New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . Washing Gold on the Klondike. well wooded and contains much good of these great lakes lies a treelessdistrict which occupies the whole of thecountry northwest of Hudson Bay, and isoften called The Barren Lands. It is fullof lakes and streams that teem with fish, andis the home of the caribou, the moose, thenuisk ox, and countless flocks of waterfowl. ihe inland portion of the North-West Ter-ritory is comparatively unknown. The presentresources of the country consist niaiidy of thefurs which are collected by the Hudsons
New elementary geography : adapted for use in Canadian schools . Washing Gold on the Klondike. well wooded and contains much good of these great lakes lies a treelessdistrict which occupies the whole of thecountry northwest of Hudson Bay, and isoften called The Barren Lands. It is fullof lakes and streams that teem with fish, andis the home of the caribou, the moose, thenuisk ox, and countless flocks of waterfowl. ihe inland portion of the North-West Ter-ritory is comparatively unknown. The presentresources of the country consist niaiidy of thefurs which are collected by the Hudsons IJayCompany from the Indians and white huntersfor export to England. Trace on the map the boundaries of the on the map the courses of three great rivers. Pointout the large lakes. Describe the Valley of the Mao-kenzie. Point out on the map the various mineralregions of the territories. 74 This large island is the only part of BritishLmerica that is not included in the Dominion,t is more than one-third larger than Ireland,om which it is only 1,700 miles distant, andist twice the size of Nova Scotia. It forms18 eastern barrier of the (xulf of St. Lawrence, and is separated fromLabrador by only twelvemiles of shallow water atthe Strait of Belle measures about 325 by310 miles. The westernside is the higher, and thegeneral slope is towardsthe northeast and interior is imperfectlyexplored, but containssome wooded land, somestretches of barrens,and cf)nsideral)le areasof pasture and arableland. The surface isvaried with many streams,lakes, and marshes. Thesoil is in general cold andwet and not well httedfor agriculture. The coastline is extremely irregular,and includes the northernpeninsula and also thoseof Avalon and Burin inthe south, while round thecoast are countless har-bors and coves. The clim-ate of the west and northis rather harsh, but on thenortheas
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