. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. on of Quebec is largelyFrench-Canadian and, as the habitatinclines to the land, the agricultural inte-rests of the province are has developed on a largescale, however, in Montreal, the largestcity of Canada, and in the Eastern Town-ships, which lie south of the St. Law-rence. As an instance of the enter-prise with which manufacturing de-velopments are followed, reference mightbe made to the building of La Loutre Dam, at the head of the St. MauriceRiver. The La Loutre will be the largestdam jn the world in the sense that itwill ho
. Hardware merchandising March-June 1917. on of Quebec is largelyFrench-Canadian and, as the habitatinclines to the land, the agricultural inte-rests of the province are has developed on a largescale, however, in Montreal, the largestcity of Canada, and in the Eastern Town-ships, which lie south of the St. Law-rence. As an instance of the enter-prise with which manufacturing de-velopments are followed, reference mightbe made to the building of La Loutre Dam, at the head of the St. MauriceRiver. The La Loutre will be the largestdam jn the world in the sense that itwill hold back a larger volume of waterthan any other dam. It is being builtto insure a steady flow of water for thepower producing plants strung along theriver. All country north of the St. Law-rence to the Hudson Strait, includingwhat was once Ungava, is included , so that the possibilities of devel-opment are unlimited, and the mineralresources are entirely beyond computa-tion at the present time. Ontario is the manufacturing centre. Another view which demonstrates the commercial activity of Canadian shipping points. Since the war began therailways have been busier than ever before. In fact, at times the amount of traffic has overtaxed them to the point. of serious congestion. 86 HARDWARE AND METAL—Export Section May 12, 1917 cation between Lake Erie and LakeOntario. Ontario has tremendous miningpossibilities. Starting with thesilver mines in the Cobalt section,the whole of Ontario north andwest presents scope for mines—silver, gold, nickel, mica, iron, cop-per and other less known minerals. The Wheat Belt The prairie provinces—Mani-toba, Saskatchewan and Alberta—are at present chiefly agri-cultural sections. Only asmall proportion of the
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