. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. September 15, 1919 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 Timber Wealth of Canada Seen at Great Fair Keen Interest Aroused in the Magnificent Displays Made—Development of Lumber, Forestry, Pulp and Paper Activities Attractively Presented The Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, which has just clos- ed its fortieth year, surpassed all records in the matter of attendance, exhibits and achievement. The big exposition has become national in character and repre
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. September 15, 1919 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 Timber Wealth of Canada Seen at Great Fair Keen Interest Aroused in the Magnificent Displays Made—Development of Lumber, Forestry, Pulp and Paper Activities Attractively Presented The Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, which has just clos- ed its fortieth year, surpassed all records in the matter of attendance, exhibits and achievement. The big exposition has become national in character and representative of every art and enterprise in the Dominion. The attendance has reached nearly a million and a quar- ter and the educative, stimulating effect which the great annual spec- tacle arry entertainment exerts upon the public mind cannot be meas- ured in any community or financial sense. The Canadian National as an institution has grown with each succeeding year and has kept step with every avenue of development and expansion that has characterized the onward march of the Do- minion since the inauguration of Confederation. There were a number of exhibits of special interest to lumbermen and among them were those of the Forest Branch of the Department of Lands of British Columbia, the Canadian Forestry Association and the Forest Products Laboratories, while woodworking firms also contributed to the interest and variety of the numerous splendid dis- plays in all lines of industry, commerce, manufacture and invention. One of the most spacious and attractive displays at the Canad- ian National Exhibition, Toronto, was that made by the Forestry Branch, Department of Lands of British Columbia. This was the first time in some years that an exhibit has been made of the wooded wealth of the Pacific Coast province and the results exceeded all previous undertakings. The space occupied in the Government Building was 12 x 65 feet. The walls were a natural finish of western pine, weste
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