. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. 56 HARDWARE AND METAL June 30, At the time of Confederation there wereone or two whaling enterprises, and asolitary cannery on the Fraser. Thecoal fields of the province had been dis-covered and were being worked to someextent, but they were practically onlytickling the soil. British Columbia was shut off fromthe remainder of the country by leagueupon league of pathless prairie, a jour-ney of long toilsome perilous weeks. Thesundering force of distance kept thewest and the east as far apart as thepoles in their material and social inter-ests. Sh
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. 56 HARDWARE AND METAL June 30, At the time of Confederation there wereone or two whaling enterprises, and asolitary cannery on the Fraser. Thecoal fields of the province had been dis-covered and were being worked to someextent, but they were practically onlytickling the soil. British Columbia was shut off fromthe remainder of the country by leagueupon league of pathless prairie, a jour-ney of long toilsome perilous weeks. Thesundering force of distance kept thewest and the east as far apart as thepoles in their material and social inter-ests. Shipbuilding Industry of the Down EastCoast While British Columbia was feelingthe impetus of the Gold rush, the oldercolonies by the Eastern Sea had pro-gressed somewhat more solidly if in aless spectacular way. In Nova Scotia,favored by the yet almost virgin forestsa great shipbuilding industry had beenbuilt up. Every creek almost had itsshipbuilding yard. These vessels weresold on each side of the Atlantic. Therehad been, too, a spasmodic activity in theNova Scotia coal fiel
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