56 Forestry Quarterly. 



capacity which manufacture flour by modern processes. Pota- 

 toes and other vegetables have for years been satisfactorily cul- 

 tivated at Fort Good Hope, on the Mackenzie River, 14 miles 

 from the Arctic Circle. Vegetation matures quickly owing to 

 the long, sunny days of summer. The lakes and rivers teem with 

 fish, there is an abundance of game and considerable mineral 

 wealth, including coal, oil, copper, silver, gold, salt, sulphur, ochre, 

 sand for glass making, etc. 



In regard to the climate, the committee say in their report : 



"Although in the north the thermometer in the winter season 

 registers low temperatures, the cold is much more bearable than 

 are far higher temperatures in countries where there is humidity 

 in the atmosphere. There is said to be little or no difference 

 between the climate at Lesser Slave Lake and that at Edmonton 

 250 miles to the south. The Chinook winds blow as far north 

 as Fort Providence, and for 21 days during last January it was 

 not necessary to wear overcoats there. West of Peace River 

 Crossing, stockmen must feed their cattle about seven weeks in 

 winter, but eastward the snow is deeper and cattle have to be fed a 

 little longer. At Fort St. John on the Peace River they often sow 

 wheat in March and last year began cutting the wheat on the 

 last day of July." 



The various witnesses also testified as to forest conditions. 



These reports show that probably fifty per cent, of the forest 

 cover is burnt up without much chance of recuperation. 



The growth is quite variable, as indicated in the map and de- 

 scription, given in the article of Mr. Fernow in the Quarterly, 

 volume VI. 



A Biological Investigation of the Athabaska-Mackenzie Region. 

 North American Fauna, No. 27. By E. A. Preble, U. S. Depart- 

 partment of Agriculture, Bureau of Biological Survey, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, 1908. Pp. 1+575; % s - I 6; plates 25. 



The report before us gives a detailed account of the various 

 species of plants and animals, their adaptations and variations, 

 their geographic distribution and their economic relations. Such 

 reports are available in more or less complete form for other sec- 

 tions of the continent, including Labrador, Hudson Bay, Alaska, 



