds of
miles. You scarcely lose sight of one
before another appears, and as the
region ia sparsely settled should
think there might be an inexhaustible
supply of fish. AS a fellow traveller
remarked, "the land of Canada was
more than half water"
From Heron Bay on, the road skirts
the shores of Lake Superior for sixty
miles with deeprock cuttings, viaducts.
and tunnels constantly occurring, and
where the road is cut out of the face
of the cliffs, fine views of the lake are
to be seen, until we arrive at Port
Arthur situated on Thunder Bay. an
arm of the lake. This place has a
population of $500 and is the port of
call for the lake steamship line.
Nine hundred and eighty mine miles
west of Montreal is Winnipeg, the
capital of the Province of Manitoba.
situated at the junction of the Red
and Assiniboine rivers. This city has
a population of $1,000, and many i'm
posing buildings, but has that newness
OF appe arance to be expected in place
of such rapid growth, as the population
was one hundred in 1871. In the ter
ritory of Assiniboia you come into q
vast region of prairie land, slightly
rolling at first, but coming to a dead
level for hundreds of miles with not a
tree or a shrub to break the monot-
ony of the scene. The homes seemed
Inferior and far beween, something
ike our prairie states in the early
lays I imagine, and like them, will
probably prove mine of wealth to
he country as this is the great wheat
producing section. We saw thous-
lnds of acres of wheat in the bundle
ind in stacks, not yet threshed. A
'esident of that section said sufficient
help could not be secured to harvest
10 large a crop at the proper time.
n the fields that were cleared of
,rain, they were barping the straw
md stubble, and the glow of the fires
hone with great brilliancy across
hese vast plains, especially after
lightfall, presenting a weird and
sovel scene.
We made short stop at Regina.
Which is at present the capital of the
Our territories lying between Mani
oba and British Columbia. They
mbrace the districts of Assiniboia.
liberia, Saskatchewan and Atha-
asca.~ In the near future these ter
ltories are to be formed into the
roV1nces OF Alberta and Saskatcha-
ian. Regina has population of
bout 1000. Beyond the station the
erritorial government office, exhibit
ion buildings, and Lieut.. Governors
may be seen; on the right
nd little farther on the headquar-
srs of the Northwest Mounted Police. !
he barracks, the off ;ers' Quarters.
and drill hall, together.
lake quite handsome village. The
Tounted Police are military org n
sation, numbering $40 men, who are
at intervals to look after.
ne rights of the Indians, and pre-
srye order generally. The next.
lace of Importance was Moose Jaw, {
} me the most attractive of the
mailer cities of Canada. This ia A
ailway divisional point, has a popu-
on OF $500. Mills and elevators in- j
icate the districts wheat producing
ualities. The residents here seem to
ave paid more attention to the culti-
alton of trees and shrubs and there
,as general air of thrift and tidi-
ess about the place. A band was
laying lively airs at the Canadian
acifie railway hotel. and the place
'ft a pleasing impression on my ).
ind. despite its name. 1t is AN !
ldian name, the real significance of :
hieh is, ''The-ereek- where the
hise man-mended- the cart with a i