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Fort Smith, capital of the Northwest

Territories, 203.
Fort Vermillion, last herd of wild
wood buffalo reported near, 202.
Fort William, the great wheat centre,
135, 141.

Fox, Black, price of fur declining
since advent of fur farming, 173.
Fox farms on Prince Edward Island,

40; near Indian Lorette, Quebec, 44.
Fraser River, gold discoveries on, the
first in British Columbia, 223.
Freighters, Lake Superior, 146.
French, dispute British claims to
Newfoundland fisheries, 14; at-
tempts to hold Nova Scotia, 15;
driven from Cape Breton Island, 39.
French, the language of Quebec, 49.
French Canada-Quebec, 42.
French Catholicism, Quebec the Amer-
ican capital of, 57.

Fruit growing in the Okanagan Valley,
British Columbia, 224.

Fundy, Bay of, the forty-foot tides of,
38.

Fur, and the great organizations con-
cerned in its marketing, 166 et seq.

Gas, natural, at Swift Current, Sas-
katchewan, 180; at Medicine Hat
and near Edmonton, 201.
Gates, Swift-Water Bill, his great
strike in the Klondike, 277; partner-
ship with Jack London, 278; part-
nership with Joe Boyle, 282.
Glace Bay, first transatlantic cable
landed at, 39.

Gold, but little found in Labrador,

11; production of, in the Porcupine
district, 125; in the Kootenay coun-
try, 221; first discovery in British
Columbia, on the Fraser River,
223; supply being exhausted in the
Klondike, 250; the wonders of the
Yukon, 266.

Gouin reservoir, immense waterpower
development in Quebec, 47.
Government ownership of railroads,
how brought about, 162.
Governor-General, the, his position
in the Canadian government, 84.
Grain-carrying ships, of the Great
Lakes, 146.

Grain elevators, at Port Arthur and
Fort William, 141 et seq.

Grain sacks, manufacture of, a leading
industry of Montreal, 63.
Granby Company, miners and smel-
ters of copper in British Columbia,

222.

Grand Banks, the cod fishing grounds,
4, 19.

Grand Forks, British Columbia, smel-
ter closed down after a record
production, 222.

Grand Trunk railway, growth of,
in Canada, 162.

Grande Prairie, largest town in the
Peace River Valley, 202.
Great Divide, crossing the, 213.
Great Slave Lake, on the route to the
new oil fields, 204.

Grenfell, Dr., sailors' mission of, at
St. John's, 8.

Gulf Stream, its influence on New-
foundland, 4, 5.

Halibut, large production of the Brit-
ish Columbia fisheries, 230.
Halifax, chief city and capital of
Nova Scotia, 31.

Halifax explosion, one of the greatest
ever known, 33.

Hamilton, Ontario, prosperity due to
cheap electric power from Niagara,
117.

Hayward, Edward, his murder near

Lesser Slave Lake, and the running
down of his murderer, 295.
Hematite ore, in the Kootenay coun-
try, 221.

Hidden Creek copper mines, largest
in British Columbia, 223.
Hill, James J., prediction of Canada's
future population, 189.

Hockey, the great game of Canada, 68.
Hogs, raised at Dawson, Yukon, 260,
262.

Hollinger Mine, largest gold mine in
North America, 125.

Holt, Renfrew and Company, great
furriers at Quebec, 171.
Homesteads in the Yukon, 265.
Horse raising, in Alberta, 209.
Hot-houses for cucumbers and to-

matoes at Dawson, Yukon, 261.
Hudson Bay, railways projected to,

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Hudson Strait, chief difficulty in navi-
gation of Hudson Bay Route, 156.
Hull, wet suburb of dry Ottawa, 80.
Hunting, in Newfoundland, 11.
Hunting and camping in Ontario
province, 139.

Hydraulic mining, in the Yukon, 267.
Hydro-electric Commission, work of,
in Ontario, 102, 103, 106, 107.
Hydro-electric development in Que-
bec, 46; of Niagara Falls, 106; of
Welland River at Niagara Falls,
113; at Sault St. Marie, 134.
Hydro-electric development and the
paper and pulp industry, 96.
Hydro-electric plant, supplying St.
John's, 15.
Hydro-electric project at Ogdensburg
proposed for furnishing power to
United States and Canada, 100.

