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Vou. VI. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1917.

‘Tei is in the consciousness ol every intelligent Cannidian that the
peace which is inevitable, and may even now be on ‘the’ way,, will
mean for the Dominion expansion and growth in the next: generation
far beyond anything the country has known. This, in view. of the
opening to the plowshare and to civilization of the prairie provinces,
is saying a great deal, but when Charles Camsell, of the: Geological
Survey of Canada tells us that there are, in Western Canada, areas
aferegating 642,000 square tiles that must still be considered as
unexplored, and in Northern Quebec about 250,000 square’ miles
more, making an aggregate of 892,000 square miles, it will be seen
that the dpportunities for development to the North, in the light of |;
experience, and with modern tools, ean hardly be exaggerated, says
the Christian Science Monitor. _-

« ast of Reindeer Lake and Kassan River, in- ‘Manitoba arid
Northwest Territory, Mr. Camsell tells us, there are 75,000 miles
of unexplored country, ora division of the continent larger than
the sum of the areas of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and
Massachusetts, . To some people the. term ‘‘unexplored’’ is
synonymous with “uninhahitable’, - Many in. Canada used to
regard the areas now included in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and |
Alberta as many in the United States
regarded most of the territory: lying west of the Mississippi,
But the statement that territory is unexplored earries with it, to
people informed on the subject of settlement, the inference that,
assuming ripeness for the times, everything is possible for the
prospector and the immigrant within its borders, as

On the peninsula between. Ungava and Hudson Bay there i is an
area of 75,000 miles that no man can talk ‘about with authority, and
this is only one of several areas around the great inland. sea toward
which a railroad was building- when the war broke out. Ini ignor anes
of what these stretches have to offer, many are saying now, as in
the past they have said of other unexplored lands, that there is
nothing in them to invite adventure, enterprize or industry.” They
do not know. Regardless of pessimistic beliefs, energy and capital:
united, previous to-August, 1914, in a determined effort to open-up
the Hudson Bay country, and the work was only temporarily
interrupted when Belgium was inyaded.

Every argument that is used to'ehill expectation with. regard to
the Hudson Bay country was employed to turn the ear ly westbound
immigrant, south of the line,-a generation or so ago. away from
Minnesota, the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming, Oregon and Washington,
These territories, it was held with pertinacity and:eonfidence would

“of course’ never become habitable,’ ‘‘at least, not to any extent.”
Later the same discouraging future was outlined for Western:
Canada, east of the Rockies, Yet people who bave made 4 surface

investivation of the Hudson Bay region say that there is no more! -

reason why populations should not exist, and thrive, and prosper
within it than populations should not exist in Denmark, Sweden,
Norway, Holland, Finland and Northern Russia. . me '

_ A-touch of civilization goes alone way toward ' ‘warming ‘up
anew country, toward ‘driving from vit the atmosphere of the
wilderness. The law of probabilities would render. it entirely |
reasonable to assume that the land in Northern Canada,now-hidden'
from the eye of man, contains everything necessary, to ‘the
maintenance of those who shall delve for it. .

When the war is over the railway that was to be. bail, « at a
cost of $16,000,000, in order that Western Canada’s great cereal
surplus might be carried to Liverpool at a saving of 1000 miles, will
be completed.
communication once ,established, thorough exploration will follow
as a matter of course: . Until it is found. that,’ in the vast territory.
for which Hudson Bay offers an ocean outlet, there | is no fertile
soil and no mineral wealth, or, in other words, anti! it is. found that
Canada North is less favored than any other Part of the ‘globe, it
_ would be well enough ‘to Yegerve judgment, | . The: ‘prospects are]:

that the zone of. activity : oh. the North: American’ ‘contivent. wil a eo || |
Ane erepaeeal I
A Offices at ‘Wietoria, Nelson, Fort Gobyaé a

‘move. ‘upward a degree or two i in the’ next ; few, years, %

something, real, if. thie: property

suits them is . borne out by theln
representative of eastern capital

fact that, when seen. cafe Wi days
is éxpected to visit -this-‘part-.of |. ago, “this. enginésr wa

anxiduys' ‘to’, eet all, the. fa het

Copper" River Iron
Within; a very. short : time a

deposits on Copper’ river, ° Inter-
est, apparently, has’ been at’ ‘last Venera
aroused. in Med as of be . ‘whieh: hye

A Tots mil tin
been ‘asked ; to."

a few years ago:

of this: there appears to be: no ‘doubt, and - with}

Big Fire at Dawson an
Dawson, Feb, 22: —At least two
deaths and a property loss. of.

$100,000 were caused by a big Hil

fire which occurred here last
night.. C. W.-C. Tabor,a prom-

inent lawyer, and Bill,- McAdam, |{@l
a White, Pass stagedriver, lost|]
_Two other men are |f

their ji ves,
missing,

The Yukonia hotel, Sales’ jew- q
- | elry store, Pinska’s clathing store, .
the Cronin hotel and the Pioneer
‘hotel were. destroyed...

anza hotel was: badly damaged.

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- Rod and: Gun

‘In the February i issne of Rod

and Gun, now ‘on the newsstands,

Bonnycastle Dale, the naturalist A

writer, describes in ‘*‘Hunting

The Bon-j|f

UF. YOU CAN'T. FIGHT |
“YOU CAN AT LEAST”

‘STAND BEHIND THE |
MAN WHO. CHT.
OF OR ‘YOU! 1

with the Modern Camera’? the] |

methods by which he gets. near]. -

to the forest birds and beasts to
take some of ‘the remarkable

photographs with which his stor-
:‘The Wood- jj
duck,” by F. V. Williams, sup-,§
plements .the cover picture fori]

jes are illustrated.

this ‘month, which reproduces in

colors true to life this rarely
beutiful and comparatively rare/ if
‘species of duck.
Pan,’’ a bear story by H. C; Had-i
“Hawks and Other Game|{fl -
| Destroyers,’’ by Reginald Gour-| jf
“With a Watch and.Com-|p
pass,” *'With the Timber Wolves} |f
in Northern Canada,” ete., along] ff

don,

lay,

with the regular departments,
which are well maintained, make

up a particularly interesting num-| 4) io
Canadien iB:

ber of this premier
outdoor magazine. |.

Tacla. Ferry Wrecked °

The ferry seow at Tacla eross-
ing, ‘on the trail to Omineca river
‘ard Ingineca placer districts, is
out of commission; ‘after years of
service, The works department
‘has. been asked to provide,a new
ferry, .to-be ready when the pack

trail is open’ in ‘the spring. Un-| 8
Jess this is done, the -Manson |‘
Creek and Ingineea miners will||f
have difficulty i in- obtaining ‘Bup- b

plies.

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