The mirror., 1916-10-26

penetrable forest, covered with
snow six months of the year. The
nearest navigable stream was about
a hundred miles distant. 1t would
have cost a fortune to get the mica
to market. The wealth was there,
and is still there; but it will be
many years before it enters mar
ket. Quebec soil can raise prac-
ticall y all kinds of vegetables, and
is famed for its apples. 1t is not a
grain or cattle raising province.
| Ontario is the great mineral Sec
ton of Canada. 1t contains iron.
zinc, copper, silver, gold, cobalt
and manganese deposits. The
province is also rich in sandstone,
limestone, slate and granite. The
soil is adapted to vegetables in
the eastern sections and to grain in
the western parts. Ontario is also
a manufacturing province, the
principal factories being in CEN
tral Ontario. in the Superior
region the industries are all de-
voted to the treatment of ores.
The principal city and seat Of
provincial government of Ontario
is Toronto, with about 100000
population. This city reminds one
of Detroit, with its attractive pub
lie parks and clean streets.
The entire northwest is one
enormous granary, with immense
cattle ranches here and there. Here
grows the famous No. hard
wheat. Winnipeg, the chief city,
boasts some quarter million inhabi-
tants. 1t is different from any
other Canadian city on account Of
its transient and mixed element.
One sees people from every part of
the world here-immigrants Oh
their way further west. The coun-
try all about the city, and in fact
the whole province of Manitoba, is
pretty we'll settled now. Fifteen
years ago the land could be bought
for as little as 81 an acre. Much
of it is now worth a hundred or
more. Winnipeg has splendid
hotels and business buildings. One
of the finest department stores in
Canada, that of 7. Eaton, Ltd.
being located here. Its building
is, if l remember correctly, seven
stories high, and covers the space
of an entire city block.
British Columbia, the Pacific
coast province, is rich in coal, iron,
copper and gold. Its timber lands
and fisheries are also sources of
great wealth. Vancouver, the
principal city, has about 10000
inhabitants and enjoys a delight
full climate. Owing to this, many
wealthy retired business men MAX e
it their home. One sees but few
building locations idle in this city,
due to the fact that Vancouver
embraced the practice of a single
tax some years ago.
Victoria, the capital of British
Columbia, is located on Vancouver
Island, a days ocean trip from the
mainland. It is not nearly as pro.
gressive AS Vancouver and has no
manufacturing plants worth speak
ing Of. Its people are mostly en-
gagged in the government service
or interested in timber lands.
The maritime provinces incIud-
ing New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia are rich in bituminous coal.
Much of this is mined under the
sloping shores of the ocean. There
are great canning industries and
considerable timber lands as yet
practically virgin. There is no
grain grown to speak of. The
farms are a misnomer. judging
them from our standard. 1t seems
strange to see farms having a
frontage of perhaps a hundred
feet or so and depth of perhaps
mile. This method of cutting
up the land is necessary in order
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