Ibex Range, as seen from the Yukon
trail, 236.

Ice Palace, formerly erected each
winter at Montreal, 68.
Icelanders, a colony of, near Winni-
peg, 152.

Immigration, Canada's desire for, 188
et seq.

Indian Head, government forestry
experiments at, 178.

Insulin, specific for treatment of dia-
betes, discovered at University of
Toronto, 99.

International Joint Commission, ap-
proves project for improvement of
St. Lawrence waterway, 100.
International Nickel Company of
Canada, Ltd., owners of rich Sud-
bury mines, 127.

Iron, one of the world's largest de-
posits in Newfoundland, 12; the
wonderful Wabana mines, 24; in
the Kootenay country, 221.
Irrigation in Alberta, 206; in the
Okanagan Valley, 224.

Japanese labourers, not admitted to
Canada, 190.

Jasper Park, greatest of Canada's
western game and forest reserve,
217.

Keeley Mine, rich silver veins of, at
Cobalt, 124.

Keno Hill, new silver district in the
Yukon, 124.

Kicking Horse Pass, where the railway
crosses the Great Divide, 216.
King, Charles, his capture and con-
viction of murder by the Mounted
Police, 295.

King Solomon's Dome, in the centre of
the Klondike gold region, 274.
Kirkland Lake gold district, produc-
tion of, 125.

Klondike, the supply of gold being ex-
hausted, 250; romances of the, 274.
Kootenay country, resources of, 220,

221.

Kootenay Lake, steamer trip through,

221.

Labrador, cod fisheries of, 19.
Labour, how obtained for the Cana-
dian wheat fields, 184.

Lac Beauvert, a mountain resort of
the Canadian National Railways,
217.

La Chine Rapids, so-named by Car-
tier, 61.

Lachine Canal, near Montreal, 64.
Lacrosse, one of the most popular

Canadian games, 67.

Lake of the Woods, a beautiful camp-
ing and hunting district, 139.
La Rose, discoverer of silver at Co-
balt, 122.

Land grants to the Canadian Pacific
Railway, 190.

Laurentian Mountains, oldest rock
formation of the continent, 48.
Le Roi Copper Mine at Rossland,
British Columbia, 222.

Leacock, Stephen, at McGill Uni-
versity, Montreal, 63.

Lead, in the Kootenay country, 221.
Left-hand driving, the custom in
Newfoundland, 25.

Life insurance, amount held by Ca-
nadians, 78.

Lignite coal, in Saskatchewan, 180.
Live stock, transportation of on the
Yukon River, 242.

Live stock production in Newfound-
land, 11.

London, Jack, in the Klondike, 278.
London, Ontario, greatly increased
consumption of electricity due to
low price, 112.

Louise, Lake, in the Canadian Rock-
ies, 216.
Lumber, production at Sault Ste.
Marie, 135; production of the
Saskatchewan province, 176, 179;
immense quantities shipped from
Vancouver, 225.
Lumber industry of Canada, the, 88
et seq.

Manitoba, extent of the province, its
topography and resources, 154.
Maritime Provinces, of Canada, the,
31.
Marquette, Father, establishes first
Jesuit mission in the new world at
Sault Ste. Marie, 135.
Marquis, valuable variety of wheat
originated by Dominion Agricul-
tural Department, 183.

Matches, manufacture of, at Ottawa,
80, 88.

Medicine Hat, natural gas wells at,

201.

Mennonites, at Winnipeg, 153; colo-

nies of, from Russia, 194, 195.
McGill University, Montreal, 63.
Miller, Joaquin, in the Klondike, 278.
Mine props, cut in Newfoundland for
use in English and Welsh mines,

II.

Mining wonders of the far North, 266.
Mond Nickel Company, operators of
mines at Sudbury, 130.
Monel metal, how produced, 129.
Montreal, Canada's largest city and
financial centre, 60 et seq.
Moose, plentiful in Nova Scotia, 37;

in Ontario province, 140; in the
Yukon, 234, 253; meat sold at
butcher shops at Dawson, 253.
Moose Jaw, an important commercial
centre of Saskatchewan, 179.
Mosses, along the Yukon trail, 236.
Mother's pension, in Ontario, 103.
Motor tourists, welcomed in Quebec,

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Municipal ownership in Port Arthur
and Fort William, 143.
Muskrat, a valuable fur when dyed
and prepared, 172.

