Canada; a descriptive text-book . mmer is much less excessive, in nearly all parts of thecountry, the western slopes of the mountains are moist while the easternslopes are dry. The air currents flow eastward as a rule from thePacific ; as they ascend the western sides of the mountains tiny deposit CANADA. .>: their moisture and then come down the eastern sides as dry winds. Inthe extreme northern part of the country the climate is severe, particu-larly during the winter. Though so mountainous, British Columbia has thousands of squaremiles of the finest agricultural and ranching land. In a c
Canada; a descriptive text-book . mmer is much less excessive, in nearly all parts of thecountry, the western slopes of the mountains are moist while the easternslopes are dry. The air currents flow eastward as a rule from thePacific ; as they ascend the western sides of the mountains tiny deposit CANADA. .>: their moisture and then come down the eastern sides as dry winds. Inthe extreme northern part of the country the climate is severe, particu-larly during the winter. Though so mountainous, British Columbia has thousands of squaremiles of the finest agricultural and ranching land. In a country sovaried, all kinds of land may be found, from the rich river bottom suchas that in the Fraser delta, through all the stages to the bare rock witha little sand and moss on the mountain heights. In the valleys of thesections where the rainfall is plentiful the land is rich and heavy, inother parts it requires irrigation from the mountain streams to make itproductive. On the higher plateaus, cattle and horses flourish on the. \M Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columtiia. rich bunch grass, and ranching is a profitable occupation. All the grainsand vegetables of a temperate climate are grown, and in addition, fruitgrowing is becoming important and promises to assume large propor-tions. The Provincial Government grants land on easy terms tosettlers, who must take possession of their farms and actually live onthem. The Dominion Government also owns land in British Columbia,which is available for settlers, on payment of a small price per acre andactual settlement. All the land for twenty miles on each side of the 98 CANADA. Canadian Pacific railway line belongs to the Dominion Government, andis administered by the Department of the Interior, in much the sameway as the public lands of the North-West Territories. Immense areas of the province are heavily wooded; as a result lam-bering is a most important industry though as yet only in its finest growth is on t
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