. The wood industries of Canada [microform]. Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumber trade; Forests and forestry; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Bois; Forêt et sylviculture. â¢â 7' u TilK WtMiD INDrSTlUF^i OK C\NA1>A. Tlie Halifax district. :/ â ^f >^- HALIFAX FROM OKDllOK , wiih a |i(i| of 40,000, is will known as an iniporlnnt mililary anil station, as a port of call for the l-; tnails in winter, anil as a po't with a inaKni- liccnt harbor and a very wi
. The wood industries of Canada [microform]. Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumbering; Lumber trade; Forests and forestry; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Exploitation forestière; Bois; Forêt et sylviculture. â¢â 7' u TilK WtMiD INDrSTlUF^i OK C\NA1>A. Tlie Halifax district. :/ â ^f >^- HALIFAX FROM OKDllOK , wiih a |i(i| of 40,000, is will known as an iniporlnnt mililary anil station, as a port of call for the l-; tnails in winter, anil as a po't with a inaKni- liccnt harbor and a very widely exteniled trade. It is a ptjrt easily reached from all part> of the worki, and its merchants and shipping; men are wideawake, enterprisiTig ami progre>^ive. It has for a very loiiR period enjoyed a lar^e trade with the West Indies and South America, as well a^ with the British Islamls. and other European ports. The harbour is about six miles in le'igth by an averaf;c of one mile in breadth, deep and safe, and at the north end is connected with Bedford Rasin. a splendid sheet of water six miles long and lour miles wide. The facilities for loadins; ships at Halifax are excellent, as there is deep .md onlv a s!ij;ht variation of the tide. Ships load beside the wharves, and there are no wharfage or dockage fees, in the port charges are merely nominal. Alihtiugh there are no sawmills at Halifax cutting fcr export trade, the port is, next to West Hay, the largest lumber sliipjiing port in \ova Scotia. 'I'he deals are almost all brought in by rail, some Irum the vicinity of Windsor, which is near the waters of the Hay cl I''inidy, and some from Amherst, which is 13S miles away, an<l much nearer to Pugwash and HaieX'ertc. I-'rom points all along the line from Andierst to Halifax, from Can-oto Halifax, and from WinilMir to Halifax, deals are sent by rail to the latter port for shipment to trans-.\tlantic |-o:is. The cars of lumber are run right d
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