. In old Quebec and other sketches. from whichit takes its name. Thi^ is a beautiful body ofwater, almost circular in form, and about ahundred miles in circumference. The lakeselevation is three hundred feet above the levelof the sea : it is fed by a dozen or so of rivers,some of which are of immense size. Innumer-able lakes, surrounded for the most part byvirgin forests of valuable timber, feed manyhundreds of tributaries of these large of the waters furnish a vast variety ofmost desirable food and game fishes, and fisher-men from all over the world have visited themfrom time to t
. In old Quebec and other sketches. from whichit takes its name. Thi^ is a beautiful body ofwater, almost circular in form, and about ahundred miles in circumference. The lakeselevation is three hundred feet above the levelof the sea : it is fed by a dozen or so of rivers,some of which are of immense size. Innumer-able lakes, surrounded for the most part byvirgin forests of valuable timber, feed manyhundreds of tributaries of these large of the waters furnish a vast variety ofmost desirable food and game fishes, and fisher-men from all over the world have visited themfrom time to time. Of the many valuable gifts that nature hasbestowed upon the Province of Quebec are thenumerous water-powers which abound in everypart of it, and the vast forests of spruce andother woods which fill the valleys and adornthe hills of this picturesque country. Of thetwenty millions acres comprising this territoryabout fifteen millions acres are covered byforests. The principal kinds of timber are I- ^r0^: MONTMORKXCV FALLS, SHRINK OF STE. ANNE DK HEAUPRK, Ql E. AND OTHER SKETCHES. 29 spruce, balsam, fir, white birch, cypress andpine. The white, black and red spruce cons-titute more than seventy-five per cent, of thetimber. As spruce is now admitted to be thebest wood for making pulp for paper, and asbetter values are being obtained, the pulpindustry of Quebec is assuming gigantic pro-portions. The spruce timber resources of Que-bec forests form a topic of national area of growth of spruce timber in Quebecis in truth a wonderful feature in connectionwith the native tree growth of this North-eastern country. Another important territory is that wateredby the Rivers Manicouagan and comprises an area of thirteen millions fivehundred thousand acres, eight millions eighthundred thousand of which are drained by theManicouagan and four millions seven thousandhundred by the Outardes. The bay at themouth of Manicouagan River is three milesbroad. There
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