Canada, Britain's largest colony; with a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador; . been set apart by the Govern-ment as a national pleasure ground. Here, amongother features, are mountains, lakes, hot sulphursprings, rivers, and waterfalls, all within a limitof twenty-six miles by ten. Next come the Selkirk Range, with Mount SirDonald (10,662 feet), Mounts Bonney and SugarLoaf, and the Rogers Peak ; and the Gold orColumbia Range with lesser peaks. In the Selkirks is the great snow-iield of thelUecillewaet Glacier, the passage of which taxesthe powers of the most experienced Alpine s
Canada, Britain's largest colony; with a chapter on Newfoundland and Labrador; . been set apart by the Govern-ment as a national pleasure ground. Here, amongother features, are mountains, lakes, hot sulphursprings, rivers, and waterfalls, all within a limitof twenty-six miles by ten. Next come the Selkirk Range, with Mount SirDonald (10,662 feet), Mounts Bonney and SugarLoaf, and the Rogers Peak ; and the Gold orColumbia Range with lesser peaks. In the Selkirks is the great snow-iield of thelUecillewaet Glacier, the passage of which taxesthe powers of the most experienced Alpine scenery in these snow-clad wilds, with themountains looming overhead, surpasses description. Lastly, we have the Cascade Range, with, moreto the north, the Coast Range extending intoAlaska, on the borderland of which are to be foundthe two loftiest mountains in Canada—viz. MountLogan (19,539 feet) and Mount St. Elias (18,024feet). It is among these mountains that the best biggame shooting in Canada is to be obtained, grizzliesand other bears, moose and elk, being CHAPTER XI. THE ANIMALS OF CANADA. At the little \-illage ofBanff, in the CanadianRockies, is to be seenan interesting andpathetic sight. Here, in a smallcorral, a few dusky-broxsTi, hump - backedanimals, with big, low-hanging, shaggy headsand short cur\ing horns,are ending their days inpeace and are North Ameri-can bison, almost the last remnant of the milhonsthat once roamed over the great prairies. Formerlythey were kept at Silver Heights, Lord Strathconasmodel farm near Winnipeg. The Bison. The bison, or buffalo, as he is commonly thougherroneously known, is the most celebrated ofCanadas wild creatures. For centuries he was the mainstay of the RedIndian, providing him with meat for food and withskins for clothing and shelter. Then came the white EEER. 128 CANADA. hunter with the deadly rifle, and he was shot downwithout mercy. The war of extermination began with the comingof the
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