Names, fanciful, in Newfoundland
geography, 12.

National debt of Canada, greatly in-

creased during the World War, 188.
Natural gas, at Swift Current, Sas-
katchewan, 180; at Medicine Hat,
and near Edmonton, 201.
Nelson, British Columbia, in the heart
of the mining country, 221.
New Brunswick, its resources and in-
dustries, 40.

New Caledonia, nickel production of,
127.

Newfoundland, size and strategic im-

portance, 4; population, 7; educa-
tion and church activities, 7; po-
litical relation to British Empire,
8; system of government, 9.
Newspapers in the early Klondike
days, 280.

News-print, production of the Sault
Ste. Marie mills, 134.

Niagara Falls, hydro-electric develop-
ment of, 106, 113.

Niagara Falls Railway Arch Bridge,
cost of lighting American half more
than double Canadian, 108.
Nickel, largest production in the world
at Sudbury, Ontario, 127; the dif-
ferent uses of the metal, 131
Nickel-steel, the many uses of, 131.
Nipissing silver mine at Cobalt, 122.
Northcliffe, Lord, built plant in New-

foundland for supply of pulp wood
paper, 11.
Northwest Company, opponent of
the Hudson's Bay Company, finally
absorbed, 170.

Notre Dame, Church of, at Montreal,
65.

Nova Scotia, travels, in, 31 et seq.

Oats, production in the Winnipeg

district, 149; large crops at Edmon-
ton, 200; in Peace River Valley, 202.
Oats hay, a farm crop at Dawson,
Yukon, 261.

Ogdensburg, N. Y., site of proposed
hydro-electric plant for supplying
Canada and the United States, 100.

Oil fields, the new operations along the
MacKenzie, 203 et seq.
Okanagan Valley, famous as fruit-
growing region, 223.

Ontario, Province of, richest in mineral
and agricultural wealth and indus-
trial development, 103; the frontier
of the province, 137.

Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission,
work of, in Ontario, 102, 103, 106,
107.

Ottawa, capital of the Dominion, 79
et seq.

Paper, Quebec leading producer of,
46; greatly increased production of,
in Canada, 92; process of manufac-
ture, 93.

Paper mills, at Ottawa, 80, 88.
Parliament buildings, at Ottawa, 82.
Peace River, the town of, 202.
Peace River Valley, agricultural pos-
sibilities in, 202.

Petroleum, in Alberta, 201; the new
field along the Mackenzie, 203.
Petty Harbour, typical Newfound-
land "outport," 16.

Phoenix, British Columbia, copper
mines at, 222.

Pilgrimages to Ste. Anne de Beaupré,
52.

Porcupine gold district, production of,
125.

Port Arthur, the great wheat centre,

135, 141.

Port Nelson, projected terminus of the
Hudson Bay Route, and port for
wheat shipment, 155.

Portage la Prairie, a prosperous farm-
ing section, 175.

Potatoes, success with in Dawson,
Yukon, 259.

Poultry raising in the Arctic, 260.
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, noted
for its fur trade and lumber mills,
179.

Prince Edward Island, smallest but

richest province in the Dominion, 40.
Prince Rupert, northern terminus of
Canadian National Railways and
nearest port to the Orient, 226

et seq.
Public ownership, in Toronto, 101 et
seq.; success of the Ontario Hydro-
Electric Commission, 107.

Pulp wood, chief product of forests
in Newfoundland, 11; great pro-
duction of Quebec, 46; Canada's
resources in, of great importance to
the United States, 91, 96.

Pulp mills, at Ottawa, 88; great in-
crease in numbers of, in Canada, 92;
at Sault Ste. Marie, 134.

Quebec, and its history, 42; popula-
tion, 46.
Queenston Chippewa hydro-electric
plant below Niagara Falls, 113.

Radio, fisheries of Nova Scotia con-
trolled by, 36.

Rabbits, destruction of trees by, 234.
Railways, in Newfoundland, 10;

trans-continental, of Canada, 157;
government-owned in Canada, 162.
Rainfall, excessive, at Prince Rupert,
British Columbia, 229.

