. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. CANADA: AN sn i),'aii () s;uv-mills, and will soon be of little value. The districts of Nipissinj^and Alj,'onKi are well-timbered vvitb pine, bircli, coiiar, maple, spruce, poplar, tamarac, etc. The portions of these d
. Canada, an encyclopaedia of the country [microform] : the Canadian Dominion considered in its historic relations, its natural resources, its material progress and its national development. Agriculture; Canadian literature; Finance; Natural history; Natural resources; Agriculture; Littérature canadienne; Finances; Sciences naturelles; Ressources naturelles. CANADA: AN sn i),'aii () s;uv-mills, and will soon be of little value. The districts of Nipissinj^and Alj,'onKi are well-timbered vvitb pine, bircli, coiiar, maple, spruce, poplar, tamarac, etc. The portions of these districts lyinfj about Thunder Hay, Raniy River, Spanisii River, and Lake Tcmiscamin^'ue are extensively operated by lumbermen. The TetniscamiiiRue pine-lands lie at the western limit c)f the splendid Ottawa Valley forest. There arc in Quebec 116,521 s(piare miles of woodland and forest; 46,550 scpiare miles of which have been leased to lumbermen. That of the St. Lawrence from tin: (iaspe peninsula to the iiilematioiial boimdiuy only small scattered forests of |)iiie remain. Spruce abounds, but the supply is beiiif,' rapiilly exiiaustcd in fiirnishiuf; pulp-wood to United States pulp-mills. A f,'reat deal of hciiildck is cut for its tanbark ; maple, birch, cedar and tamarac are also huf^'ely cut throiif^hout the Province. Labrador has not yet been completely sur- veyed, but the basins of the explored rivers have been found to be f;iiriy will tiiiil)tred with spruce, birch and tamarac. Tracts of sphaf,'iiiim moss are met with inland. In New Brunswick there i<;e of miles cense. 1under es of and this The â )c are uce is North )m the iidary, as the loplar, ks of uared linsula woods )f the t they Mich-. Timber Cove, near the City ot Quebec, portion of Ouebec extendiiit,' north of the Ottawa to the Heif^lit of Laiib sipiare miles of forest and woodland. In i.'^iM, (),5i8 scjuare miles were leased to lumbirmen. I'ine has almost disappeared, and spruce IS now the staple of the lum
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