Manitoba and North west Territories . Regina (the capital), Moose Jaw, Swift Currentand Medicine Hat. Saskatchewan. This district comprises about 107,000 square miles; but, owing tothe line of the Canadian Pacific Railway being taken south, throughthe districts of Assiniboia and Alberta, it has of course not settled sorapidly as these. It yet however, contains the flourishing settle-ments of Prince Albert, Battleford and others. It is a district ofimmense resources, the two branches of the great River Saskatchewanpassing through a large part of its territory. It has several projectedrailway li
Manitoba and North west Territories . Regina (the capital), Moose Jaw, Swift Currentand Medicine Hat. Saskatchewan. This district comprises about 107,000 square miles; but, owing tothe line of the Canadian Pacific Railway being taken south, throughthe districts of Assiniboia and Alberta, it has of course not settled sorapidly as these. It yet however, contains the flourishing settle-ments of Prince Albert, Battleford and others. It is a district ofimmense resources, the two branches of the great River Saskatchewanpassing through a large part of its territory. It has several projectedrailway lines to Prince Albert and other settlements, one of whichbetween Regina and the town of Prince Albert is now in operation. Prince Albert. The settlement of Prince Albert, which is at present the best settledportion of the Saskatchewan District, comprises that part of the penin-sula formed by the north and south branches of the River Saskatche-wan, which lies between the two deep belts of fir, fifty miles apart, and filjiiiill ?— -. SUMMARIZED DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORIES. 0 0 which trend across the peninsula from river to river, and, in theopinion of the settlers, form an impassable barrier to the grasshopper,which insect has never yet done any injury throughout the areainclosed by these two belts of evergreen timber and the two settlement, as thus defined, contains something like a million acresof very fertile land. The soil is mainly argillaceous with superficialdeposits of vegetable mould, varying in depth from 12 inchesto 4 feet. The clay is whitish when dry, and is made into ex-cellent bricks at Prince Albert. This settlement may be said tooccupy the true centre of the great fertile belt of the Saskatche-wan, but the intending immigrant need not confine his attention toPrince Albert settlement alone. There are adjacent districts quite asworthy of his notice, as far as land is concerned. The Paywanan andFort a la Corne country is of a fine character. So also a
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