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the chief port and is an important
naval station.

fisheries and canneries; but the
soil produces fine grade of farm
products. They also produce
wheat, barley and oats in sufficient
quantity to supply their own popu-
lation without importing.
Anticosti, the island in the Gulf
Of The St. Lawrence, is under the
flag of France and is ruled by a
citizen of that country-Menier,
the chocolate king, who is the
nominal owner. There are a few
small settlements, but the owner
has made no serious attempt to
cOlOniZe the island.
Labrador, the immense north
eastern extremity of Canada, is but
little kn 'wn. Geologists claim it
is rich in mineral wealth. The
only thing we know with any cer-
tainty of this region is that it is an
intensely cold place, inhabited
principally by wild animals. Per-
haps one of its inlets may turn out
to be the mysterious base" of the
elusive u" boats which recently
have been interfering with Eng
lands ownership of the Atlantic
ocean. The few inhabitants gain
a precarious living hunting and
trapping. Their physical and
spiritual welfare is the self.as-
sumed task of humanitarians Of
practice, such as the beloved
Dr.. Grenfell.
No mention in this paper has
yet been made of Cauada's great
wealth in cattle and fur-bearing
animals. Western Ontario and
the central part of the northwest
provinces embrace the cattle coun-
try. There are many ranches in
this section that compare in area
t. the old time Texas ranches, in
Guiding hundreds of thousands of
acres in their confines. As to fur
bearing animals, the entire Do
minion is one big hunters para
disc. In British Columbia one
finds red deer, Rocky Mountain
sheep, brown, black and grizzly
bear. wolf and some wild cat. The
extreme northwest, Mckenzie
Land and the Hudson Bay region
offer varieties of bear, deer and
moose. Here is also found the
great musk-oX, whose robe is
worth considerable. Much trap
ping is done in this country for
silver and red fox, mink, martin
and musk rat. Most of the hides
are sent to Montreal to be sheared,
plucked and dyed and converted
into saleabIe form for export.
The forests of Quebec abound in
the smaller species of game, prin-
cipally red deer, raccoon, wolf and
the smaller fur bearing rodents.
The lakes TEEN with trout and
bass. Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick are the habitat of
moose. musk-rat and beaver.
The fact that there are no poi
sonous reptiles in Canada to any
extent, makes the hunting pleasant.
The summers are too short to
make the ground attractive for
venOmous snakes.
Canada's climate may very we'll
be compared to that of southern
Minnesota. The summer is per-
haps little longer in the eastern
parts of the Dominion than in the
central west. Out ON the coast. in
the British Columbia country. the
winters are delightfully."- mild; the
''chinook" winds, sweeping in from
the China Sea, melt heavy snow
falls in no time at all. According
to story of those parts the swift
ness of tie ''chinook' is only ex-
ceeded in speed by the sledge dogs
dash. The tale features a trap
per who was lauding the speed of
his team. He declared that once
when starting on a hundred mile
trip overland, the snow in the val
lev was several feet deep. After