. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. '4 OrmS CANADA LUMBERMAN September, 1897 ONTARIO FORESTRY COMMISSION. The Ontario Forestry Commission lately re- turned from a tour in the Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing districts. Regarding the trip, Mr. Southworth stated to a Globe reporter that they visited some timber lands in the neighborhood of Whitefish, going down the Vermillion river through Louise township, where there is much cut over and burned over country. They visited also the country around Thess
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. '4 OrmS CANADA LUMBERMAN September, 1897 ONTARIO FORESTRY COMMISSION. The Ontario Forestry Commission lately re- turned from a tour in the Georgian Bay and Lake Nipissing districts. Regarding the trip, Mr. Southworth stated to a Globe reporter that they visited some timber lands in the neighborhood of Whitefish, going down the Vermillion river through Louise township, where there is much cut over and burned over country. They visited also the country around Thessalon, in which there is quite an old and large settlement in the midst of a considerable territory not adapted for agriculture. From there a general inspection of the north shore of the Georgian Bay was made, a closer investigation being undertaken in the vicinity of Collins' Inlet. The forest here is described as very interesting, show- ing pine in block—from seedlings one or two years old—growing underneath a dense crop of poplar, birch, etc., through the stage where the pine was overtaking the poplar and struggling to get above it. This land is all under license and makes an ideal timber estate, being cut up every- where by floatable streams. Thanks to the present fire-ranging system, this section has been well protected and escaped any serious fire for some years past. THE VICTORIAN ERA EXPOSITION. The approach of the opening day of the Victorian Era Exposition, which commences this year on August 30 and lasts till Sept 11, is deserving of more than passing attention. By no other feature of its civic life is the city more widely and favorably known than by this annually recurring exhibition of the products, the re- sources, the capabilities of our country and people. It is popularly known as Canada's Greatest Fair, and the title does not belie its scope and comprehensiveness. The little affair which, started with local aims assumed provincial pro- portions and then cont
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