CANADIAN DEPARTMENT 



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Canadian Society of Forest Engineers. Mr. 

 McKay was the first Chief Fire Warden of 

 British Columbia and is now Chief Timber 

 Inspector of that Province. Mr. Hanssen is 

 a graduate of the Royal Fredriks University 

 of Norway and of the Norwegian Government 

 School of Forestry and has been with the 

 Laurentide Company for three years. Mr. 

 Ayers is Yale Forest School M. F. 1913 and 

 worked for the Society for the Protection of 

 The New Hampshire Forests and for the State 

 of New Hampshire, and later for the Lauren- 

 tide Company and is now with The Ansonia 

 Forest Products Company at Ansonia, Conn. 



The following are the officers of the Canadian 

 Society of Forest Engineers, just elected to 

 serve for three years: President, Clyde Leavitt 

 of Ottawa, Forester to the Dominion Conser- 

 vation Commission and Chief Fire Inspector 

 for the Dominion Railway Commission; Vice- 

 President, H. R. MacMillan, Chief Forester of 

 British Columbia; Secretary-Treasurer, Ell- 

 wood Wilson, Forester to the Laurentide 

 Company, Ltd. 



Mr. B. M. Winegar, Forester to the Operat- 

 ing Department, Eastern Division of the 

 Canadian Pacific Railway, will be married in 

 June to Miss Dohan, of Montreal. 



Mr. J. E. Rothery, of the firm, of Vitale & 

 Rothery, of New York, has been elected a 

 Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. 



Mr. M. A. Grainger, of The British Columbia 

 Forest Service, has written a most interesting 

 book which should appeal to every lover of 

 the outdoor life, called a "Woodsman of the 

 West." 



The Dominion Parks Branch is doing all in 

 its power to make the parks and forest reserves 

 of Canada known and to make them of use, 

 interest and help to all the people. Four 

 illustrated pamphlets have just been issued by 

 the Superintendent, Mr. J. B. Harkin: "Just 

 a Sprig of Mountain Heather," "Glaciers of 

 the Rockies and Selkirks," "Classified Guide to 

 Fish and their Habitat in the Rocky Mountains 

 Park," and "The Nakimu Caves." These are 

 very interesting reading and anyone who wants 

 a delightful trip for the summer should send 

 for them. There are six scenic and four 

 animal parks already established in Canada, 

 all of them well worth a visit and they are not 

 surpassed by any European scenery. Many of 

 the glaciers are easily accessible to tourists 

 and every type of Alpine scenery can be found. 

 Six varieties of game fish are found in the 

 Rocky Mountains Park, the lake trout of 

 Lake Minnewanka sometimes weigh up to 

 40 pounds and the brook trout planted have 

 excellently adapted themselves. Ponies are 

 used in going from lake to lake and the man 

 who loves fishing can have a delightful trip. 

 Caves are a feature of the Glacier Dominion 

 Park and the Government is constantly making 

 them more accessible to the public. 



A novel type of fire poster is being introduced 

 in these Parks, made of enameled sheet iron 

 with a picture of a forest fire at the top. These 

 are very striking and are durable. 



Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Ento- 

 mologist, says that the depredations of bark 

 beetles in British Columbia have been very 

 serious and further studies of these insects 

 and ways to combat them will be made during 

 the coming summer. Further studies of the 

 parasites of the spruce bed worm will be made. 

 This insect, which has been serious in Eastern 

 Canada for the past five years seems to be 

 dying out. 



Forest Assistant L. C. Tilt has been ap- 

 pointed to the Manitoba Inspection Office at 

 Winnipeg. 



Mr. C. F. McFayden, who resigned his 

 position with the British Columbia Forest 

 Branch, has been appointed Forest Assistant 

 under the Dominion Service and will probably 

 be assigned to the Athabasca Division of the 

 Rocky Mountain Forest Reserve. 



Nineteen employes of the Dominion Forest 

 Branch have enlisted for the war, among 

 them Messrs. G. E. Bothwell, A. E. Parlow, 

 J. B. Mitchell and F. McVickar, members of 

 the Canadian Society of Forest Engineers. 



The Forester's Club of Ottawa has been 

 active lately and during the latter part of 

 February had a very interesting meeting at 

 which Mr. R. H. Campbell, Director of the 

 Dominion Forest Branch told of his trip to 

 Europe and of his discussion with Dr. Schlich 

 on the Canadian Forests. 



The Pulp and Paper Association, of Canada 

 has formed a Technical Section which will 

 collaborate with the Dominion Forest Products 

 Laboratory. 



The water of the River St. Lawrence is 

 exceptionally low this spring and the gradual 

 but steadily decreasing amount of water is 

 said to be due to the denuding of the water- 

 sheds by cutting and fire. This is a very 

 serious matter as it affects very materially 

 the trade of Montreal and thus of the whole 

 Dominion. 



A very interesting decision has just been 

 rendered by the Canadian courts which holds 

 that a man employed in the woods is not a 

 workman under the Workman's Compensation 

 Act and if injured must seek compensation 

 under the common law. He is classed with 

 agricultural laborers. This seems logical as 

 forestry is really a department of agriculture. 



