Scottish geographical magazine . Carberry, BrandonVirden, Moosomin, Broadview, Indian Head, QuAppelle ; Regina, the capital ofAssiniboia, where the captive rebel, Riel, now awaits his trial ; Moosejaw, MedicineHat, and Calgary. The riches of the country which the main line will open up arenot yet thoroughly explored, but that they are very great is certain. On thePacific side there are vast and undeveloped fisheries, forests, and mines ; at the baseof the Rocky Mountains there are immense cattle ranches ; in the prairie countrythere are boundless possibilities of wheat-growing ; and in the reg
Scottish geographical magazine . Carberry, BrandonVirden, Moosomin, Broadview, Indian Head, QuAppelle ; Regina, the capital ofAssiniboia, where the captive rebel, Riel, now awaits his trial ; Moosejaw, MedicineHat, and Calgary. The riches of the country which the main line will open up arenot yet thoroughly explored, but that they are very great is certain. On thePacific side there are vast and undeveloped fisheries, forests, and mines ; at the baseof the Rocky Mountains there are immense cattle ranches ; in the prairie countrythere are boundless possibilities of wheat-growing ; and in the region bordering onthe great lakes—bleak and almost desert as it is—there is much wealth both inminerals and timber. By the mother country, the growth of a sense of unionamong her children—says the Times, commenting on this subject—must always beregarded as a source of strength ; and in these days it points, happily, to a larger andwider conception of Imperial unity which will not remain, it may be hoped, anaspiration GEOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 265 The Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia.—The question naturally risesto ones mouth when contemplating the comparatively undeveloped condition ofBritish Columbia, What traffic will the Canada Pacific line have in this country ?In the opinion of many who know the country, there are few, if indeed any, districtsof the size of British Columbia for which the amount and diversity of its naturalresources promise a more prosperous future. Its coal-beds produce fuel that isgenerally acknowledged to be the best on the whole Pacific slope, a circumstanceamply corroborated by its large export to San Francisco and other American the timber wealth it is not necessary to speak, for British Columbia has to-dayby far the largest and by far the finest forests in the world. Its fisheries are finerthan anything on the east coast of America or in Europe, while what good judgespronounce to be perhaps the most important of its reso
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