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,
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,
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,
Kootenay Lake, steamer trip through,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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.
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,
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,
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,
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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