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free distribution of seeds and trees. Under the direction of Mr. 

 Stewart, the Superintendent of Forestry, this work, started sev- 

 eral years ago, has met with increasing success. During the past 

 year plants were distributed to over six hundred applicants for 

 use in protective planting. To meet the rapidly increasing de- 

 mand for plant material two large nurseries are being established 

 at Indian Head and Brandon. 



The principal work of the Department of the Interior in forestry 

 of late has been the protection of Crown lands and the creation of 

 forest reserves. 



The following complete list of Canadian reserves has been 

 completed for Dr. John Gifford by Mr. R. H. Campbell, Depart- 

 ment of Interior, Secretary of the Canadian Forestry Association. 



FOREST RESERVES IN THE DOMINION OF CANADA. 



PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.* 

 RESERVES UNDER THE CONTROI. OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINION. 



1. Lo7ig Lake Timber Reserve — Townships 17 and 18, Range 

 19, and the westerly two-thirds of Townships 17 and 18, Range 18, 

 all West of the 6th meridian. The range of mountains included 

 in this revServe reaches a height of 6,200 feet and forms the water- 

 shed for a number of small streams which take their rise in the 

 numerous small lakes and swamps. The land is of too great 

 elevation to be of use for successful farming operations and to 

 make agriculture profitable in the valleys below the water from 

 these hills is absolutely necessarj'. There is a good growth of 

 timber, mainl}^ Douglas Fir {Pseudotsiiga Douglasii) and Black 

 Pine {Pimcs Murraya^ia.) Set apart by order of the Minister of 

 the Interior on the 15th August, 1902. Area, 76,800 acres. 



2. Yoho Park. This is really a part of the Rocky Mountains 

 Park of Canada, but being on the west slope of the Rocky Moun- 

 tains and therefore within the Province of British Columbia it 

 was thought advisable not to risk complications with local legis- 

 lation by attempting to place it under the provisions of the Park 

 Act and the regulations. It was .set apart by Order in Council of 



*As a return for the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, which 

 obtained large financial and other assistance from the Dominion, the Prov- 

 ince transferred to the Dominion a belt of land twenty miles wide on each 

 .de of the main line of the railway. 



