. Canada : a descriptive text book . ywhich brings supplies of all kinds and goes back loaded with valuable furs,thus keeping up an interesting link with the old French days. Manypeople expect that before long a railway will be built from Winnipegto the Bay, and a line of large steamers established to give a moredirect route to England for the wheat and cattle of Western 10 CANADA. In Canada the rivers, plains and mountains are on a very largescale. Along the southern edge of Ontario from the head of the River stretches, the most wonderful chain of fresh waterlakes in the
. Canada : a descriptive text book . ywhich brings supplies of all kinds and goes back loaded with valuable furs,thus keeping up an interesting link with the old French days. Manypeople expect that before long a railway will be built from Winnipegto the Bay, and a line of large steamers established to give a moredirect route to England for the wheat and cattle of Western 10 CANADA. In Canada the rivers, plains and mountains are on a very largescale. Along the southern edge of Ontario from the head of the River stretches, the most wonderful chain of fresh waterlakes in the world. They extend for over a thousand miles westward,and one can sail all the way in a large vessel. Lake Ontario is aslarge as Wales, and Lake Erie a little larger. Lake Huron is as bigas Belgium and Holland together, while if Scotland were put intoLake Superior, the largest of all, one would see nothing but afew mountain peaks. In the North-West are lakes like Winnipeg,Great Slave and Great Bear, each of which is larger than Lake. Camp-of Deer Hunters. Ontario. By a system of canals to overcome the rapids, a con-tinuous waterway is open for steamers drawing fourteen feet, from,the Atlantic ocean to the head of Lake Superior—a distance of overtwo thousand miles. It is intended, as soon as possible, to make the canalsdeep enough for ocean ships. Then a steamer from Liverpool will beable to sail into the heart of the country, unload its cargo for WesternCanada at Fort William and reload with grain, cattle, horses or dairyproducts for the British markets. Into the basin of the great lakes run hundreds of rivers, draining allthe country round, and supplying water power which will yet be CANADA. 11 used by many a factory and mill. The lakes and rivers are richlystocked with fish. The lake fisheries are very important, and give toOntario one of its chief industries. The rivers offer sport to thousands,for the fish are many, and anyone may catch them. There are no pre-served water
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