The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-06-24
FROM OAKLAND TO THE
PANAMA EXPOSITION
A Description of the Trip Made By
Qaryianders.

Park and Hot Springs. This park is a
National Reservation of 5,732 square
miles, embracing parts of the valley of
Bow, Spray and Cascade rivers, Lake
I Minnewauka and several noble noun
tain ranges, and beyond the Divide, "
the YohO Valley and the country to the
west and south of it. The park is the
largest in the world, being nearly half
as large again as the famous Yellow
Stone Park in the States. No part of
the Rockies exhibits greater variety
of sublime and pleasing scenery and no
where are good points OF view and
feature of special interest so accessible.
since many good roads and bride paths
have been made. Here on Saturday,
May 18th, we took a trip to Lake
Minnewauka. which is nine miles from
the Banff Springs Hotel. Near the
| hotel is the razor like back of Sulphur
mountain, along the side Of which are
the Hot Springs, and on whose summit
at 7.484 feet, an observatory has been
established. A number of our party
went to the top, the distance of the
road was three miles. From this point
we could count Ga peaks covered with
snow. Just behind the station is Mount
| Rumble 9. 665 feet; near the station is a
large corral of 800 acres in which are
about 100 buffalos. in well constructed
cages are specimens of the various wild
animals found in the Rocky mountain.
The village of Bauf is a short dis
lance south west of the station and
Bantf hotel about a mile farther on.
| This magnificent hotel was built by the
| Railroad Company, on an eminence be-
tween the foaming falls in the Bow and
the mouth of the rapid Spray river.
| This hotel has just been reconstructed,
on truly magnificent scale, having a
kitchen capable of supplying 800 meals
at one time. In direct connection with
the hotel there has been opened what
is probably the finest bathing establish
ment on the continent. At the place
where the sulphur water bursts forth
| from the mountain side. it is too hot to
hold your hand in in the bathing pool
the water is maintained at temper
ature of 10 degrees Faherenheit. We
left Banff on Sunday, May Both, at1l :55
p. m. 1t seemed strange to US to see
| the train marked up on the board, due
to arrive at 23:45 and leave at 1855.
Here they count the time up to "a
o'clock. We passed through Calgary
during the night. This is the largest
city in Alberta; has a population of
$4,000, upwards Of 425 retail stores, $50
wholesale. 10 manufacturers and %
| banks. When we arose Monday morn
I ing we were speeding over the great
Canadian Prairie with here and there
small house, about X 10 and not a
tree or bush in sight Here the land
has been taken up by homesteaders,
who are just beginning to pillow and
sow. At Sedgewick, in Alberta. and
| Wolfe in Saskatchewan are successful
ready made farm settlements, estab
lished by the Canadian Pacific for
British colonists. We arrived at
Winnepeg Tuesday, June LIST, at 6;45.
Meals were furnished at Hotel Royal
Alexandria. Winnepeg has a popula-
ton of 200, 900; is the capital of the
Province of Manitoba. Winnepeg com
mands the trade of the vast region to
the north, east and west. The city is
handsomely built and has 60 miles of
electric railway in the city and forty
four miles of suburban track. Here is
located great flour mills, grain eleva
vators and is the greatest grain market
in the British Empire.
The Royal Alexandra Hotel is owned
and operated by the Canadian Pacific
Railway; ranks amongst the finest hotels
| in the world; it was erected at cost of
Sl,250, 600. has been extended to twice
its original size and is most handsomely
| decorated and furnished. The Cana
| dian Pacific Railroad owns large areas of
good agricultural land and number of
ready made farms are prepared each
year and loans of live stock are made to
experienced farmers settling on c. P. P.
lands between Winnepeg and the Rocky
Mountains. Business conditions in
Winnepeg are not good. Here we saw
more people on the streets out of en-
ployment than any other city during
our entire trip.
We left Winnepeg at 9:10 p. m. Tues
day, and arrived in Toronto Thursday,
3:45 p. m. This was a long tiresome
trip, for the reason 80 much of the
country is very rugged and rough, and
for miles looked just the same.
Toronto has a population of 470, l44
is the capital and chief city of Ontario.
and the next city to Montreal in the
Domlnian. 1t is situated on Lake
Ontario and has a most complete rail
way system, reaching out to every i'm
portant place and district in the pro-
vince. Its people are nearly all of
English, Irish or Scotch extraction.
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