Manitoba and North west Territories . lace in that tract ofcountry lying between the Red Deer River and Edmonton on theNorth Saskatchewan. Calgary and other Towns. Calgary (^876) is the chief town in Alberta, and it is advancingwith very rapid strides. Many substantial and really beautifulbuildings are being erected. It is beautifully situated at the confluenceof the Bow and Elbow Rivers. It is very thriving, and already doesa large business. It commands a beautiful view of the Rocky Moun-tains. Other towns are Lethbridge (connected by railway with theCanadian Pacific line), where the coal min
Manitoba and North west Territories . lace in that tract ofcountry lying between the Red Deer River and Edmonton on theNorth Saskatchewan. Calgary and other Towns. Calgary (^876) is the chief town in Alberta, and it is advancingwith very rapid strides. Many substantial and really beautifulbuildings are being erected. It is beautifully situated at the confluenceof the Bow and Elbow Rivers. It is very thriving, and already doesa large business. It commands a beautiful view of the Rocky Moun-tains. Other towns are Lethbridge (connected by railway with theCanadian Pacific line), where the coal mines are being worked; FortMacleod, a ranching centre; Banff, in the recently formed NationalPark, near which anthracite coal is being mined, and where thefamous sulphur springs are found, and Edmonton, which is the centreof the oldest settlement in the district. The construction of a railway from Calgary to Edmonton, a distanceof about 190 miles, was commenced in the summer of 1890, and com-pleted in the following year. ?i ?* » 4. SUMMARIZED DESCRIPTION OF THE TERRITORIES. 61 ATHABASCA. This district comprises an area of 105,000 square miles, bounded onthe south by the district of Alberta ; on the east by the line betweenthe 10th and 11th ranges west of the north meridian of the Dominionlands system of survey; until, in proceeding northwards, that lineintersects the Athabasca River ; then by that river and the AthabascaLake and Slave River to the intersection of this with the northernboundary of the district, which is to be the 32nd correction line of theDominion lands townships system, and is very near the 60th parallelof north latitude ; and westward by the Province of British Columbia. This district has also vast resources, but being yet, from its northernposition, out of the range of immediate settlement, a more detaileddescription of it is not necessary. List of Officers of the Canadian Government in GreatBritain and Canada, to whom application can bemade for information r
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