. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 1648 Canadian Forestry Journal, April, 1918 National Transcontinental to Win- nipeg, and see the blackened waste which should be one of our great- est tourist attractions. On the Lievre River there is a large tract of coun- try where the hills are of white quartz. Fire has passed over it and the rain has washed away the burnt soil, and to-day seen in sum- mer, from a distance, they look like snow-capped peaks. There is another hill of this character at Riviere a Pierre Junction, on the Q. and L. St. J. At Lachute, Qu
. Canadian forestry journal. Forests and forestry -- Canada Periodicals. 1648 Canadian Forestry Journal, April, 1918 National Transcontinental to Win- nipeg, and see the blackened waste which should be one of our great- est tourist attractions. On the Lievre River there is a large tract of coun- try where the hills are of white quartz. Fire has passed over it and the rain has washed away the burnt soil, and to-day seen in sum- mer, from a distance, they look like snow-capped peaks. There is another hill of this character at Riviere a Pierre Junction, on the Q. and L. St. J. At Lachute, Que., and along the line of the , near Berthier Junction may be seen the drifting sands which have swept over several square miles of once fertile country, turning it into a desert. Fortunately, our progres- sive Minister of Lands and Forests, the Hon. Jules Allard, through his chief forester, Mr. G. C. Piche, has begun the work of checking this menace, and at Lachute has planted a large area with beech, grass, and young trees to hold back the devour- ing sand. AUSTRALIA ISSUES A JOURNAL The Canadian Forestry Journal greets the first issue of "The Austra- lian Forestry Journal," published by the New South Wales Forestry Commission, Sydney, Australia. The magazine represents an effort to arouse public sentiment to the importance of forestry and to disseminate information as to Australia's imperative need for con- servative policies. It is bound to attain its object if the ne\*siness of the first issue is maintained. BOY SCOUT LECTURES A number of special illustrated lectures to large assemblies of Boy Scouts is being arranged by the various headquarters of the Boy Scout movement in Ontario and Quebec for the Secretary of the Canadian Forestry Association. It is expected, also, that out-of-doors lectures will be given on Conser- vation topics while the boys are encamped at various outing places during the month of June. How many North American Game Birds Can You Nam
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