Regina, the capital of Saskatchewan,
177.
Religious denominations in New-
foundland, 7.

Remittance men, in Calgary, 210.
Revillon Frères, chief competitor to

the Hudson's Bay Company, 170.
Rideau Canal, at Ottawa, 80, 81.
Rideau Hall, residence of the Gover-
nor-General, at Ottawa, 84.

Rockies, Canadian, beauty of the, 213.
Rocky Mountain Park, finest moun-
tain resort of Canada, 215.
Royal Bank of Canada, connections
abroad, 77.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police,
training camp at Regina, 177; dis-
trict headquarters at Dawson, 251;
the story of the service, 288 et seq.
Russian church, at Winnipeg, 153.
Rye, production in the Winnipeg dis-
trict, 149.

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Newfoundland, 3, 5; around about
the city, 8.

St. Lawrence River, International
plans for improvement of, 99.
St. Mary's River, hydro-electric de-
velopment of, 134.

St. Paul's Church, Halifax, first
English house of worship in Canada,

35.

St. Pierre Island, headquarters of
bootleggers, 15.

Sainte Anne de Beaupré, the Shrine
and its miraculous cures, 52.
Salmon fishing, in Newfoundland, 11.
Salmon fisheries of British Colum-
bia, 231.

Sanderson, John, first homesteader at
Portage la Prairie, 175.

Saskatchewan, greatest wheat prov-
ince of the Dominion, 175 et seq.,
181 et seq.

Saskatoon, second largest city of
Saskatchewan, 179.

Sault Ste. Marie, hydro-electric de-
velopment of, 134; one of the oldest
settlements in Canada, 135.
Sealing industry, of Newfoundland,

21.

Selkirk, Lord, his colony in Manitoba
the first wheat farmers, 182.
Service, Robert, the poet of the Yu-
kon, 249, 257, 279..

Settlers, Canada's inducements to,
191.

Shawinigan Falls, hydro-electric de-
velopment of, 46.

Shaughnessy, Lord, an American boy
who became president of the Ca-
nadian Pacific, 165.

Sheep, in southern Alberta, 208.
Silver in the Kootenay country, 221.
Silver mines of northern Ontario, 119.
Slavin, Frank, in the Klondike, 278;

partnership with Joe Boyle, 282.
"Soo" Canal, the waterway and its
traffic, 136.

Sports, Canadian, 67; outdoor games
promoted by municipal athletic
commission at Toronto, 101.
Spruce, predominant standing timber
of Canada, 91.

Steam thawing of the ground in Yukon
mining, 266, 271.

Steel industries developed in Sydney
district, Nova Scotia, 39.

Stock raising in southwestern Saskat-
chewan, 176.

Sudbury, rich nickel deposits at, 126,

127.

Sunlight, hours of, at Dawson, Yukon,
264.

Superior, Lake, the grain-carrying
trade through, 141 et seq.

Swift Current, an important commer-
cial centre of Saskatchewan, 179.
Sydney coal mines, of immense im-
portance, 39.

Tahkeena River, crossing of, on the
Yukon trail, 235.

The Pas, an undeveloped mineral
region, 154.

Thomas, C. A., demonstrates pos-
sibility of winter automobile travel
in the Yukon, 239.

Thornton, Sir Henry, in charge of
the Canadian national railways,
164.

Three Rivers, Quebec, largest pro-
duction of paper in the world, at,
47, 92.

Threshing, methods in the Canadian
wheat belt, 185.

Tides, forty feet high in Bay of
Fundy, 38.

Timber, valuable tracts in Newfound-
land, 11.

Timothy hay, large crops at Edmon-
ton, 200.

Tomatoes, a hot-house crop at Daw-
son, Yukon, 261.

Toronto, the city of public ownership,
97 et seq.

Toronto University, largest in the
British Empire, 98.
Trans-continental railway systems of
Canada, 157.

Trappists, at Winnipeg, 153.
Truro, Nova Scotia, 38.

Turnips, as a crop, at Dawson, Yukon,
264.

University of Saskatchewan, efforts in
behalf of agriculture and ceramics,
179.

Valley of the Ten Peaks, in the Ca-
nadian Rockies, 216.

Vancouver, chief city of British Co-

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